tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post6699542228723823469..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Reflections on a CatalogueDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-87282776088350062292010-11-03T08:11:47.257-05:002010-11-03T08:11:47.257-05:00If you can get past the fact that Nixon was a firs...If you can get past the fact that Nixon was a first-class menace to the Constitution, a certifiable paranoid, and - protestations notwithstanding - in fact a crook, he was a pretty decent president.<br /><br />He was the last president we had who even understood what a foreign policy was, let alone had one, for example.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-69857366040516685762010-11-03T06:15:09.079-05:002010-11-03T06:15:09.079-05:00"I do remember when the American left (which ..."I do remember when the American left (which is rather centrist, compared with other places, but that’s another issue) actually considered that a viable phrase."<br /><br />During my trip back to the States, Rick made the comment that Obama was five steps to the right of Nixon. I thought he was exaggerating, then thought again. Wage controls (I think that was him), opening to Red China? Yup, about five steps.<br /><br />A Bryn Mawr professor drilled into our heads that the person who frames the issue often wins. At least in France, the Tea Partiers are often called "l'ultra libéral", meaning of course the extreme right. Not a compliment.Beatrice Desperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843520699216089362noreply@blogger.com