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Yeah well, this bastard aint

Richard Day — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 02:13:58 +0000

In reply to One of the things I find

Yeah well, this bastard aint gonna spend much time conversing with a man who is married to a Muslim!

the end

I am not sure but this

Richard Day — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 02:12:56 +0000

In reply to Word. Hell, even a simple

I am not sure but this imaginary angel of mine says I aint so loveable lately.

hahhaahha

Re the "Princeton grad":

CVille Dem — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 18:21:44 +0000

In reply to Don't know about the beatable

Re the "Princeton grad": over at TPM Josh addressed the fact that Brat's Masters degree is from Princeton Theological Seminary; not Princeton University, as Brat claims. The two are near each other, and PU students occasionally take classes at the seminary, but a degree from PTS does not have the same gravitas as a degree from PU because it simply isn't the same University.

I was just teasing, mostly,

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:25:00 +0000

In reply to Optimism is an excuse for

I was just teasing, mostly, but I do believe that many Democrats suffer from a stay-the-course form of optimism. Some say we just need to wait for the "fever" to break, as Obama put it. Same claim that the Tea Partiers have finally overreached. Some wait for Millennials and Latinos to come riding to the rescue.

But I believe that Democrats need to face the reality that their policies and tactics are not attracting enough voters to accomplish anything. Yes, we will sometimes win the White House--just as Republicans sometimes won the White House during their mid-twentieth century slump--but winning the White House is not enough. Other than ACA, what historic progressive legislation has the government enacted in the last two decades? What, at this rate, will it enact in the next two?

PS Pessimism can also be paralyzing, but I'm not suggesting that the cause is hopeless, just that the cause requires an overhaul.

Yes. I wasn't following this

Peter Schwartz — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:54:40 +0000

In reply to I didn't say hopeless. I

Yes. I wasn't following this too closely, assuming like everyone (I think) that Cantor would win walking away. Folks were saying that on the radio the day before.

Of course, there may have been many stories showing an anti-Cantor trend, but assuming not, it's interesting that the media completely missed this story. And it wasn't even a squeaker.

I mean, it's not news that the media often get things very wrong, but still, this is a district, not a state and not the country. Anyone who had this district within his beat should've been able to see this coming.

Brat's most effective tactic seems to have been painting Cantor as wishy-washy on immigration reform. Presumably, he had two proposals, one fer, the other agin'.

If pessimism is the right

Aaron Carine — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:51:46 +0000

In reply to Optimism is an excuse for

If pessimism is the right world view, then there isn't much point in political activism. If everything is crap and always will be, why bother?

Turns out, both guys are

Peter Schwartz — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:44:06 +0000

In reply to He went to Princeton Theology

Turns out, both guys are profs at Randolph-Macon which is pretty well known here in Virginia, though not outside the state.

I guess I was mostly saying that I wouldn't count on his being another O'Donnell, Mourdock, or Akin. Could be, but I wouldn't bet on his imploding.

We'll see.

Optimism may be used as an

Verified Atheist — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:01:53 +0000

In reply to Optimism is an excuse for

Optimism may be used as an excuse for complacency, but pessimism can equally be used as an excuse for despair. I think it depends a lot on the psyche of the person involved (i.e., YMMV), but personally I find myself far more likely to suffer from despair than from complacency.

He went to Princeton Theology

trkingmomoe — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 07:03:39 +0000

In reply to Don't know about the beatable

He went to Princeton Theology School. It has nothing to do with Princeton U. It is a Presbyterian Divinity School with a MS degree. He went to Hope College for his BA and that is a Calvinist School. He got his Econ PhD from American U that was once considered a heterodox economics school. He is way outside the main stream in education.

One of the things I find

EmmaZahn — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 03:31:36 +0000

In reply to Eating Eric Cantor

One of the things I find intriguing about Professor Brat is that he is a Roman Catholic with a Divinity degree from a Presbyterian seminary and teaches at a private Methodist University.

Another is that he declined an audience with Grover Norquist to teach his scheduled classes.

Then there is his position as BB&T Ethics Program Director. Hmmm.

I hope someone will post his published papers online soon. I would very much like to read them:

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