Comments on: Glass Half Full, Glass Half Empty http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/03/02/glass-half-full-glass-half-empty/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Erstwhile http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/03/02/glass-half-full-glass-half-empty/comment-page-1/#comment-6933 Erstwhile Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:52:50 +0000 http://www.juliansanchez.com/?p=2946#comment-6933 I'm thinking that your cycles are off. 1896-1932 - (McKinley through '20s Republicans) Conservative dominance 1932-1968 - (FDR - LBJ) Liberal dominance 1968-2008 - (Nixon-GWB) Conservative dominance Setting aside the astrological nature of this parlor game for just a moment, I figure Obama and his successors have between now and 2048 to turn us into Denmark or Venezuela (depending on your assumptions). I’m thinking that your cycles are off.

1896-1932 – (McKinley through ’20s Republicans) Conservative dominance

1932-1968 – (FDR – LBJ) Liberal dominance

1968-2008 – (Nixon-GWB) Conservative dominance

Setting aside the astrological nature of this parlor game for just a moment, I figure Obama and his successors have between now and 2048 to turn us into Denmark or Venezuela (depending on your assumptions).

]]> By: Barry http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/03/02/glass-half-full-glass-half-empty/comment-page-1/#comment-6928 Barry Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:41:48 +0000 http://www.juliansanchez.com/?p=2946#comment-6928 I agree about not leaping to 'it's all different this time!' conclusions, but I think that the GOP does have a major long-term problem. They've made themselves the party of the White Confederacy. Blacks, hispanics, asians, gays, etc. are all not welcome. That's a big problem in a country in which those groups are growing. I agree about not leaping to ‘it’s all different this time!’ conclusions, but I think that the GOP does have a major long-term problem. They’ve made themselves the party of the White Confederacy. Blacks, hispanics, asians, gays, etc. are all not welcome. That’s a big problem in a country in which those groups are growing.

]]> By: Adam http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/03/02/glass-half-full-glass-half-empty/comment-page-1/#comment-6927 Adam Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:27:34 +0000 http://www.juliansanchez.com/?p=2946#comment-6927 Yeah, it's pretty fascinating how quickly the winds shift. That said, the only thing to really draw from this analysis is that we have absolutely no idea where things will head in the future. Trying to draw historical inferences based on the post-'60s, post-Watergate, post-Vietnam era is a total mug's game. Yeah, it’s pretty fascinating how quickly the winds shift. That said, the only thing to really draw from this analysis is that we have absolutely no idea where things will head in the future. Trying to draw historical inferences based on the post-’60s, post-Watergate, post-Vietnam era is a total mug’s game.

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