but that changes nothing about reality.
and the reality is that it is conservative economic thinking that got us into this economic fiasco.
and the **last** thing that'll get the united states out of it is more of the same nonsense.
think what you want about this need to reference the past--and so reference history, which isn't open to discussion--in order to talk about the reality that's shaped by it.
it's really hard to take conservative talking points seriously when they have to hide the real in order to get started.
the "blame the past" meme seems somewhere between worthless and schizophrenic.
added later: here's a squib about pelosi's interview this week with diane sawyer:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/1..._n_778660.html