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angrybear.blogspot.com - 7/8/2009
A Response to Megan McArdle, Again (by cactus)
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by cactus Megan McArdle responds to a post I wrote : So Obama doesn't count because he's not really a Democrat. But Bill Clinton was. But Richard Nixon--the chap who implemented price controls and massively expanded Social Security and Medicare--was definitely a Republican. Jimmy Carter, who ...
angrybear.blogspot.com - 7/8/2009
Megan McArdle Has a Question
— angrybear.blogspot.com — by cactus Megan McArdle Has a Question Megan McArdle has a question : What happens to the... cottage industry among Democratic-leaning armchair economists grinding out analyses proving that Democratic presidents are, like, totally awesome for the economy? Presuming that we're stuck--as seem very ... (more) Megan McArdle Has a Question

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theamericanscene.com - 7/4/2009
Megan McArdle Is One Of My Favorite Bloggers. I Like Her So Much, In Fact, That I Asked Her to ...
— theamericanscene.com — And she said yes! The lovely Megan writes : News does not stay secret for long in... this new media world. Not, I suppose that we were really planning to keep it a secret. Peter and I are getting married. At some point. The date to be ... (more) Megan McArdle Is One Of My Favorite Bloggers. I Like Her ...

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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 7/8/2009
Question Answered
— meganmcardle.theatlantic.com — Matt Yglesias accuses me of premature hypocrisy hunting.  Lucky for Cactus provides some very strange defense of... this arcane Democratic art, which makes me merely prescient: But there are others who believe that a (D) is short-hand for ... (more) Question Answered

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