Like Ted, this is pretty much the first time I’ve ever disagreed with Sowell, and for the exact same reasons Ted gave.
I’m reminded of the weird father in Strictly Ballroom. At the end of the movie you realize what happened way back when. His wife caved to pressure from the side that really didn’t have all that much power, and without her, he lost. But if she had stuck with him, they would have won big.
I see the current situation similarly. This is a battle that MUST be fought. And the good news is that the other side is losing power daily, as more people see what is going on with ZeroCare.
We actually CAN win this one. Compromise is inapropriate this time.
If the battle is to be fought on this (and it very much needs to be fought), Cruz’s side has to have its act together...which it assuredly did not. As long as they didn’t have their act together, they were going to lose and be significantly discredited.
(I loved that movie!)
I hear you.
For years now, I have been enthusiastically supporting people who, at first, seem to have the right ideas and will stand for the Constitution and for the People.
Then they go to DC, get a little prominence and suddenly, without warning, turn on us. The most egregious case would be Justice Roberts. I remember how delighted we all were when he was the alternative to Harriet Miers. Somehow I wonder what her decision would have been regarding Obamacare. Perhaps because she is not as possessed of a such an intricate legal (and devious) mentality, she would have looked at what the Constitution actually SAYS. Who knows? Water under the Bridge.
Other disappointments: Scott Brown, Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, etc etc etc. (sigh)
I am so sick of betrayal, and Dr. Sowell was the final straw! I don’t trust anybody anymore.
Spot on.
Sen Cruz is right, on this. Dr Sowell, is not.