Why Conservatives Can't Govern

TomPaine by Robert L. Borosage | Mar. 19, 2007 (Opinion)

Donald Rumsfeld has been axed. Tom DeLay cut and ran. "Scooter" Libby stands convicted. Michael "you're doing a heck of a job" Brown was tossed. Newt Gingrich disgraced himself. And now the clueless Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, is surely the next to go.

Why this confederacy of dunces? The conservative National Review cover asks plaintively, "Can't Anyone Here Play this Game?" Time Magazine puts conservative icon Ronald Reagan on its cover, ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Mar 19, 2007 - 11:03 AM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The story is interesting. It carves the turkey, but there are leftover bones that could have been picked finer. It is good telling of some of the false moves of the administration, and some reasons for them.

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Chris Finnie
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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

The only part Borosage in this overview of the failure of a conservative government is the antipathy of conservatives to the very idea of government and how this impacts their performance. Other than that, a kick-ass summary of a history of failure that should be a must-read for the news-averse.

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
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