tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post448370454144082242..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: A Moment of ClarityMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-48296482817769893282008-10-15T06:23:00.000-05:002008-10-15T06:23:00.000-05:00You have to be optimistic, Ben. It's really the on...You have to be optimistic, Ben. It's really the only choice.<BR/><BR/>Gino,<BR/><BR/>Reagan is the model and you are right to remind me of that. Nearly 30 years on from his election, it's easy to forget how much of a renegade he really was.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-61592865960449178072008-10-14T23:44:00.000-05:002008-10-14T23:44:00.000-05:00reagan was the consumate outsider. and he took dc,...reagan was the consumate outsider. and he took dc, and america, by storm, and didnt give it back.<BR/>they may have disliked him in the establishment, even in his own party, and some of that was his lack of ivy league cred. the rest was his willingness to boldly think he was their intellectual equal.<BR/><BR/>bush was not really an outsider, having grown up in a NE patrichian household,having worked in DC politics through his dad. he just had a folksy appeal to the folks.<BR/>he was just like gore, only more more likable to regular people.<BR/><BR/>the problem with sarah, and i love her more than you do, is that she is not sophisticated on national issues and it shows. clinton wasnt either, but he was good at faking it, and he had a willing media corps to block for him.<BR/><BR/>i hope she can 'thatcher up' a bit, and come back to do to the nation what she's already done to my heart.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-15843108226676182082008-10-14T23:28:00.000-05:002008-10-14T23:28:00.000-05:00Someone who ain't from D.C.? Thankfully! That ci...Someone who ain't from D.C.? Thankfully! That city and the federal government are out of control and need to be cleaned out. The whole apparatus is like stinking meat, a festering sore, a blight on our nation.<BR/><BR/>You strike a tone that is reasonably optimistic. I'm impressed. Looking at the big picture of America after these past eight years I'm feeling pretty grouchy.W.B. Picklesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187309512838841997noreply@blogger.com