Consider Miller’s snarky — and obviously false — statement about the founders’ beliefs: "[U.S. Senate candidate Ken] Buck called the [Social Security] program unsustainable, and said he didn’t think the nation’s founders intended to have a program like Social Security (let’s recall that these people hadn’t conceived of a fire department or a postal service, either)." Read the rest of this entry »
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
Denver Post’s Snarky Fact Check Fails: Ken Buck and Social Security
Note to Elizabeth Miller of the Denver Post: when writing a "fact check" about political candidates, you should probably try to make sure that your own statements are correct.
The members of the Democrat party have given us a lot to consider before voting in November, 2010. Here are just 11 reasons to think about before you vote.
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The fundamental differences between liberals and conservatives
by Michael Rosen
The Denver Post, 8/6/86
IT HARDLY MATTERS whether the debate concerns economic policy, social issues, defense or foreign affairs; it just seems that all too often the fundamental differences between liberals and conservatives are simply irreconcilable: I think that’s because they are. The only valuable, productive disagreements are between those who fundamentally agree. How can we come to terms on the details if we can’t accept each other’s basic assumptions? Between those who fundamentally disagree, especially in politics, we have not discussion but rhetoric, debating games and grandstanding.
