Those who fail don't get to give lectures about how to succeed

[babylonsister]

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_02/016801.php


HISTORY LESSON.... The director of the White House National Economic Council, Lawrence Summers, is known for having a rather brusque personality. I think he was clearly holding back this morning.

George Stephanopoulos just showed Obama economic adviser Larry Summers a tape of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell questioning the efficacy of the New Deal.

Summers: "The people who presided over the last eight years ... {don't} seem to be in a strong position to lecture on history."

That's true, and it's a point that bears repeating from time to time. When it comes to economic policy, now would be an excellent time for the Republican Party to enjoy a little quiet time. We're talking about a party that insisted that Bill Clinton's economic policies would be a complete disaster, and then rallied enthusiastically behind George W. Bush's economic agenda. In recent weeks, these same lawmakers have been questioning FDR, while embracing Hoover.

Given all of this, why the Republican Party believes it has credibility on economic policies is a mystery. After getting everything spectacularly wrong for years, we still hear McConnell, Boehner, & Co. sounding downright Cartman-like, demanding, "You will respect my authority!"

Summers' attitude is the right one -- those who fail don't get to give lectures about how to succeed.

-Steve Benen

[Captain Hilts]

1. B-I-N-G-O!

FDR: Round goes to Summers!
ER: Isn't that just grand!

[opihimoimoi]

2. The GOP is full of BULLIES...they will dictate as long as they are

able to....

They are the campfire hogs....talking far more than boredom allows

[EFerrari]

3. Did you hear that pig Lindsay Graham threatening Obama on Friday night?

"Don't do it again" -- a clear threat. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. On top of their obvious bs about deficits and spending, they're threatening the president.

[lsewpershad]

4. Bullies they are

only because we let them

[glitch]

5. True and Welcome to DU! nt

[4 t 4]

6. sometimes it's so

painful being a democracy If this was some other country they would have been told to just shut up and the thing would have been passed last week. I wonder home many more people could have been helped if it had already passed-so sad. They had their eight years to govern and look where we are.

[glitch]

9. Oh yeah, it's bad all right. We need systemic change to survive, I have no doubt.

But it ain't over til it's over so I try to cheer up (I don't always succeed!). :hug:

[GiveMeFreedom]

7. The republicans failed, badly!

The GOP party is loosing its power. They certainly do not want us Dems to to take anymore from them, certainly they are posturing for the 2012 election and will do everything they can to make President Obama's policy's fail in order to lay claim of having the right economic policy.

The right is wrong. The GOP got us into this economic disaster, with deregulation of money changers and robber barons who have managed to form a third political party called corporate America.

The GOP will hold on to their mantra of "serve the rich to help the poor", unfortunately to get richer and hoard wealth, they must create more poor peoples.

I am sadden by all of this and angry that a revolution has not started in this country to throw the bums out or at least make them shut the phuck up!!!

[peace13]

8. News flash for you.

The folks who voted for * don't take any responsibility for the disaster that we find ourselves in. They are ignorant fools. I should know, I'm related to some of them. They think that they are still the cream cheese on the *hit sandwich.