tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post7946908348153872516..comments2024-03-18T02:22:56.392-04:00Comments on Disgusted Beyond Belief: The Rule of LawDBBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-69367648147657668062007-05-04T16:36:00.000-04:002007-05-04T16:36:00.000-04:00The thing that kills me about the whole concept th...The thing that kills me about the whole concept that "in times of emergency, the President is above the law" is the extent to which these folks who supposedly value history (conservatism in the true Burkean sense of the word is all about respecting history and tradition) fail to realize that the notion any leader can ever be above the law is anathema to over 800 years of constitutional development. Magna Carta anyone?armagh444https://www.blogger.com/profile/07082915043493514495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-8754154260206821312007-05-02T15:43:00.000-04:002007-05-02T15:43:00.000-04:00I don't agree with the full platform of either par...I don't agree with the full platform of either party. But I have observed how effective each party is at getting it's PR message out and into the media, and the GOP is hands down the winner. <BR/><BR/>This is likely in large part due to the fact that authoritarian leaders and followers are overwhelmingly GOP, and such people naturally and quickly fall into lockstep. <BR/><BR/>The Democrats just aren't as organized, and likely never will be, because they tend to have an anti-authoritarian streak, and do not generally fall into lockstep. The 'herding cats' analogy seems apt. <BR/><BR/>Democrats are far far better than the GOP at actually running government competently. But then they also want far too much government. The surprising thing from the past six years was that the GOP actually wants even bigger government for the Democratic party, yet without any competence at running it. <BR/><BR/>Ultimately, I find the Democratic party to be the lessor of two evils because they are more competent at running government while at the same time far less competent at PR and MSM control and staying on message, so even when they are in control, there will be an effective counter to them from the GOP on the airwaves. Further, they have proven they can actually do oversight even when they control both the Congress and the White House. The GOP has just definitively proven that they are utterly incapable of ANY oversight when they control both of those branches of government, and now we are all suffering as a result of that.DBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-65318415090837935692007-05-02T15:35:00.000-04:002007-05-02T15:35:00.000-04:00For the most part I'd have to agree with you. Howe...For the most part I'd have to agree with you. However, when you say that "the GOP is far far far far better at PR and politics than the Democratic party will EVER be", all I can do is laugh hysterically! It's just a shame there truly is no lesser of evils between the Dems & GOP. They're evil in different ways, but not to different degrees.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493097318111626464noreply@blogger.com