Comments on: Grabbing The Gipper’s Message http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/11/10/grabbing-the-gippers-message/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Dean http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/11/10/grabbing-the-gippers-message/comment-page-1/#comment-79756 Dean Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:20 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11227#comment-79756 Let's not confuse the circular firing squad with a much needed butt-kicking over matters like out-of-control-spending. Where it applies, why spare the rod? Let’s not confuse the circular firing squad with a much needed butt-kicking over matters like out-of-control-spending. Where it applies, why spare the rod?

]]> By: Bleepless http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/11/10/grabbing-the-gippers-message/comment-page-1/#comment-79753 Bleepless Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:20:36 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11227#comment-79753 martian, I said nothing about backstabbing at all, much less anything defending it. martian, I said nothing about backstabbing at all, much less anything defending it.

]]> By: martian http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/11/10/grabbing-the-gippers-message/comment-page-1/#comment-79752 martian Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:56:58 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11227#comment-79752 I'm with Gaius on this issue. Fingerpointing and back-stabbing never accomplish anything but to tear an organization apart. The biggest issue facing the Republican Party right now is how to overcome the incredibly biased MSM to get the right message back to the voters. The MSM will sieze on any and every finger point and back stab in order to harm the Republican Party. They would like nothing better than the opportunity to make their claim, that the Republican Party and it's principles are dead, into the truth. We must not let them and we must not help them! I’m with Gaius on this issue. Fingerpointing and back-stabbing never accomplish anything but to tear an organization apart. The biggest issue facing the Republican Party right now is how to overcome the incredibly biased MSM to get the right message back to the voters. The MSM will sieze on any and every finger point and back stab in order to harm the Republican Party. They would like nothing better than the opportunity to make their claim, that the Republican Party and it’s principles are dead, into the truth. We must not let them and we must not help them!

]]> By: Right Wing Nation » Blog Archive » The Glass Is Over Half Full http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/11/10/grabbing-the-gippers-message/comment-page-1/#comment-79749 Right Wing Nation » Blog Archive » The Glass Is Over Half Full Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:15:17 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11227#comment-79749 [...] has similar thoughts, though with a different focus and a humorous twist. Here’s another take. Category: Obama  |  Comment (RSS) [...] [...] has similar thoughts, though with a different focus and a humorous twist. Here’s another take. Category: Obama  |  Comment (RSS) [...]

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/11/10/grabbing-the-gippers-message/comment-page-1/#comment-79744 Gaius Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:24:23 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11227#comment-79744 The propensity right now is to throw the switch on the circular firing squad. That's what I do not want. We have to pull together, not pull ourselves apart. That's where I am coming from on this issue. Yes, we got it wrong. We need to learn from that, not commit suicide over it. The propensity right now is to throw the switch on the circular firing squad. That’s what I do not want. We have to pull together, not pull ourselves apart.

That’s where I am coming from on this issue. Yes, we got it wrong. We need to learn from that, not commit suicide over it.

]]> By: Bleepless http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/11/10/grabbing-the-gippers-message/comment-page-1/#comment-79743 Bleepless Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:13:14 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11227#comment-79743 Gaius, the problem is that analyzing what went wrong inevitably will require some finger-pointing. Certain policies and approaches were wrong (at least to some degree) and human beings made those decisions. This definitely does not mean that we should mobilize the circular firing squad, but we should be clear-eyed enough to realize that someone who was seriously wrong on major issues does not have the kind of track record that should deserve our positive presumptions. The other problems which inevitably will arise are whether a specific mistake was, in fact, made and who, if anyone, was responsible. Gaius, the problem is that analyzing what went wrong inevitably will require some finger-pointing. Certain policies and approaches were wrong (at least to some degree) and human beings made those decisions. This definitely does not mean that we should mobilize the circular firing squad, but we should be clear-eyed enough to realize that someone who was seriously wrong on major issues does not have the kind of track record that should deserve our positive presumptions.
The other problems which inevitably will arise are whether a specific mistake was, in fact, made and who, if anyone, was responsible.

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