NP: No gov't; best gov't..from John Lanchester LRoB

[David Morris]

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:27 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote
:>  And Obama is correct:  This is the perfect time to invest in our
future.  Too bad he's doing such a bad job making that happen...

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_09/a_recipe_for_failure031967.php

A Recipe for Failure

Arguably one of the most dramatic Democratic dilemmas of 2011 and 2012
is overcoming the realization that Republicans are getting their way
on economic policy and then denying any responsibility for the
results. Indeed, it’s a rather extraordinary con: GOP officials see
much of their agenda implemented, then see it fail, and then blame
Obama when their policies don’t work.  As Adam Serwer recently noted,
these same GOP officials are “actively pursuing policies that make the
problem worse, and then attacking the president for the results.”

For most Americans, this level of substantive detail is invisible.
They know Obama’s the president; they know the economy stinks; they
know there’s a lot of arguing going on in Washington, but they have no
idea who’s right and who’s wrong. They can’t count on major media
outlets to help sort things out — reality has a well known liberal
bias — and they’ll hear a lot of reporting about how “both sides” are
always to blame for everything.

But for those who are sincere in wanting to know who’s responsible for
the economic mess, the truth is painfully obvious.