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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (47268)	11/16/2010 6:03:55 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Isn't Fallow a conservative No. And even if he was it would be largely besides the point. I'm not saying he is so highly partisan that it blinds him to reality, I'm saying the perspective of the piece is one of being about parties, and of blaming one party more than the other, and thus biased or not, accurate or not, relevant or not, it is definitionally partisan. The partisan perspective is "the deficit is because of the Republicans", or alternatively "the deficit is all because of the Democrats". That would be partisan even if it was true, and in neither case is it true. When I say "Which is why I think Fallows partisan perspective on the issue is misguided", you can read that as "I think Partisan choice to frame the issue of being to a large extent a political party issue, is misguided". I also think its misguided because to the extent you do make it about party, I think its more about the Democrats, but that's like saying that "Bob" isn't as bad as "Jim", because Bob only shot 6 people while Jim shot 7. The details of the exact partisan balance of guilt and responsibility are not as important as the problem itself, trying to find a way to deal with it, and the fact that both parties should properly share blame.