When the Democratic party is really in the shitter, and there's not one damn good thing Paul can say about the economy, he turns to baiting conservatives, it's his comfort zone.
Bob Bennett lost in Utah because he voted for TARP, period. Wyden-Bennett was a good piece of legislation (minus the mandate) - certainly better than the abomination that passed for healthcare reform. But there's a good number of people who feel that TARP was wrong and unnecessary and Bennett paid the price.
Krugman is right in saying that Obamacare looks a lot like Romneycare. Romneycare was wrong, and is quietly consuming the budget of the state of Massachusetts. Deval Patrick (Barack Obama's mini-me) has already resorted to price controls for insurance premiums, and is poised to go after doctor and hospital fees as well.
Even Obama isn't stupid enough to go after the providers (yet), cause the minute the doctors stop seeing medicare and medicaid patients the game is over. I hope this happens soon by the way.
Calling for an end to the Department of Education seems like a true act of moderation and necessity to me. I'm less convinced about the Fed, but in general, doing away with large swaths of government bureaucracy wouldn't sadden me in the least.
Finally, he's unfortunately right about the right-wing media ideologues. Limbaugh and Beck make me physically ill. But, there are those of us - intelligent, fiscally conservative, Libertarian, individualists who are not racist in the slightest and think that the direction Obama and the Democratic party are taking us is unsustainable and wrong.
Giving voice to such opinions isn't wrong - it's patriotic.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Krugman's at it again...
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