yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/28/2008
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Part of the effort to pull the wagon of conservatism out of the ditch into which Bush piloted the country is going to be an effort to deny that George W. Bush was a real conservative. In reality, Bushism should be understood as the highest form of conservatism. In particular, the High Bushist ...
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/1/2008
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
… is illustrated by the trouble people who
consider themselves well informed have, to this day, in...
understanding the basic principles of how a depressed economy works. The key to Keynes's contribution was his realization that liquidity ...
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The greatness of Keynes …
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 11/25/2008
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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com —
One thing that I haven't seen: work more
closely with Obama's transitional economics team than an outgoing...
president usually does. Everything I've seen about Bush and the transition indicates that he has been entirely classy. But right ...
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What should Bush do now?
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Bush? Never heard of'm.
Shakesville —
Yglesias makes a note about "the effort to pull the wagon of conservatism out of the ditch into which Bush piloted the country [via] an effort to deny that George W. Bush was a real conservative." This has been going on at least ...
Gobble, Gobble
The Mahablog —
... achievements of my administration.”
Some things snark themselves. I think the line about “the political process” is particularly interesting, however. The “political process” is important. As in “due process of law.” As in “our form of government.” Governing is a process. Preserving the process is important. Chucking the process of government out the window in order to get the result you want is dangerous and foolish.
Matt Yglesias writes,
Part of the effort to pull the wagon of conservatism out ...
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