tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post3896159242992572683..comments2024-03-16T05:19:07.061-04:00Comments on Retirement Blues: Deep Stupid #9Jazzbumpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-79783877414827886172009-10-24T17:33:59.059-04:002009-10-24T17:33:59.059-04:00A useful distinction might be made between, shall...A useful distinction might be made between, shall we say, yacht club republicans, and Evinrude republicans. The Yacht Club GOP should be considered villains and traitors--sort of the Aynnie Rand rats of the right. Then, yacht club Democrats are not unknown--quite common in east, or California. A Diane Feinstein or Pelosi--millionaires--have a lot more shekels than most CA conservatives, that's for sure. <br /><br />The Evinrude GOP might be ill-bred, often religious zealots, WASP, (not always--quite a few GOP catholics), even rednecks. I actually defend some working class GOP ideas, however. They don't want more bureaucracy, more PC BS, more Katie Courics or Oprahs or Rosie O's, more urban gangstas telling them what to do. <br /><br />In ways a redneck yelling for the NRA, 2nd Amendment, controlling immigration, lower taxes, even Fox (except that clown Beck) , or the right to go to church, etc. remains closer to the Founding Fathers than Anita Dung yapping about her love for Mao.<br /><br />Economically, I favor traditional Dems. But politics is no longer "just economics" (if it ever was)--Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-36338961147510180962009-10-24T17:33:20.823-04:002009-10-24T17:33:20.823-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-8497820034992024192009-10-24T16:37:59.746-04:002009-10-24T16:37:59.746-04:00Well, I'll grant you the article is rambling a...Well, I'll grant you the article is rambling and incoherent, which makes it kind of easy to lose her main thrust in the thicket of dross and irrelevance. But, really, her first sentence, (borrowed from Frances Rice) does say it all. And the rest of her vapid prose is a feeble attempt to validate the point. Check the Rice link. It's stunning!<br /><br />This really is just an example of Democrat = racist = bad; Republican = promoter of racial dignity and equality = good. <br /><br />The Democratic party is now what the Republican party would be in a world that made sense. The Republican party has migrated to bizarro-world. There is no meaningful political representation for a left of center viewpoint or agenda.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Jzb the unrepresented trombonistJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-82965938263101735142009-10-24T16:18:49.217-04:002009-10-24T16:18:49.217-04:00I don't think she's claiming a necessary ...I don't think she's claiming a necessary definition, i.e., democrat -> racist; she wants to suggest that democrats have been "more racist" than GOP, taken as a whole. And given say 200 years of 'Merica that thesis could perhaps be defended, notwithstanding that she's a wingnut, er wingnutette.<br /><br /> President Obama has praised entrepreneurship, and waffles on health care reform. He agreed to Paulsen's bipartisan bailout. He's earmarked more for DoD than even BushCo. <br /><br />The key difference between Dem and GOP consists in the price of their suits: the Demos usually can afford nicer ones--except when the GOPer has a connection to the oil bizJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-36124257029116821562009-10-24T14:28:04.962-04:002009-10-24T14:28:04.962-04:00And it might be worth mentioning that anti- ,intra...And it might be worth mentioning that anti- ,intra-, and post-bellum Dixiecrats weren't racist because they were Democrats, but because they were staunch believers in slavery imposed on kidnapped Africans and their descendants. <br /><br />So, S.E. might not be totally wrong, but her line of reasoning is still totally fallacious.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Jzb the post-bellum trombonistJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-77515065465283868432009-10-24T13:00:54.165-04:002009-10-24T13:00:54.165-04:00Right you are, J.
I think corporations just want ...Right you are, J.<br /><br />I think corporations just want to back the wining horse. In close elections, they'll hedge their bets. Without actully checking, I'll guess corps backed Bush II a lot more than they did Gore or Kerry.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Jzb the anti-corporatist trombonistJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-12644190748142086692009-10-24T10:05:17.459-04:002009-10-24T10:05:17.459-04:00Actually, Jacksonian democrats controlled the ante...Actually, Jacksonian democrats controlled the ante-bellum South, so the lovely Miss Cupp was not completely in error. It's not until about FDR that the Democrats started to rally for civil rights and equal opportunity. I respect Woodrow Wilson but he actually was a bit hesitant to take on the dixiecrats--he kept some Jim Crow laws in effect (or at least did not remove them). <br /><br />I am opposed to the modern, Reaganite GOP and Foxsters, but the Republicans were sort of a progressive party, initially--starting with Lincoln. Teddy Roosevelt fought the robber-baron capitalists, took on the Tammany machine, and also implemented work-place regs. It's not until like Coolidge that the money-men, free market -lovers and robber barons take over the GOP. <br /><br />On paper I'm not sure LBJ was that much worse than a Nixon. The Democrats may in principle be superior to GOP (Jefferson over Hamilton), but they are the corporate party now. Obama and Hillary had a lot more shekels from corporations in the campaign chests than did McCaint. So, I blame .....demopublicans.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.com