Posted on 08/12/2012 1:10:08 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll
Thank you for posting that. That rarely gets discussed, and it caused everything
So the here are the translated answers using straight talk:
1. I screwed up and didn’t think carefully out of fear
2. Because of my previous screw up, I feared it getting worse
3. Because of my first screw up, I felt I was getting taken advantage of
The mark of a true believer of conservatism is one who sticks to principles when the water is most murky.
I think this shows he is well read and applies these principles only when he doesn’t have to fear that there will be any immediate pain.
Thanks, and I should add that Bill Clinton’s Treasury secretary Robert Rubin was the force behind getting rid of Glass-Steagall.
You might want to read post #21. Never hurts to learn some facts.
As for real conservatives always doing the right thing, can you name a couple of examples among elected critters?
Just remind you that the Founders were ALSO public men, and as Madison warned us, no angels. They made their share of mistakes, including what they put into the Constitution. I suggest you read, if you have not, through Madison’s Notes on the Convention. While you are reading, imagine these guys working in a sweatbox, because the windows were nailed shut. A lot of compromises were made in taverns and boarding house in the evening, because the hall was too darned hot for long spells inside. Even Washington was known to take a break and he really was an iron man.
Robert who? ;-) Notice how he has sort of vanished. But dang, Bush’s secretaries were not much better.
Now I have no idea what you think, except you think think that philosophical absolutes are tempered by the climate in which they’re reasoned. Or something. You believe Madison favored using public money to bail out private interests?
If the dems go after Ryan they’ll have to talk about the economy, which obama doesn’t want to do. Ryan brings focus to fiscal matters.
No, but Hamilton did. Which is why Jimmy Madison was as made as hell. He knew that Hamilton’s friends would make a killing. Hamilton himself never made a dime. but his friends, the people in the know, made quite a few.
Ryan is no conservative. He was part of the 4 trillion that Bush put us in debt.
You are your record and I am sick of these republicans rewriting their history and you clowns falling inline.
You all make me sick.
Ryan is no conservative. He was part of the 4 trillion that Bush put us in debt.
You are your record and I am sick of these republicans rewriting their history and you clowns falling inline.
You all make me sick.
Ryan is no conservative. He was part of the 4 trillion that Bush put us in debt.
You are your record and I am sick of these republicans rewriting their history and you clowns falling inline.
You all make me sick.
Good LIL’ RINO plays along and gets VP nod because he’s portrayed as a conservative. Beat that drum, GOP.
In a war, you don’t always get to have the choices you want.
sometimes you need to lose a battle to win a war
Ryan is in it to win the war and he’ll have this 3rd generation vet behind him.
Do you believe that TARP is a legitimate function of government, constrained by enumerated powers, as outlined in Art I Sec 8?
I understand your angst, and I can’t blame you. RR will simply slow the leftward lurch, just like compromise does for us.
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