tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post116144057801071075..comments2023-12-29T10:13:54.118-07:00Comments on <center>Walled-In Pond</center>: Molly Ivins: Don’t Count the Republicans OutWoody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post-22124287510894677562006-10-22T16:30:00.000-06:002006-10-22T16:30:00.000-06:00people's effective earning (and spending) power ha...people's effective earning (and spending) power has been static or declining for the last five years at least...<br /><br />and probably longer...<br /><br />folks are getting used to being slapped around: social battered spouse syndrome, where the patriarchy/oligarchy slaps anybody around as hard and as much as they wanna...<br />'Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post-1161465556235498682006-10-21T15:19:00.000-06:002006-10-21T15:19:00.000-06:00I am convinced of a difference.I am not surrenderi...I am convinced of a difference.<BR/>I am not surrendering hope.<BR/><BR/>Just like the 80's materialistic ers that garnered what amounted to the laissez faire for the uber riche (massive de-reg/downsizing etc) and ended with recession and debt was countered.<BR/><BR/>We had the big dog to do it, sure, but it was the moment, the time.<BR/><BR/>Like now.<BR/><BR/>People then saw the administration's effect on their wallet...not a noble reason but a reason that has its parallel today.<BR/><BR/>That, my friend, is the context for my hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com