Tuesday, November 29, 2011
"It's No Longer About The Lessons Of History"
My first post today (see below) had one opinion; and here is a "second" opinion.
Is it possible they are both generally right, and that history's results, no matter how well they fit, are NOT relevant to today?...
Is it possible they are both generally right, and that history's results, no matter how well they fit, are NOT relevant to today?...
Thomas Sowell posts his view at Investors.com:
"Talk show host Michael Medved, for example, apparently thinks the Republicans need a centrist presidential candidate in 2012. He said, 'Most political battles are won by seizing the center.' Moreover, he added: 'Anyone who believes otherwise ignores the electoral experience of the last 50 years.'
But just when did Ronald Reagan, with his two landslide election victories, 'seize the center'? For that matter, when did Franklin D. Roosevelt, with a record four consecutive presidential election victories, "seize the center"?"
