Big Business is the Enemy of Free Enterprise
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 17th, 2010 4:31 am by HL
Big Business is the Enemy of Free Enterprise
Rich Karlgaard, Forbes
Robert Scheer, the old leftwing essayist who once accompanied the Black Panthers to North Korea to protest "U.S. imperialism" "“ even Tom Wolfe couldn't make this up "“ repeats a lie about Ronald Reagan in his Sept. 8 column in The Nation:Ever since the "Reagan Revolution," [the Republican] mantra has been "get government off the back of big business.Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Reality check. Reagan and his followers never said the government should get off the back of big business.Â
Democrats Still Have Time to Perk Up
Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
During the 2000 presidential campaign, Democrat Al Gore became captive of the right-wing noise machine. The activists and their media had gone honking nuts over President Clinton's sexual indiscretion. Vice President Gore thought these people mattered and so distanced his campaign from a popular Democratic president.Never mind that 23 million jobs were added under Clinton's watch. Never mind that Clinton was leaving the budget in surplus. Never mind that in the post-scandal midterm, Democrats actually gained five seats in the House. Never mind that Clinton was leaving office with a…
A Vote for GOP is a Vote for Boehner
Joe Conason, New York Observer
Extremists Are Taking Over GOP
E.J. Dionne, The New Republic
WILMINGTON, Del. — On the eve of the primary that would end his electoral career, Rep. Mike Castle was in a reflective mood. He seemed calm and confident, yet almost everything he said sounded valedictory as he offered a prescient analysis that explained in advance a defeat that echoed throughout the nation. A genial and courtly man in the manner of the elder President Bush (who held a fundraiser for him in Kennebunkport), the nine-term congressman was mourning the decline of both the conciliatory style of politics that animated his career and the moderate Republican disposition that the Tea…
4 Things to Know About Delaware
Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
By Sean Trende – September 16, 2010More Election NewsAn awful lot of ink has been spilled on Christine O'Donnell's monumental upset of moderate Republican Mike Castle in the Delaware primary on Tuesday. Far too much, in fact. So let's cut to the chase. There are really only four things you need to know:1. Yes, that is almost certainly the end of GOP prospects for this Senate seat.If anything, the PPP (D) poll showing O'Donnell trailing New Castle County Executive Chris Coons by 16 points was only surprising because the lead was so small. After the divisive primary…
