[Speed Gibson,
Monday April 2, 2007 at 12:42am]
The Face of Progressive Politics
I've been a bit busy the past few days, finally catching up with Almanac from Friday. Overall, it was hard to understand what has to be false optimism by the Democrats. "He can't veto everything!" is their mantra, spoken with weak smiles. Are these people truly this cut off from the real world?
Apparently so, as evidenced by retired State Senator Jane Ranum's performance on the political panel. This woman is an idiot. I'm being kind in this assessment, for if she truly knows what she says is wrong but is playing it for advantage, I have much worse language to apply.
She lives in the past, in the DFL golden age when the Democrats ran everything and could raise spending without consequence. Every school bond and referendum passed. The auditors and the media seldom questioned why costs were rising so much faster than inflation and the population. Those days are gone, especially in this video and internet enabled age.
Each in their own way, all of the "progressives" in the Legislature embody this mixture of ignorance and myopia, living in a world that simply does not exist, promising a world that can never be.
Apparently so, as evidenced by retired State Senator Jane Ranum's performance on the political panel. This woman is an idiot. I'm being kind in this assessment, for if she truly knows what she says is wrong but is playing it for advantage, I have much worse language to apply.
She lives in the past, in the DFL golden age when the Democrats ran everything and could raise spending without consequence. Every school bond and referendum passed. The auditors and the media seldom questioned why costs were rising so much faster than inflation and the population. Those days are gone, especially in this video and internet enabled age.
Each in their own way, all of the "progressives" in the Legislature embody this mixture of ignorance and myopia, living in a world that simply does not exist, promising a world that can never be.