tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post8467702371113872735..comments2023-06-30T07:20:59.834-05:00Comments on Beyond Me: Politics First, Policy...LaterJaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208662198827344349noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-46371786428668151592007-01-17T09:36:00.000-06:002007-01-17T09:36:00.000-06:00I agree with you Jared. I think this legislation ...I agree with you Jared. I think this legislation is an easy offering to their base. I am not opposed to helping students pay for their education. The difficult issues have to do with energy policy, environmental policy, health care, social security, Mid-East peace, etc. I say get the feel good, constituent pleasing measures out of the way so we can move on to the real issues facing our Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07662268796563699801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-8222710941740371382007-01-15T01:22:00.000-06:002007-01-15T01:22:00.000-06:00I agree that giving the GOP a taste of its own med...I agree that giving the GOP a taste of its own medicine should not be a goal unto itself. It should merely be one of the perks. :)<br /><br />But I don't think that the objective is to gain popularity. They have the popularity; that's what the election was about. I think it's a legitimate effort to get some stuff done. I could be wrong, and the motives could be ulterior, but at this time, I Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397974121751822684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-31878313653407165782007-01-14T21:20:00.000-06:002007-01-14T21:20:00.000-06:00I fixed the link.
I'm not harping on the Democrat...I fixed the link.<br /><br />I'm not harping on the Democrats being non-bipartisan. <br /><br />I am bothered by the appearance that they are in such a hurry to gain popularity that they are not properly evaluating the merits of the policies they are pushing to get it. <br /><br />The fact that the Republicans have done so in the past is irrelevant to the question that asks whether or not it isJaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208662198827344349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-61928564498190715152007-01-14T18:15:00.000-06:002007-01-14T18:15:00.000-06:00As a Democrat, I could equally well say that the l...As a Democrat, I could equally well say that the last three paragraphs of the article merely represent Republican sour grapes, especially now that what went around is finally coming around. (Also, the link is broken; it has an extra period at the end.)<br /><br />As a Democrat, I could also say that because, as you say, "the American people basically fired the Republicans in November," the Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397974121751822684noreply@blogger.com