How long will this last?Over at Unqualified Offerings (highclearing.com) we
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Compound the detainee bill with the Congressional Democratic PartyÂ?s existing abdication of all practical war-starting authority to the Executive and you have Presidential and Congressional election losses stretching as far as - from what I can tell, as far as the international bond market will let it stretch.
The relative silence from all quarters (Democrats, liberal pastors, and even 'liberal' Hollywood) in the wake of Bush's recent initiatives is stunning. But most interesting is the international political and business community. It's hard to believe that they see the United States getting stronger by giving Bush more power. So what's happening? (And Chavez doesn't count, he's a buffoon.) When will the smart money boys decide that investing in the U.S. isn't a good move?
posted by Quiddity at 9/29/2006 09:48:00 AM
Countries like China aren't investing in the US---they're buying our bonds because they're keeping their currency undervalued.
Countries like China aren't investing in the US---they're buying our bonds because they're keeping their currency undervalued.
The problem is that most of the people who you thought were on your side out of principle were really just expressing Bush-hatred.
If Bush had made Nixon's famous "Checkers" speech, you know damn well that the next day one of the liberal talking points would be how terrible and hateful dogs are. Piss on your rug. Attack children. Only a triglodyte like Bush could ever love a filthy dog.
But this time the issue is about torturing and executing terrorists. And you know what, despite all best efforts to create terrorists rights and comprehensive immigration movements (designed and calculated to create a new class of Democrats out of the current criminal underclass), when it comes down to it, most Americans would rather have the terrorists tortured and executed, and they really just want a wall to keep the criminals out.
Now that it's a done deal, all of the momentum is falling away, because you mistook politics for principles.
