RAPHAELENNIS

RAPHAELENNIS

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10 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - Another Dem "No" Could... · 0 replies · +2 points

And you call Republicans wackos?

10 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - Does Either Party Have... · 1 reply · +1 points

I applaud Ryan's move. Getting Dems to agree to common sense entitlement reforms is more important than defunding Obamacare. Even Democrats know that Obamacare will not work and will have to be fundamentally modified anyway, the sooner the better. Meanwhile Republicans come off as statesmen and Democrats look like spoiled children. Even accounting for MSM spin, if adopted Ryan's plan will be a winner for Republicans.

10 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - Obama Stumbles Despite... · 0 replies · +12 points

Today on MSN.com "Congress at 5% approval". The picture? Boehner, of course. Couldn't possibly be Reid!

10 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - Why Pay Furloughed Wor... · 0 replies · +1 points

The House passed the bill allowing furloughed Federal employees to be paid. How come?

10 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - Putting the ‘Mad’ ... · 0 replies · +2 points

My main point was that Nixon should have been lauded by Democrats because his policies were mostly theirs. Nixon did not fix the under financing you cite and it led first to double digit inflation and price controls. Plus permanent deficits. I am not so sanguine about what you call the "change" in Red China. Consider Tianenmen Square, continued sweat shop working conditions and miserable environmental conditions, all in favor of a rich ruling class, and a permanent underclass here. I do not call that competition. I call it a disgrace. The EPA can be positive or negative but it has unfettered power unchecked by the legislative branch. Under most Republican administrations, its power has been mostly checked. Under Democrat administrations it has usurped dictatorial power.

10 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - Putting the ‘Mad’ ... · 3 replies · +4 points

I agree that GOP should have cried "treachery, etc." to Nixon. They did with Watergate, to their credit. Unlike Democrats with Clinton, who disgraced the Oval Office with Monica Lewinsky. But Democrats only like to accuse Republicans of sexual impropriety. not one of their own.

But, more to the point, Nixon (1) normalized relations with Red China, one of the most notorious dictatorships of all time, rivaling Hitler's Germany and Stalin's USSR (2) created the greatest inflation the US has ever seen by letting the dollar float (3) actually had the temerity to institute wage and price controls (4) created the EPA.

For the above reasons, Democrats should have adopted Nixon as their hero, instead of denigrating him as they have. So Hillel, maybe the Democrats also have the same predilections for political gain that you accuse the Republicans of.

10 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - Putting the ‘Mad’ ... · 10 replies · +2 points

What exactly did Nixon get in return for normalizing relations with China?

10 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - Rouhani Treats Obama L... · 0 replies · +7 points

Headline should read "Rouhani Treats Obama Like the Chump he Is."

10 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - What More Must PA Do t... · 0 replies · +6 points

The "guarantees" of America were never that great. In 1956, when Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, Eisenhower intervened and prevented an Anglo, Fraench, Israeli operation from succeeding but committed the US to keeping the Straits of Tiran open to Israeli shipping. In 1967, Johnson was loath to honor that commitment prior to the Six Day War.

10 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - Note to Media: GOP Isn... · 0 replies · +2 points

I couldn't agree more with your solution. But it may not work. Your point that both parties are composed of coalitions of conflicting ideas is worth noting, making me believe that the US would perhaps be better served with multiple parties and runoff elections.