Barak Obama says Republicans practice "Social Darwinism"

Re: Barak Obama says Republicans practice "Social Darwi

We can't forget the other phrase they are trying to prove - "power corrupts"

I think it was on one of the Sunday shows that someone said that The GOP has managed to reach the level of corruption in 10 years that it took the Democrats to reach in 40.

So what's a nice guy to do if he doesn't believe in government? As today's Republicans are proving, running for public office is going to prove counter-productive.

Surely you don't mean to say that we should accept a premise that Republicans, or any other politicians, are nice guys?

philosophical anarchy is a well reasoned response.

Some of them were -- a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, when they were young, idealistic, and out of power. But you are right: that is not what I meant to say. What I meant to say is that I'm a nice guy (no really). And I don't really want to contemplate which side of the culture wars is producing the more corrupt politicians. I would rather live under a government that offers corrupt politicians much less to sell. The state Adam Smith envisions (slightly bigger than the classical liberal nightwatchman state) seems like the optimal size to me. Whether I'm right or wrong, I am not alone. But what chance do we have of getting there if the only practical way is by running for office -- and if people won't close down public offices once they occupy them?


As a personal attitude towards politics, I got there shortly after November 9, 1989. As a way of making a difference in politics, I don't see how it's workable, alas.

workable smirkable, it's the only sanity left for me in my dotage.