You're kidding. Right?
They would only take Posner's epiphany as proof they were right...",
Actually, from personal experience Posner isn't the only former liberal Democrat who is eating his words. Just tonite we got off the phone with my lesbian/liberal/pro-abortion/pro-big government/new age-y SIL. She couldn't stop talking about how impressed she was with President Bush. She went on and on about how his speech made her "feel". Typical liberal, but at least she is seeing the light. Just wish she'd see the light on other matters as well.
Here's the general gist of words spoken by Tom Clancy on FoxNews over the weekend regarding the difference in R's & D's.
Author Tom Clancy said something along these lines last night: Leftists paint pictures of fantasy bridges. They take pictures of old bridges in weird angles to show how much better things can look if you look at them from a better perspective. They hold meetings about how new bridges must be built soon to help the ailing infrastructure or how children would benefit from the new bridge. Once a committee has found a suitable design that does not offend any particular group and includes everyone's ideas, a bridge can be built. Press releases are sent out to all media outlets. Computer graphic animations are shown on all TV networks about how great the bridge will be when it is completed. A groundbreaking ceremony is put together with hundreds of local politicians and celebrities. Then the red tape begins...
On the other hand, conservatives build bridges from time-tested designs. They fret that too many architects could compromise the safety of the bridge and contract an experienced builder for the bridge construction. When the bridge is completed on time and on budget, they barely even say anything about it other than: "Let the department of public safety know that the bridge will be done tomorrow."
When leftists have a bridge collapse, they immediately want to blame anyone other than themselves for a poorly designed structure and talk about building a beautiful monument to help people forget how horrible the loss of life was. To build another bridge, would be an affront to the victims' families have have been through so much pain. A new bridge would also just stir up old memories about the previous failure.
Conservatives take the fire and responsibility, then immediately put together a newer, stronger, better bridge ASAP. Soon, people are driving across the bridge again.
Why can't they just build the bridge and shut the hell up?