Absolutely true. I have made it a rule of thumb to beware of Republican pseudo-practicality. (Reply #58)

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Sat Nov 17, 2012, 09:29 PM

Raksha (7,167 posts)

58. Absolutely true. I have made it a rule of thumb to beware of Republican pseudo-practicality.

Whenever they say something "won't work," for me it's an instant heads-up that it WILL work, and therefore they don't want it to be tried. After the Great Depression and the New Deal, we KNOW what works to fix a broken economy and what doesn't. They would love to have us forget it, of course.

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79 replies	Author	Time	Post
What the GOP is really afraid of... [View all]	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	OP
QFT.....	Wounded Bear	Nov 2012	#1
+1,000	freshwest	Nov 2012	#21
Yep, Wounded Bear, the republicans have been trying to overturn all "social safety net"	iemitsu	Nov 2012	#54
+1 and then some! n/t	MANative	Nov 2012	#2
Afraid that trickle down economics	Blue4Texas	Nov 2012	#3
True but...they are afraid of their own shadow.	Auntie Bush	Nov 2012	#4
It goes back to ideology	adieu	Nov 2012	#12
Yes...	PLW1017	Nov 2012	#14
+(n)	WheelWalker	Nov 2012	#30
a god that had a bit more logical underpinnings	AlbertCat	Nov 2012	#16
The economy, historically, does better when Democrats are in power.	xtraxritical	Nov 2012	#41
Point of order:	markbark	Nov 2012	#42
Oh please....	whathehell	Nov 2012	#48
"Extreme evangelical Christian" is not necessarily Christian.	JDPriestly	Nov 2012	#52
Adieu didn't use that term	whathehell	Nov 2012	#57
spot. on.	ldf	Nov 2012	#72
republickconism's myths are being exposed for the cynical prevarications they are.	SubgeniusHasSlack	Nov 2012	#5
Irrelevant?	AnotherMcIntosh	Nov 2012	#31
3rd way'ers ARE republickcons	SubgeniusHasSlack	Nov 2012	#44
I agree that "3rd way'ers ARE republickcons" or can be called that,	AnotherMcIntosh	Nov 2012	#50
Bingo. Hence their viciousness	Populist_Prole	Nov 2012	#6
Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)	Dubster	Nov 2012	#7
Exactly.10 years of tax cuts & jobs hemorraged.Return to Clinton era tax rates let the healing begin	judesedit	Nov 2012	#8
Return to Clinton era tax rates let the healing begin	AlbertCat	Nov 2012	#17
Exactly	Aerows	Nov 2012	#9
When I heard him make this statement I thought he had tremendous insight.	glinda	Nov 2012	#10
Exactly - they know that IF things do get turned around they are toast	underpants	Nov 2012	#11
K & R	Change has come	Nov 2012	#13
It's all about the haves and haves not.	Wellstone ruled	Nov 2012	#15
"Raygun ... was a very spiteful person." No. The problem was that he was an amiable idiot who never	AnotherMcIntosh	Nov 2012	#35
K&R nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#18
Actually, they were proven wrong	Jack Sprat	Nov 2012	#19
Yep. Down the drain of Grover's bathtub.	amywalk	Nov 2012	#20
Not at all....	dtom67	Nov 2012	#22
THIS!	Cosmocat	Nov 2012	#32
Hanauer shares a nugget of stellar truth!! Thanks!!	hue	Nov 2012	#23
I am more than ready	musette_sf	Nov 2012	#24
it was ALREADY DISPROVED by the clinton tax hike. HELLO.	pansypoo53219	Nov 2012	#25
Had not considered that. Spot on me thinks. Good call. n/t	Smickey	Nov 2012	#26
The 1% are stupid enough to kill the golden goose (US economy). nm	rhett o rick	Nov 2012	#27
+1!!!!	hrmjustin	Nov 2012	#28
A much watch Nick Hanauer TED talk:	progressoid	Nov 2012	#29
That should have its own thread.	mzmolly	Nov 2012	#34
Yes...	progressoid	Nov 2012	#56
Amazing!	a2liberal	Nov 2012	#61
Thank you for reposting. I hadn't seen it before today. Excellent. ...nt	TeeYiYi	Nov 2012	#63
Plus one..	butterfly77	Nov 2012	#78
Hanauer was brilliant on Ed's show last night.	mzmolly	Nov 2012	#33
I was going to post a picture of what the Repugs are really afraid of ...	zbdent	Nov 2012	#36
I highly recommend his and Eric Liu's book...The Gardens of Democracy	gulliver	Nov 2012	#37
I thought that they were afraid of brown people,	murielm99	Nov 2012	#38
What the GOP should really be afraid of is that we will replace even more Blue-Dogs and 3rd-wayers.	AnotherMcIntosh	Nov 2012	#39
The GREATEST Period Of Prosperity...	bvar22	Nov 2012	#40
Never thought of that, but it makes sense	Up2Late	Nov 2012	#43
K&R	ReRe	Nov 2012	#45
I would agree and can't wait for it!	arthritisR_US	Nov 2012	#46
The Republicans are afraid of their donors	Rosa Luxemburg	Nov 2012	#47
The real fear	blackdiamond62	Nov 2012	#49
And, there it is.	Cha	Nov 2012	#51
#217 K&R.	David Zephyr	Nov 2012	#53
Nick Hanauer is my hero.	Promethean	Nov 2012	#55
Absolutely true. I have made it a rule of thumb to beware of Republican pseudo-practicality.	Raksha	Nov 2012	#58
nothing new there	stupidicus	Nov 2012	#59
Everything was fine under the Clinton tax rates!	dem4ward	Nov 2012	#60
And they are going to like having health care too.	TBF	Nov 2012	#62
Actually it's the opposite and we will get to see it	nolabels	Nov 2012	#64
Well duh! Republicans have always been afraid that the plans and policies of the democratic party	merh	Nov 2012	#65
Not that it needs it now, but a big K&R. Love the EGOPSs.	Dark n Stormy Knight	Nov 2012	#66
I think Hanauer has a little too much faith in human reason	nxylas	Nov 2012	#67
"Trickle Down"	KansDem	Nov 2012	#68
Already proven under Clinton who raised taxes on the rich and created 23 million jobs.	RBInMaine	Nov 2012	#69
yep-- and you have to wonder if their constant hounding of him on BS charges	NoMoreWarNow	Nov 2012	#71
This one's been making the rounds on Facebook	WhoIsNumberNone	Nov 2012	#70
Rewriting the "Book" on Ronnie Raygun	wolfie001	Nov 2012	#73
Now that's a venture capitalist I can respect. n/t	AverageJoe90	Nov 2012	#74
K&R...	butterfly77	Nov 2012	#75
Trickle down is dead.	sarcasmo	Nov 2012	#76
That's my neighbor! (In a broad sense -- not in the same neighborhood. :-)	gateley	Nov 2012	#77
This has to be the most recs I've ever seen in a post.	liberalmuse	Nov 2012	#79

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