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Tuesday, June 19. 2012

"Ungovernable"

The MSM pundits always wail about "ungovernable" when their pets fail at their jobs. I remember when NYC was said to be ungovernable when Dinkins was mayor. It was amusing and gratifying to see how governable, prosperous, and civilized NYC became when Giuliani was elected.


Taranto discusses the history of the "ungovernable" meme.


Related: Romney Holds Lead Over Obama for Eleven Days Straight

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 14:58 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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"Ungovernable" seems to be a problem for Democrats. This could mean that a) they are not smart enough, or clever enough, or able to find good advisors; or b) their governing assumptions are wrong and they are insufficiently in touch with reality to correct or change them.

Possibility c) (and on) is left to the student.
#1 Sam L. on 2012-06-19 16:09 (Reply)
Any or all of these may apply. One common thread in all of this is that their greater good is served by whatever lies they can provide. They are pitiful- and disgusting.
#1.1 Thalpy on 2012-06-19 16:46 (Reply)
"Romney Holds Lead Over Obama for Eleven Days Straight."
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Given what Obama has done to our country - indeed, given what he has done to the world, all for the most transparently venal of reasons - my realization that the statement above is offered in a celebratory sense fills me with a profound despair.

It's 1975, and I'm on the roof of the American Embassy as the NVA surrounds Saigon, only there are no helicopters coming, there's no place else to go, and it's the people I thought of as my countrymen who want me dead.

All I can do is take as many of them with me as possible.
#2 bobby b on 2012-06-20 04:56 (Reply)
It's certainly ungovernable by their philosophy of government. I wonder if there are any alternatives?
#3 Texan99 (Link) on 2012-06-20 12:43 (Reply)

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