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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Barracuda™ who wrote (156073)	5/16/2013 2:43:38 PM
From: The Barracuda™	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Some on our side are finally getting it John Dickerson, who acknowledges that these cases support the case for small government. "The Obama administration is doing a far better job making the case for conservatism than Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell, or John Boehner ever did. Showing is always better than telling, and when the government overreaches in so many ways it gives support to the conservative argument about the inherently rapacious nature of government...."This moment may allow some insight into the views of those who opposed gun control legislation. During the debate over background checks, three Republicans senators who ultimately voted against the Manchin–Toomney compromise talked about 'paranoia' among some gun owners about a national gun registry. The government would never go that far, these GOP senators believed, but their constituents did. Liberals pointed out that the Manchin–Toomey legislation had provisions that would have increased penalties for any kind of gun registry. They argue that rules were in place to discourage excessive behavior. Conservatives saw it a different way: The excessive behavior is inherent, so no rules will discourage it. "Liberals believe that there is a role for government to play in mediating market failures.... But those stories get lost in the scandal coverage of an administration, making it look like conservatives fundamentally understand something that liberals do not."