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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Well, That Sure Sucked. Now Let's Do It Again.

BooMan:
A two-term Republican president creates massive deficits which he leaves to a Democratic successor. Conservatives go crazy about the deficit once their guy is no longer in power. A riled-up base elects a bunch of whack-a-doodles to Congress who feel like they are on some kind of messianic mission to tear apart the federal government.

PS: I seem to recall a huge amount of substantial analysis pointing to the differences between 1994 and 2010. Did all of those differences suddenly stop existing, or if they are no longer differences that a make a difference can somebody explain to me just why that is, preferably in a way that marshals relevant facts rather than indulges in what amounts to gossip?

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