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Well now, instead of prosperity trickling down, the pain has trickled up - from the struggles of hardworking Americans on Main Street to the largest firms of Wall Street. This country can't afford another four years of this failed philosophy


A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 15th, 2008 at 08:54:55 AM EST
That is absolutely beautiful framing.

Ad.  Now.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Sep 15th, 2008 at 08:56:16 AM EST
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Right under the flotation line of Reaganomics.

The rising tide would then sink that boat.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 15th, 2008 at 08:59:10 AM EST
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That is, as one Kossack put it, the best one-line assault on supply-side economics since Daddy Bush called it "voodoo".

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Sep 15th, 2008 at 09:03:18 AM EST
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Why did Daddy Bush attack supply-side economics?

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 15th, 2008 at 09:13:31 AM EST
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Because he was running against Reagan in 1980.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Sep 15th, 2008 at 09:14:13 AM EST
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Oh, I thought the phrase came from the 1992 race against Clinton.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 15th, 2008 at 09:14:46 AM EST
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No.  Clinton's attack on it wasn't really a one-liner kind of attack.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Sep 15th, 2008 at 09:17:25 AM EST
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Mig
The rising tide would then sink that boat.
That is what happens to beached boats that have no sound bottom.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Sep 15th, 2008 at 12:58:11 PM EST
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