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reformist2

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18. What conservatives don't get is that government is usually good, only sometimes bad.

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2013, 08:38 AM

Jan 2013

They obsess over corruption and projects that have failed, and declare that nothing good can come from our collective action, despite all the evidence to the contrary. Except for war, of course. So in addition to being unduly pessimistic, they are also hypocrites.

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Charles Krauthammer: Obama Just Declared That The Era Of ‘Big Government Is Back’ And ‘Reaganism’ Is [View all] ashling Jan 2013 OP

Reagan didn't limit government. He limited its efficacy. aquart Jan 2013 #1

Krauthammer is either very poorly informed or just stupid. Or both. Scuba Jan 2013 #2

It is a religion of the so-called conservatives...a matter of faith not facts... JoeBlowToo Jan 2013 #12

Makes shit up, and uses big words so FOXYs think he is smart. emulatorloo Jan 2013 #19

"end of Reaganism"? JHB Jan 2013 #3

So long, Chairman Reagan nt Xipe Totec Jan 2013 #4

What say you, Tardar Sauce? Scootaloo Jan 2013 #5

A simple acknoledgement that we invented government for a reason quaker bill Jan 2013 #6

Love that first sentence ashling Jan 2013 #9

I much rather a government that is so small that it contracts out most of its duties to 2on2u Jan 2013 #7

"Reaganism". An evil visited upon this country that should never have existed, cordelia Jan 2013 #8

It Ended March 20, 2003... KharmaTrain Jan 2013 #10

It never really began. baldguy Jan 2013 #11

"Big Govt" never left, it just stopped helping people. ashling Jan 2013 #15

Their Reagan mythos is very different from what actually happened. tanyev Jan 2013 #17

Era that never existed Cosmocat Jan 2013 #13

Right-Wing Crybaby. (nt) Paladin Jan 2013 #14

"declaring the end of Reaganism" . . . . where's the problem? HughBeaumont Jan 2013 #16

What conservatives don't get is that government is usually good, only sometimes bad. reformist2 Jan 2013 #18

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #20

Put a stake through Ronnie's shriveled heart. Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #21