tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post7585331605116929795..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: Why Obama would be preferable to GingrichThe Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-91274126373011554042012-01-25T22:11:44.304-06:002012-01-25T22:11:44.304-06:00WS, I'm not really arguing against you on any ...WS, I'm not really arguing against you on any particular aspect of Newt's policy ideas. I'm arguing that they don't mean much in the grand scheme. They either won't happen or we can't stop them.<br /><br />Our presidents aren't dictators. They need a willing Congress to enact legislation they really want. If a Republican Congress hands Newt a bill that you and I Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-64740730763277218532012-01-25T09:08:36.702-06:002012-01-25T09:08:36.702-06:00Granted, Newt is the very thing he claims not to b...Granted, Newt is the very thing he claims not to be - a lifelong D.C. establishment insider with delusions of grandeur. Romney is Newt on a smaller scale, without the delusions. But either is preferable to obama for at least some of the reasons Nick mentioned, especially the SCOTUS point.<br /><br />Obama has his own nutty and destructive policies, including governing by fiat, arming drug cartelsCenTexTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026518638421849111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-22392401399080181222012-01-25T06:29:57.236-06:002012-01-25T06:29:57.236-06:00Don't look at the Newt of the last 6 months (a...Don't look at the Newt of the last 6 months (although that's interesting). Look at the last 20 years:<br /><br />"I am for people, individuals—exactly like automobile insurance—individuals having health insurance and being required to have health insurance. And I am prepared to vote for a voucher system which will give individuals, on a sliding scale, a government subsidy so we The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-35764794060569887932012-01-24T20:38:29.198-06:002012-01-24T20:38:29.198-06:00I missed it too.
The comparisons of Obama with an...I missed it too.<br /><br />The comparisons of Obama with any Republican are batty. Any Republican is going to make at least some gestures toward reducing the deficit, repealing Obamacare, and appointing conservatives. With Republicans holding the House and Senate, all we need is someone who knows how to sign their name and already he will outperform Obama. Anything more than that is gravy. But Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-70016084072410886312012-01-24T19:26:22.748-06:002012-01-24T19:26:22.748-06:00Maybe I'm missing something, but the only reas...Maybe I'm missing something, but the only reason I can find advanced by Boudreaux for preferring obama over Newt is that the mainstream press would mangle the meaning of “laissez faire.” I'm not advocating one over the other (in this comment), just trying to understand his logic.)<br /><br />IMO that disadvantage would be outweighed by the entertainment value of watching the media CenTexTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026518638421849111noreply@blogger.com