tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post1858912829938334367..comments2023-12-30T23:02:57.931-08:00Comments on Deep Thought: Real versus SymbolicEli Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-79992484181091266222007-01-12T23:44:00.000-08:002007-01-12T23:44:00.000-08:00I guess if your going to lose anyway you'd rather ...I guess if your going to lose anyway you'd rather lose by putting up the real McCoy. It's always better to be damned for what you do than to be damned for what you don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-23974165563763687382007-01-12T08:00:00.000-08:002007-01-12T08:00:00.000-08:00Senator Reid's proposal may indeed by toothless, b...Senator Reid's proposal may indeed by toothless, but I like the way it triangulates and marginalizes the Bush strategy. <br /><br />On the one hand we'll have the Senate opposed, with polls also showing most Americans also opposed to the Bush McCain "surge." That leaves them way out on the end of a very long isosceles triangle, distant from the wishes of the people and their congressional representatives.<br /><br />Even if Reid's protest does nothing immediately it will have at least further framed the president's policies as undemocratic.shrimplatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.com