From who did Obama "inherit" the economic mess?

[spence]

Neat quote but it doesn't make a lot of sense.

Originally Posted by scottw

"The proper bafflers are the ambiguists. Their flashes of insights are frequent enough; but in the end the fog closes down. They are great ones for the facts, against the fundamentalists, and great ones of "conscience," against the cynics. They insist on the values of pragmatism against the absolutists; but they resent the suggestion that they push pragmatism to the point of relativism of moral values."
"For the pragmatists there are, properly speaking, no truths; there are only results."
-- John Courtney Murray, S.J. (September 12, 1904-August 16, 1967)

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[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

Neat quote but it doesn't make a lot of sense.


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to one who claims....

I come from the pragmatic center where we try to balance ideology with observation.
-spence

it wouldn't.....

[spence]

Originally Posted by scottw

to one who claims....

I come from the pragmatic center where we try to balance ideology with observation.
-spence

it wouldn't.....

Not in the context you used it.

-spence

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

Not in the context you used it.

-spence

thanks for the chuckle this morning anyway....pragmatic center

[spence]

Originally Posted by scottw

thanks for the chuckle this morning anyway....pragmatic center

I think the center tends to be inherently more pragmatic by it's very nature, not in a pure sense mind you (there's still room for idealism) but with a nod to reality when illuminating a path forward.

Glad I could make you laugh.

-spence

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

I think the center tends to be inherently more pragmatic by it's very nature, not in a pure sense mind you (there's still room for idealism) but with a nod to reality when illuminating a path forward.

Glad I could make you laugh.

-spence

I'm sure that's what you see when you(and the "we") place yourselves on a pedestal in the "center" and look around and begin to illuminate forward paths....

reminds me of "WE are the ONES we've been waiting for"... creepy...


you didn't make me laugh as hard as my 12 year old who located the "yo mama so ....." joke app for her iPOD......

[Jim in CT]

Spence, if you are in the "middle" as you claim, that must mean that there are some issues on which you think conservatives are right, and liberals are wrong.

I'm in the middle (slightly right leaning). I think conservatives are right on the economy, abortion, and national security. I think liberals are right on gay marriage, gun control, minimum wage, and the need for some regulation on Wall Street..

So Spence, on what issues do you side with conservatives?

I suspect that you think you're in the "middle" because you fall somewhere between Keith Oberman and his newphew Rachael Maddow. But remember, those 2 don't exactly cover the entire spectrum, just the entire spectrum at one network.