Don’t despair, conservatives
Compare the United States of 2012 to the United States of 1962. Leave aside the obvious points about segregation and discrimination, and look only at the economy.
In 1962, the government regulated the price and route of every airplane, every freight train, every truck and every merchant ship in the United States. The government regulated the price of natural gas. It regulated the interest on every checking account and the commission on every purchase or sale of stock. Owning a gold bar was a serious crime that could be prosecuted under the Trading with the Enemy Act. The top rate of income tax was 91%.
It was illegal to own a telephone. Phones had to be rented from the giant government-regulated monopoly that controlled all telecommunications in the United States. All young men were subject to the military draft and could escape only if they entered a government-approved graduate course of study. The great concern of students of American society — of liberals such as David Riesman, of conservatives such as Russell Kirk, and of radicals such as Dwight Macdonald — was the country’s stultifying, crushing conformity.
Even if you look only at the experiences of white heterosexual men, the United States of 2012 is a freer country in almost every way than the United States of 1962.
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Mitt lost to a Kennedy – in MA. Thanks for proving my point about Mitt. And about you.
Basilsbest on November 12, 2012 at 11:34 PM
I apologize for antagonizing you. I did not know you were mentally unstable. I would never intentionally confuse or try to pick a fight with someone who is not in control of their upper faculties.
I am sorry Basilbest.
Now find your adult or caregiver.
portlandon on November 12, 2012 at 11:37 PM
What is your point?
Mitt WON the Governorship – in MA.
So Mitt’s score card is: 1 win 3 Losses
Mitt has a 25% political success rate
Not very good, is it?
portlandon on November 12, 2012 at 11:39 PM
It made no difference. He still lost – 6 years or 2 months.
You have to admit that Palin has a lot of power behind her name and already has a built in media machine. So that part of your argument fails.
However, as I keep repeating, until we neuter the media we’ll never get anywhere and allow the liberals to have the louder microphone.
kim roy on November 12, 2012 at 11:41 PM
I am sorry, as a former palinista, that you and the rest of the cult are so stupid that you think a presidential campaign can be organized and run in 2 months. And it’s basilsbeast to you.
Basilsbest on November 12, 2012 at 11:42 PM
Mitt couldn’t do it in 7 months. Brain dead Palin and the cult think it can be done in 2 months.
Basilsbest on November 12, 2012 at 11:45 PM
Your “2 Month” meme has already been proven false. Or A lie. But you’re mentally challenged so I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. You are just repeating a talking point you picked up from one of the Intelligent people.
Again, I can’t call you “Basilbeast” anymore, because people who suffer from mental handicaps are off limits to mocking.
So again, I am sorry Basilbeast. I wish you the best in any counseling you can find.
portlandon on November 12, 2012 at 11:47 PM
Mitt could have run in Utah and had a 100% success rate. Instead he took on “the lion of the Senate” in MA. Logic is not your strong suit.
Basilsbest on November 12, 2012 at 11:49 PM
The naif Palin agitated for a brokered convention. That would have left the nominee 2 months. Are you having trouble keeping up?
Basilsbest on November 12, 2012 at 11:52 PM
So Romney continues his track record of running for things he knows he can’t win, in order to……Prove his is really brave or really stupid?
So Spending 1 BILLION dollars, 10 years, and fracturing the GOP coalitions in order to stroke Romney’s Ego is…..A-OKAY with you?
Well, Romney has been tossed on the Ash heap of failed candidates. Right next to his Father George Romney’s failed Presidential Run of 1968, and his mother Lenore Romney’s Failed Senate Run of 1970.
The Romney family sure has a lot of FAIL in it.
portlandon on November 12, 2012 at 11:54 PM
And as you can see he really took down The Lion.
Senator Kennedy, together we pitched the secretary, on our vision to insure all our citizens. And on the need for federal support, to make the vision real. His work in Washington, and behind the scenes on Beacon Hill, was absolutely essential.”
It is now my pleasure to introduce my collaborator and friend Senator Edward Kennedy.”
sharrukin on November 12, 2012 at 11:56 PM
Oh, I forgot another family member who can share in political Failure of the Romney Family. G. Scott Romney ran for the Michigan Attorney General in 1998 but lost the nomination to someone else. Also, Scott Romney’s first wife Ronna Romney ran for Senator of Michigan twice, but failed both times.
Boy, The Romney family is the high on the FAIL chart of Political families.
portlandon on November 13, 2012 at 12:02 AM
kim roy on November 13, 2012 at 12:08 AM
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