Reading the headlines over the past week, I\’m beginning to wonder if there\’s a single agency in the United States government that conservatives haven\’t left in worse shape than they found it. I\’ve been reading about demoralized government employees, under-resourced departments, and agencies left in shambles after eight years of Republican rule.
A few days after the election I participated in a telephone survey about the outcome. The surveyor, at one point, asked me how I felt about the Bush administration and the congressional Republicans. After a couple of tries at explaining conservative failure, I finally blurted out, \”People hate government, and don\’t believe it can do any good, just can\’t govern effectively.\”
After this week, I think I\’d probably amend that statement. Conservatives don\’t believe government doesn\’t work. They believe it shouldn\’t. And when they get elected they make damn sure it can\’t.
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