Comments on: Peasant Wisdom http://donklephant.com/2005/09/12/peasant-wisdom/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: marteen http://donklephant.com/2005/09/12/peasant-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-2165 marteen Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:56:36 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=845#comment-2165 Just because you have an MBA does not mean that you have a 'mind of a businessman.' Just because you were in business does not mean you have a 'mind of a business man.' GWB shows very few (if any) signs of business-like thinking. Kristol at the Weekly Standard has even confessed that GWB is lacking in the execution category. And that is what matters. In the business world, you can have all the great ideas but if you do not execute well, you'll get fired. Look at Carly Fiorina at HP. She had visionary like ideas and was fired because she did not execute very well (at least the BOD thought so). People (those who voted for GWB) are now realizing that there is very little substance behind the man and presidency. This is reflected in the polls. Please, please, please, don't say that this man has a mind of a businessman. There has been no evidence of this in GWB 50+ years of existence. Just because you have an MBA does not mean that you have a ‘mind of a businessman.’ Just because you were in business does not mean you have a ‘mind of a business man.’ GWB shows very few (if any) signs of business-like thinking. Kristol at the Weekly Standard has even confessed that GWB is lacking in the execution category. And that is what matters. In the business world, you can have all the great ideas but if you do not execute well, you’ll get fired. Look at Carly Fiorina at HP. She had visionary like ideas and was fired because she did not execute very well (at least the BOD thought so). People (those who voted for GWB) are now realizing that there is very little substance behind the man and presidency. This is reflected in the polls.

Please, please, please, don’t say that this man has a mind of a businessman. There has been no evidence of this in GWB 50+ years of existence.

]]> By: Jim http://donklephant.com/2005/09/12/peasant-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-2160 Jim Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:55:55 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=845#comment-2160 It was high time for the Democratic ascendancy to end, and that began when reagan took office. It has taken a long time, but it is ocmplete now. Can we talk about a Republican ascendancy yet, even witha two-term Clinton reign? Maybe there is something like a "Republican consensus" in the country and this was what Clinton was trying to deal with when he talked about "new Democrats". Well, this consensus has vulnerabiities of its own. The social conservative vs. libertarian split is the most obvious. The point is that trouble for Bush is not necessarily promising for a movemtn or organization whose time has past. A Republican consensus will not last forever, but the old Democratic lash-up of labor unions and pressure groups is not coming back. It was high time for the Democratic ascendancy to end, and that began when reagan took office. It has taken a long time, but it is ocmplete now. Can we talk about a Republican ascendancy yet, even witha two-term Clinton reign? Maybe there is something like a “Republican consensus” in the country and this was what Clinton was trying to deal with when he talked about “new Democrats”. Well, this consensus has vulnerabiities of its own. The social conservative vs. libertarian split is the most obvious.

The point is that trouble for Bush is not necessarily promising for a movemtn or organization whose time has past. A Republican consensus will not last forever, but the old Democratic lash-up of labor unions and pressure groups is not coming back.

]]> By: David http://donklephant.com/2005/09/12/peasant-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-2157 David Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:57:30 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=845#comment-2157 Absolutely correct - One thing I've seen a lot of from my more liberal friends is a "Bush says X, therefore X cannot be true" argument style - rather than having principles which lead to positions, these friends of mine take positions which are opposed to the Republican positions. Not a winning or convincing strategy. Absolutely correct – One thing I’ve seen a lot of from my more liberal friends is a “Bush says X, therefore X cannot be true” argument style – rather than having principles which lead to positions, these friends of mine take positions which are opposed to the Republican positions.

Not a winning or convincing strategy.

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2005/09/12/peasant-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-2148 Justin Gardner Tue, 13 Sep 2005 04:28:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=845#comment-2148 <blockquote>President Bush’s poll numbers are not sinking because the American people have suddenly decided an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, large tax increases, and passage of the Kyoto Protocol are the path to True Happiness. Those poll numbers reflect the understandable reaction of a citizenry to a president who appears to have disengaged from them. And you know what, it’s hard to demonstrate leadership when you appear to be disengaged. The citizenry wants Leadership; not Management. Second of all, let’s be clear about why folks are having problems with the President’s performance dealing with Hurricane Katrina. None of us have the slightest idea of just how good or bad Michael Brown was at FEMA, but the fact of the matter is that he never should have been there in the first place. George W. Bush got caught with his hand in the patronage cookie jar, and now he’s going to get spanked for it.</blockquote> Wow, well put. My thoughts exactly. And I do mean, exactly.

President Bush’s poll numbers are not sinking because the American people have suddenly decided an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, large tax increases, and passage of the Kyoto Protocol are the path to True Happiness. Those poll numbers reflect the understandable reaction of a citizenry to a president who appears to have disengaged from them. And you know what, it’s hard to demonstrate leadership when you appear to be disengaged. The citizenry wants Leadership; not Management.

Second of all, let’s be clear about why folks are having problems with the President’s performance dealing with Hurricane Katrina. None of us have the slightest idea of just how good or bad Michael Brown was at FEMA, but the fact of the matter is that he never should have been there in the first place. George W. Bush got caught with his hand in the patronage cookie jar, and now he’s going to get spanked for it.

Wow, well put. My thoughts exactly.

And I do mean, exactly.

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