tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851395.post9076787786901815984..comments2023-09-09T11:56:04.929-07:00Comments on Pascal Fervor: A Battle Plan for House LeadersPascalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851395.post-59632036351806794632011-07-15T10:50:50.313-07:002011-07-15T10:50:50.313-07:00Guy -- You may well be right. See update 2. There&...Guy -- You may well be right. See update 2. There's still time for them to wimp out. Telephones anyone?<br /><br />Bob -- "Nobody ever lost a plug nickel underestimating the American public." variously attributed to Mencken and PT Barnum.Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851395.post-82754553779337322892011-07-14T13:39:54.033-07:002011-07-14T13:39:54.033-07:00"The larger the mob, the harder the test. In ..."The larger the mob, the harder the test. In small areas, before small electorates, a first-rate man occasionally fights his way through, carrying even the mob with him by force of his personality. But when the field is nationwide, and the fight must be waged chiefly at second and third hand, and the force of personality cannot so readily make itself felt, then all the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre — the man who can most easily adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum. The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron".<br /> - H. L. Mencken<br /><br /><br />That day has come.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851395.post-48523304266098885022011-07-14T08:45:57.654-07:002011-07-14T08:45:57.654-07:00Unfortunately, there is not one set of cojones to ...Unfortunately, there is not one set of cojones to be found in the halls of the house or senate (from either party). Some have their moments; West, Paul (the younger), Rubio, Bachmann, but their voices are few and far between the majority of weather vains posing as people.<br /><br />Levin's speech strikes a major positive cord, but like the fabricated speech folks wished Bush had done about those who stood with us at the start of the WOT (you must have seen it, or have had it appear in your email at least once in the past five years or so, in all its various forms), Levin's wishful thinking will sadly remain just that, wishful thinking, <br /><br />The whole cesspool that is DC (and the majority of folks working at senior levels of the bureaucracy and those holding elected office) need to be removed from their positions, and not in a nice way. I am tired of nice, nice is no longer applicable to these individuals.Guy Shttp://navvet55.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851395.post-59872860530026966192011-07-14T02:13:37.730-07:002011-07-14T02:13:37.730-07:00Beautiful! Levin for Prez. It's time the GOP g...Beautiful! Levin for Prez. It's time the GOP grew a pair.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.com