Comments on: Eviscerating responsibility

By: steve sturm

steve sturm — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:03:10 +0000

Sorry Mark, a bad, if not unjustified, move on my part assuming you were the writer.

By: pgl

pgl — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:34:54 +0000

We were thinking along similar lines – see the Hastert Test over at Angrybear!

By: steve sturm

steve sturm — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:00:35 +0000

Mark: I will never say the Republicans are handling this properly… but I wonder: are you the pot or the kettle?

By: DK

DK — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:44:00 +0000

Umm, when did Bush take responsibility for Katrina, or Baghdad, or 9-11, or any other fiasco? The “Helluva job, Brownie” strategy is an alternative to the Reagan strategy, not an addition to it.

By: Ken D.

Ken D. — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:09:38 +0000

Tried and true; insofar as I recall, the investigation into who screwed up in allowing the Marine barracks bombing in Lebanon was indeed called off — because Reagan had said he accepted “responsibility.” But I have serious doubts that it will work this time, due to the unfortunate timing for the Republicans. Either Hastert hangs on and costs them a few crucial votes in swing districts, or he leaves, validating the seriousness of an indisguisably Republican scandal on the eve of those elections. I am not sure that even skilled execution of the strategy can get them out of this one.

By: Mike Kelley

Mike Kelley — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:13:39 +0000

Such an old tactic and how long has it worked for them? And why have the demo’s let them get away with it? And just who is going to do anything about it? Which Democrat has the spine to stand up on his or her hindquarters and bray:ENOUGH?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:11:11 +0000

This may have started with Reagan, but was brought to perfection by Janet Reno over Waco.