Reply #12: It's a bullshit answer to most criticisms [View All]

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If there is indeed something which can be pointed to as a success in this administration there are bound to be actions and policies which can be defined as wrongheaded or folly. It's fine if folks want to project some outcome in the future of policy decisions or actions of the administration, but only an idiot would fall for an open-ended trial period in which to judge that success. The '4 months' argument is usually made to suspend judgment, so it's more than fair to ask WHEN it will be appropriate (to the defenders of the president's policy) to render a verdict on that success or failure of the president's initiatives?

Besides, it's perfectly obvious on many issues what the outcome of policy decisions will be, especially those in which the president has refused to divert from the policies which we spent time and resources to oppose for the past nine years. Do we really need to WAIT to see what the effect of that continuation of Bush's nonsense will be before denouncing it?