The news this week brought back the old joke about the European
immigrant attending college in New York City. Every time he had to
address the teacher, he would stand up and make a courtly bow
before asking if the "honored Professor" would honor him with a
response. A classmate who was a local decided to disabuse the poor
greenhorn of his Old World notions.
"That's not how we do things here in the United States of America," he said. "Just ask a question in a casual tone without preliminaries."
"Sir," the immigrant countered. "You can get your A your way and let me get mine my way."
The Republican Party thinks it understands how to score A in politics. You identify the major issues of the day and you develop positions consistent with the pertinent information, the U.S. Constitution, existing laws, traditional practices, morals, ethics and ideals. Then you go out to communicate those views to the public and hope the people react to them by casting votes in your favor.
The Democrat Party has a different approach to acquiring the desired A grade. First you cultivate a series of trite clichés that artfully misrepresent reality in such a manner that all the wrong choices sound exactly right. Should the government spend money it does not have? "To do less would be to abandon the unfortunate." Should the government interfere in what food we eat, what soft drinks we imbibe, what we smoke, what fuel we drill and mine for, what light bulbs we use, what toilets we use, what shower heads we use, what cars we drive? "To do less would be to abandon the planet." That concludes the substantive debate.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/08/24/still-my-akin-heart
"That's not how we do things here in the United States of America," he said. "Just ask a question in a casual tone without preliminaries."
"Sir," the immigrant countered. "You can get your A your way and let me get mine my way."
The Republican Party thinks it understands how to score A in politics. You identify the major issues of the day and you develop positions consistent with the pertinent information, the U.S. Constitution, existing laws, traditional practices, morals, ethics and ideals. Then you go out to communicate those views to the public and hope the people react to them by casting votes in your favor.
The Democrat Party has a different approach to acquiring the desired A grade. First you cultivate a series of trite clichés that artfully misrepresent reality in such a manner that all the wrong choices sound exactly right. Should the government spend money it does not have? "To do less would be to abandon the unfortunate." Should the government interfere in what food we eat, what soft drinks we imbibe, what we smoke, what fuel we drill and mine for, what light bulbs we use, what toilets we use, what shower heads we use, what cars we drive? "To do less would be to abandon the planet." That concludes the substantive debate.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/08/24/still-my-akin-heart
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