Comments on: Surprising Joint Statement by Hillary Clinton and John McCain http://www.stageleft.info/2008/05/06/4496/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:23:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: throbbin http://www.stageleft.info/2008/05/06/4496/#comment-133654 throbbin Tue, 06 May 2008 16:34:34 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/?p=4496#comment-133654 Obama FTW!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('133654','throbbin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('133654','throbbin','Obama FTW!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Obama FTW!
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]]> By: Ti-Guy http://www.stageleft.info/2008/05/06/4496/#comment-133651 Ti-Guy Tue, 06 May 2008 14:17:57 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/?p=4496#comment-133651 <i>You’re electing someone to continue the oversight of a huge and complex governance machine, with incredible checks and balances. Any of us will do a pretty good job, and the way things are set up, no-one can actually drag the county too far off track.</i> Surely you're not suggesting this is an assertion grounded in reality and common sense. The last 18 (at least) years prove that this is a myth, like "separation of church and state," and "American democracy," and "consent of the governed" and "constitutionally-derived powers" and "free press" and... Good post, though.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('133651','Ti-Guy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('133651','Ti-Guy','<i>You’re electing someone to continue the oversight of a huge and complex governance machine, with incredible checks and balances. Any of us will do a pretty good job, and the way things are set up, no-one can actually drag the county too far off track.</i>\r\n\r\nSurely you\'re not suggesting this is an assertion grounded in reality and common sense. The last 18 (at least) years prove that this is a myth, like \"separation of church and state,\" and \"American democracy,\" and \"consent of the governed\" and \"constitutionally-derived powers\" and \"free press\" and...\r\n\r\nGood post, though.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> You’re electing someone to continue the oversight of a huge and complex governance machine, with incredible checks and balances. Any of us will do a pretty good job, and the way things are set up, no-one can actually drag the county too far off track.

Surely you’re not suggesting this is an assertion grounded in reality and common sense. The last 18 (at least) years prove that this is a myth, like “separation of church and state,” and “American democracy,” and “consent of the governed” and “constitutionally-derived powers” and “free press” and…

Good post, though.

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]]> By: James Bow http://www.stageleft.info/2008/05/06/4496/#comment-133650 James Bow Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:50 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/?p=4496#comment-133650 "Last night I had the strangest dream..."<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('133650','James Bow'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('133650','James Bow','\"Last night I had the strangest dream...\"'); return false;">Quote</a></div> “Last night I had the strangest dream…”
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