21 October 2013
Christie to drop appeal of Pro Gay Marriage Court Ruling in NJ
I think it's just possible that this event will be marked in history as
the point at which national acceptance of same-sex marriage in the US
was a fait accompli; no going back. Here, in NYT.
17 October 2013
Damage to Republican Interests pretty obvious. . .
John McCain made pretty clear that the sane branch of the Republican
party (a minority, but perhaps one in the ascendant right now) ...
recognizes that the Shutdown and Debt Ceiling Fiasco were quite harmful
to Republican interests overall. He said he "guarantees" it won't happen
again. Obviously, that guarantee isn't worth the paper it isn't written
on, but I suspect he's right nonetheless, at least until after the 2014
elections. They were burned; they will probably stay well away from the
stove for a time, anyway. Many moderate and even not-so-moderate Repubs
saw just how damaging the intransigence and unwillingness to work
within the legislative framework on the part of the Tea Party Nutcases
actually was; they will be less likely to go along with the Fringers
next time.
Tea Party's unpatriotic ransom failure will have consequences
Here's my new "meme."
Hey, Tea Party. Exactly what did
you get for your ransom demand that cost the US economy $24 billion?
And that did lasting damage to the credit and prestige of our nation?
Was it worth it?
Of
course, people in general have an amazing ability to rationalize
failure. But failure is the only truly rational description of what they
did, and the damage they did to our (and their) country is entirely on them. The
president and Congressional democrats were absolutely right to refuse
to negotiate with hostage takers. Especially hostage takers who had just
come off of months and months of refusing repeated entreaties to engage in legitimate budget negotiations.
And I really believe that the fact that they did this damage to our country for nothing will not be entirely forgotten in 2014.
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