I really don’t understand this piece by Jonathan Bernstein. He appears to be comparing Marco Rubio with Franklin Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower without being struck by lightning for his impudent effrontery.
I believe the point with Rubio is that if half the things he said about Trump were true when he was saying them (and they were), then his position now is untenable, lacking in any single principle, and totally without defense.
But Rubio is just clearly demonstrating that all GOP members are above little things like facts, truth and good moral judgement.
Why on earth would he chose a featherweight like Rubio to make his point? Talk about Mr. Goodhair.
Too many Democrats also fit the description.
Examples, please, cause I don’t see any Democrats in the Rubio mold? Are there some?
You know damn well who they are.
Yes, sadly. The Castro youngster. He may develop, but VP at this point?
Gee, now there’s a substantive contribution to the discussion.
Democrats-bashing, no matter what the ostensible topic, is obligatory for all True Progressives.
and vice versa.
A lickspittle, pure and simple.
Hell, I’d be grateful for a damn weathervane president who actually DID what voters wanted. Been a while since that happened.
Contrast with this:
Have you ever felt like the government doesn’t really care what you think?
Professors Martin Gilens (Princeton University) and Benjamin I. Page (Northwestern University) looked at more than 20 years worth of data to answer a simple question: Does the government represent the people?
Their study took data from nearly 2000 public opinion surveys and compared it to the policies that ended up becoming law. In other words, they compared what the public wanted to what the government actually did. What they found was extremely unsettling: The opinions of 90% of Americans have essentially no impact at all.
https:/represent.us/action/theproblem-4
>>The opinions of 90% of Americans have essentially no impact at all.
and most of us know this, which is why so many don’t vote.
The flip side of this is that opinion polls are basically worthless.
Hmm, could that attitude have anything to do with the phenomena? Taxidrivers know best? New AP “poll”.
“Republicans and Democrats feel a massive disconnect with their political parties and helpless about the presidential election…The divisive primary season has fueled an overall sense of pessimism about the political process that underscores a widening chasm between political parties and the voters they claim to represent. Just 12 percent of Republicans think the GOP is very responsive to ordinary voters, while 25 percent of Democrats say the same of their party.
http://www.sltrib.com/home/3948261-155/voters-feel-disconnected-helpless-in-2016
Of course often the public wants the impossible like a balanced budget with lower taxes and more government spending.
Still, the conclusion that politicians ignore the voter except during elections when they lie their asses off, is pretty much on the mark.
I wonder if it is more the public does NOT WANT what it has been getting? Like privatizations? Militarized cops?
Asset forfeiture and being ATMs for small town governments?
Of course we would have to “poll” for that.
thats as succinct a definition as any l’ve seen of the entirety of the GOP’s actions of the past 30 years..
Party uber alles. Besides, what do you expect from a guy who can’t drink water. For him to go out with a modicum of dignity? People say he’ll be back but I don’t know. Trump stripped the bark off that little bastard (to paraphrase Lee Atwater) and revealed his weakness. That’s an unpardonable sin if you’re a Republican.
since nobody’s said it yet:
the correct answer is “both”.
Yup.
But he’s a small-timer. That’s why he had no chance to be resident president.
Only the big time liars make it to the top.
Like this one:
AG
Stop whining and pick a fucking side.
You have obviously picked yours, Booman. Don’t complain if others point out how wrong you are.
AG
Thuth-o-Meter scores for Hillary Clinton
Truth-o-Meter scores for Bernie Sanders
In aggregate, they’re nearly identical.
Then there’s Donald Trump
You cannot make judgmental accusations about anyone lying and simultaneously support either trtump or Hillary Clinton.
I mean…you can, of course. Politics is lying. Just admit the truth of the matter and then go on about your business. What you are really saying is that Rubio is a small time liar trying to cozy up to a real pro to get a berth on the Trump Train.
That’s show business!!!
AG