Does the "Elephant" really think that we forget their earlier behavior? Geez. Reagan continued to "blame Carter" well into his second term. Our favorite quote about the Republican screed condemning Dems for "blaming Bush" was from Lizz Winstead (former Daily Show writer) in an appearance on The Ed Show when she said, "Oh, yeah and when are we gonna stop blaming that Hitler?
Forty percent of our national deficit is due to the Great Recession. The rest is mainly due to two wars funded off the books, massive tax cuts that benefited the wealthy, and run-away healthcare costs. There are structural issues in our economy that also need to be addressed: long-term adjustments to Social Security and Medicare. So the obvious, glaring reality is: When we put people back to ...
In our last post, P.S., we posed the --- somewhat hopeful --- possibility that there is a strategic big-picture plan (something beyond "Fight 'em over there, so we don't have to fight 'em here!") behind our reason to still be in Afghanistan after nine years. Well, here's what we heard from The Washington Post's, well-respected foreign policy expert, David Ignatius on Thursday. According to Igna ...