tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post5071274049231707322..comments2024-03-28T16:58:17.705-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Now, Let's Not Go OverboardGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-29134912667427183362011-12-06T16:24:40.731-05:002011-12-06T16:24:40.731-05:00Not entirely without alloy: I said "might.&q...Not entirely without alloy: I said "might."Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-36426728848601640792011-12-06T15:55:15.526-05:002011-12-06T15:55:15.526-05:00When the crisis this mode of government produces f...<i>When the crisis this mode of government produces finally arrives, we might then be able to use the leverage to sever the concentration of Federal power, and restore the Federalism and local independence that would allow for a more just system to exist.</i><br /><br />Unalloyed optimist, eh?<br /><br />The traditional path following a crisis/collapse is straight to dictatorship, whether 'benign' or otherwise.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-90930493324589254342011-12-06T15:16:37.913-05:002011-12-06T15:16:37.913-05:00".... the decisions people have made about th...".... the decisions people have made about the qualifications of the candidates are based on their capacity to answer questions, express their thoughts, and the positions these candidates have taken. "<br /><br />As opposed to, say, looking at their actual deeds and qualifications for office?<br /><br />Verbal facility is an extremely poor predictor of actual behavior or character. This is true of humans in general but perhaps more true of politicians than of anyone else.<br /><br />I do believe you have zeroed in on what's wrong with the GOP primary, Grim. The fault is as much with ourselves as with the candidates.Cassnoreply@blogger.com