Barney On Bernie
I am enthusiastically neutral among all our fine Democratic candidates — knowing that whichever one gets the nomination will be miles ahead (in my view) of the Republican. That’s not blind partisanship; that’s a recognition that their nominee would appoint Supreme Court justices like the ones the Bushes appointed (Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, and Sam Alito*) where ours would appoint justices like the ones Clinton and Obama appointed (Ginsburg and Breyer; Kagan and Sotomayor). And that their nominee would favor the powerful and wealthy at a time when the pendulum has already swung too far their way.
My long-time hero Barney Frank (“How did a disheveled, intellectually combative gay Jew with a thick accent become one of the most effective (and funniest) politicians of our time?“) also wants a Democrat to win . . .
. . . and offers this particular point of view.
*With whom, at a swank function populated almost entirely by Democrats, I once had the pleasure of speaking for five minutes — mainly about the weather — assuming he was a mega-donor whose familiar face I knew I knew, but couldn’t quite place. “So what did you and Justice Alito talk about?” the friend who’d introduced us — “Andy, you know my classmate Sam?” — asked later that evening.
Quote of the Day
Governments are necessarily continuing concerns. They have to keep going in good times and bad. They therefore need a wide margin of safety. If taxes and debt are made all the people can bear when times are good, there will be certain disaster when times are bad.
~Calvin CoolidgeSearch
Request email delivery
Recent Posts
- Jan 26:
Strength - Jan 24:
The Inauguration . . . PRKR, BOREF, CNF - Jan 22:
The Other Pillow Guy* - Jan 21:
How Great Was That? - Jan 20:
You Respond To Umair Haque - Jan 19:
The Three Big Lies - Jan 18:
Two Harvard Grads Still For Trump - Jan 15:
Of Insurrection, Inequality, And Your Stocks - Jan 14:
Meanwhile . . . - Jan 13:
Ronald Reagan Speaks
- Jan 26: