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Frank Meyer

Mount Airy, NC
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1 year 39 weeks

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Posted on 09/14/11 at 07:15 am in response to The Jackie Kennedy recordings shouldn't really shock anyone

"Robert Kennedy never wanted Johnson to be his brother's 1960 running mate and he absolutely could not abide the idea of Johnson, thought by many to be folksy and many more to be completely uncouth, sitting in his brother's Oval Office."

Yes, the sense of entitlement that the Kennedy clan and its admirers still exude would certainly support such a thought. Still, the Oval Office is not a dynastic property, "owned" by its temporary occupant. Not yet, anyway. Perhaps the transition...

Posted on 09/14/11 at 07:24 am in response to Romney and Perry debate Social Security -- and we learn almost nothing

I'm not a Perry enthusiast, but why is Perry an economic illiterate for calling Social Security a Ponzi scheme when most of the same people who spout that line, like this poster, follow Paul Krugman's columns and nod their heads in approval, though Krugman made the same point in 1997 ? ...

Posted on 09/14/11 at 08:49 am in response to Romney and Perry debate Social Security -- and we learn almost nothing

"There are, in fact, lots of ways to cut medical spending. They all are painful to someone."

Perhaps the whole medical services funding debate is barking up the wrong tree: http://www.amazon.com/Health-Nations-Causes-Sickness-Well-Being/dp/04650...

As Phillip Longman wrote in a March 2003 Washington...

Posted on 09/14/11 at 09:30 am in response to Romney and Perry debate Social Security -- and we learn almost nothing

"A bad idea is a bad idea no matter who proposes it, liberal or conservative."

@Paul - or perhaps they are both correct?

Simply calling it a "bad idea" proves nothing except that this is your opinion. Having followed this discussion since the early 1980's, when I witnessed a debate between the original chief actuary of the Social Security system and one of his successors, and thus became aware of the issue, I'm inclined to think that both Perry and Krugman are casting light...

Posted on 09/14/11 at 07:05 am in response to With an overnight change of heart, Tim Pawlenty becomes the first to leave GOP presidential race

A good surmise as to why Pawlenty folded when he did, and announced his support for Romney: Romney will cover Pawlenty's campaign debts.