Rick Perry struggles at Republican debate

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by soopaman2

In before you blame the financial meltdown on him, that was a combination of Reagan era "supply side" econimics (aka trickle down) and Clinton era NAFTA agreements.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I agree, although it is worth pointing out that NAFTA was a piece Reagan-era diplomacy dating back to 1986, later signed (symbolicaly) by George H. W. Bush and formally ratified under the Clinton administration. That puts the paw prints of three US presidents on the disaster.

OMG, how DARE either of you say anything bad about Saint Ronald Wilson Reagan!
(Yes that's sarcasm. Policies aside, I just remember as a kid how everyone looked up to him. He was like this great fatherly figure. Guess that was his Teflon coating, eh? )

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

This is, for the most part, my own political belief, although I would invert the opening statement to a degree. Our policies have failed because of our collective obsession with ideology. Just look at political discussion on SubSim as an example in microcosm. Too many feel that their ideology must be taken pure as a solution to all, and that those who do not adhere to this dogma are somehow cancerous. We no longer compromise. We no longer do that which we have, historically, done best. And so each party's 'turn' in office ends in the same result--failure.

I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsleter. Or nominate this as political post of the year.