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Monday, August 5, 2013
Frank Rich — The Stench of the Potomac
Washington may be a dysfunctional place to govern, but it’s working better than ever as a marketplace for cashing in. And that’s thanks, more than anything, to the Democratic Establishment.
This brings up echoing harmonics of Ye Olde Pyrrhic Victory.
GOP excels at shooting the Middle Class in the foot.
DNP is progressive about aiming elswhere, but coincidentally hitting someone else's foot. Pyrrhic tactics? Linked to failed strategies? [Can't wait for noble, Pyrrhic strategy linked to doomed policy!]
No one could have predicted either GOP/DNP outcome, of course. Pyrrhic predictions?
This brings up echoing harmonics of Ye Olde Pyrrhic Victory.
ReplyDeleteGOP excels at shooting the Middle Class in the foot.
DNP is progressive about aiming elswhere, but coincidentally hitting someone else's foot.
Pyrrhic tactics? Linked to failed strategies? [Can't wait for noble, Pyrrhic strategy linked to doomed policy!]
No one could have predicted either GOP/DNP outcome, of course. Pyrrhic predictions?