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January 18, 2010
Sullivan on Brown-Coakley
Brown is not a step forward; he's a throwback to the Bush years: more debt, more executive power, more war, more spending, more politics over governance, more Rove tactics and no substantive proposals except more tax cuts. He has no plans to help the uninsured or to control healthcare costs.
But it seems pretty clear to me that he will win, which means that the FNC/RNC machine has succeeded in perpetuating the meme that somehow Obama is a communist elitist out of touch with real Americans who want their government slashed, while they want no cuts at all in any entitlements, who want the budget balanced without any tax hikes or spending cuts, who demand access to unrestricted healthcare for ever, but refuse to support ways to reduce soaring costs. They want an end to crippling occupations overseas, but they also don't want to retreat or surrender to terrorists. They want to restore America's moral standing but retain the torture camp at Gitmo. And when told they cannot have all this, they vote for someone else who can promise it, however utopian their plans are.
Yup.
Andrew Sullivan: "The Crux of the Matter"
Posted by caps at January 18, 2010 03:09 PM