Let's talk about Donald Rumsfeld, sort of. As longtime readers know, I generally cleave to the theory that the two American parties are symmetrical: in general, for every bad thing Party A does, Party B is doing exactly the same thing to exactly the same extent. Most people who think The Other Party is implacably evil (while Their Own Party is implacably incompetent) have, to be frank, lost perspective. For every scoundrel on the Right, there is an equal but opposite scoundrel on the Left, and vice versa. Once you've proved this a few dozen times, you can tune out 80% of partisan news.
An Asymmetry Observed: Partisan Obituaries
An Asymmetry Observed: Partisan Obituaries
An Asymmetry Observed: Partisan Obituaries
Let's talk about Donald Rumsfeld, sort of. As longtime readers know, I generally cleave to the theory that the two American parties are symmetrical: in general, for every bad thing Party A does, Party B is doing exactly the same thing to exactly the same extent. Most people who think The Other Party is implacably evil (while Their Own Party is implacably incompetent) have, to be frank, lost perspective. For every scoundrel on the Right, there is an equal but opposite scoundrel on the Left, and vice versa. Once you've proved this a few dozen times, you can tune out 80% of partisan news.