What really should be taken from this is that for every person that "hates" Cheney there is an equal or greater amount that hates Pelosi. ie-there still are some real, conservative Americans out there who like capitalism and love America, and we're not all driving Priuses and majoring in political science.
"What really should be taken from this is that for every person that "hates" Cheney there is an equal or greater amount that hates Pelosi."
ReplyDeleteThat's not quite true, Captain. The 50% that has an unfavorable opinion of Pelosi is less than the 54% that has an unfavorable opinion of Cheney.
So no, there's not quite one for one.
Cheney's resurgence signals to me a greater truth: engagement works. When Cheney was a mysterious person in an undisclosed location, he was unpopular. As the intelligent, thoughtful and erudite spokesman for the opposition, he's more popular than ever. Engaging the media, making your case for your views to the public in a thoughtful manner, works. Let's hope the GOP learns the lesson.
ReplyDeleteCheney is not hateful. Pelosi certainly is...she's also a whack job to the Nth degree...would someone please shoot her!
ReplyDeleteBut, Pelosi is a Democrat, and as such, the media must praise her. She cannot possibly be evil.
ReplyDeleteMy ex wife's father grew up with Dick Cheney. He's an upstanding guy and a great public servant. Indeed he remained too much behind the scenes to give the president the front seat. Make no mistake, Bush made all the decisions.
ReplyDeleteCheney became the evil emperor because of the cognitive dissonance of competing views of Bush: far right, village idiot, criminal mastermind. Bush had to be seen as a puppet for all this to come together. Crimestop is the only way a liberal keeps his head from exploding.
I just wanted to post a quick, albeit of the wall comment. I have been reading/enjoying this blog for several months now by way of SDA. And I have certainly read CC's disdain for the lack of technical degrees being sought in college. Here is my two cents:
ReplyDelete- At church today, the graduating seniors were recognized. All 35 of them were going to college (or 2 year schools in a few cases). However, only 4 had intentions of majors in engineering/science. Well, 5.. .if you count "environmental sciences". My wife mentioned that maybe some of the kids would pick up a science major, but I have never seen an "English" or "Communications" major switch to EE. Also, in fact, one or two of the 4 (or 5) above will probably not make it in the sciences, and get a BA in business instead. And this is a middle-to-upper-class church. Where will our scientist/engineers come from?
- Secondly, I work with instrumentation, instrument engineers, and instrumentation shops at my clients. Instrumentation technicians are in SHORT supply. One company got 300 applications, and only 1 had their degree, and the one they actually hired was working on his. This is a 2 year degree, but a young person can start at $40K ($50+ with overtime) and good benefits. Not bad for a 20 year old. But the techinical colleges programs are underfilled and failing. WTFudge?