Regarding Michael Brown

[jhetley]

Appointing incompetent political cronies to high government position is an ancient and common practice of this land. It long predates both Democans and Republicrats.

Most of the time, it doesn't matter.

Comments

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

When you start spouting the "Democans and Republicrats" bullshit, you're skirting perilously close to Officially Stupid territory. Anyone who can't see that there are significant differences between the two groups is either not looking or not giving a shit.

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

At the same time, in the end, Democrats and Republicans *are* just people, and where they're similar is more important than where they are different.

It shouldn't be a partisan issue; a Democrat could have put a political ally in charge of an important department. The key isn't "a REPUBLICAN did it!" It should be "Someone did this. That person should be held responsible for the choice."

The thing that upsets me is not so much that George W. Bush is doing things a good Republican - say, a Bob Dole - might do. It's that he's doing things that a bad person would do, and he's being praised to heaven for doing it.

That he's a Republican doesn't matter... not in this case. It shouldn't be partisan. It should be about responsibility, pure and simple. It won't spin out that way, but spin is spin and facts are facts. It's vitally important that the relevant facts be put forward: Bush and Brown both sat on their ass as the water rose and people died. It sounds like there's an awfully big blame pie for a lot of people, Democrats and Republicans to be served a heaping slice of it... and everyone who deserves it should get it.

Regardless, it's important for folks to understand that Democrats would howl for the head of John Kerry, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, or any other prominent Democrat who did the same thing.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

"No matter who you voted for, the Government got in."

Yeah, they're bad in significantly different ways.

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Okay, that assessment I can live with.

Sorry I snapped. It's a bit of a sore spot when only ONE of the two major parties is trying to take away my religious freedom and my right to decide my own medical treatment, and people try to tell me that there's no difference between the two. It comes across as, "These things aren't important because they don't affect me," although I'm sure that's not how you meant it.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Keep in mind that you are swinging a broad brush. Both our US senators are officially Republicans, and the hostile targets of anti-abortion ads regarding the supreme court nomination.

Just like all Democrats are not in favor of nationalizing the healthcare sector....

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Yep, the Federalists and the Whigs did it too, though the Whigs might have been the least guilty. Partially because they only ever got one President.