Peter Michaels

Radical centrist and progressive conservative.

"Wise progressivism and wise conservatism go hand in hand" - Theodore Roosevelt

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

I didn't even like Charlie Kirk, but you are scum, Kulinski.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

Robert Burks always did great work.

[lulu @stilIwalking]

the trouble with harry (1955)
dir. alfred hitchcock

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

I'm really meh on it.

[Zack Stentz @MuseZack]

I feel like the Peter Jackson King Kong is overdue for a reassessment. It is bloated & overlong as hell, but there are long stretches that are GOLD.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

The King... has returned.

[Damin Toell @damintoell]

Good news, everyone

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@mileslunn @djbip1986 @JaredDapena @jonovision_man @DanielH87145164 @kwakara91 @RuleandRuin @AndrewFiggy Keep in mind that Keynes wasn't some big tax and spend guy, he was fine with cutting down spending and raise taxes when the economy was doing fine. Raising taxes and cutting spending was his idea of reducing debt.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@mileslunn @djbip1986 @jareddapena @jonovision_man @prairiecentrist @danielh87145164 @nobodyknows2322 @kwakara91 @ruleandruin @andrewfiggy

If the Dems were smart, they'd say they're the true conservatives in that they want to conserve social programs that the GOP want to cut.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@mileslunn @djbip1986 @JaredDapena @jonovision_man @DanielH87145164 @kwakara91 @RuleandRuin @AndrewFiggy Keynes would spin in his grave at such fiscal irresponsibility!

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@pstein4 A lot of stuff that Truman passed had GOP support, like housing and Social Security reform policies.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@pstein4

People saying that Collins is no Margaret Chase Smith.

Yeah, so what? Those people wouldn't have voted for MCS either, even though she supported Medicare, Medicaid, and repealing RTW, being one of five Senate Republicans for the repeal.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@pstein4 Truman was also one of those people who liked to exaggerate about how Republicans opposed everything he did.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

It worked out as well as "White Dudes For Harris".

[Jeff Brown 🇨🇦 🍁 🇫🇷 @djbip1986]

@JaredDapena Exactly. How did Hillary Clinton’s deplorables comment work out?

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@26aball @djbip1986 @OrbitStudios @LauraBabcock I'm not enamoured with Doug.

He sucks, like every premier post-Bill Davis.

Of course, you'll probably say Wynne and McGuinty were the best premiers in Ontario.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@djbip1986 @JaredDapena @DanielH87145164 @kwakara91 @AndrewFiggy @pstein4 @AviWoolf @AstorAaron In this 1950 speech, he says: "Undoubtedly, there must be government regulation to prevent monopolistic practices and to prevent competitive methods that drive out of business those who deserve to succeed."

https://t.co/LwKk2v5PlX

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@djbip1986 @jareddapena @danielh87145164 @nobodyknows2322 @kwakara91 @andrewfiggy @pstein4 @aviwoolf @astoraaron

Never ceases to be amusing that American progressives don't realize how today's Nordic countries are to the right of Olof Palme.

https://t.co/uYB3szndCS

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@djbip1986 @JaredDapena @DanielH87145164 @kwakara91 @AndrewFiggy @pstein4 @AviWoolf @AstorAaron Robert Taft literally even sponsored a pro-public education funding bill in 1948.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

I'd just show them how the AAA benefitted well-off farmers, how Kennedy allowed for corporations to make deductions and how many mergers in various industries happened from Truman to Nixon.

[Paul Stein @pstein4]

@AviWoolf Of course, the progressives won’t admit that.

In their tale, the economy was humming along perfectly well until the EVIL Reagan.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@CreacyHarold @pstein4 @RickyBobWeaver @RBrookhiser @Dastardlyb247 "I believe in centralized government in Washington D.C. In case the government fails to eradicate poverty forever, I won't hesitate to augment programs."

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

Boy, do I feel bad for you, trying to show people the truth but they won't listen.

[Timothy Patrick 🇺🇸 @TmthyPatrick]

@WeeHughie1973 @egrattan @Rob1515 @NBCNews She telling the truth. Fairness Doctrine never mandated truth or prohibited lies. It didn’t ban bias or propaganda.

Requiring diverse opinions often meant including lots of misinformation.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@AndrewFiggy @djbip1986 @JaredDapena @DanielH87145164 @kwakara91 @pstein4 @AviWoolf @AstorAaron @HC_Richardson Kick her to the 1960's and she only votes for Muskie and never for Tupper.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@AndrewFiggy @djbip1986 @JaredDapena @DanielH87145164 @kwakara91 @pstein4 @AviWoolf @AstorAaron @HC_Richardson Oh, and I would have voted for both of them since they were both good guys.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@pstein4 @djbip1986 @JaredDapena @DanielH87145164 @kwakara91 @AndrewFiggy @AviWoolf @AstorAaron @noahopinion They got their own idea of peace when they won the war, and unified Vietnam into a communist country.

They wanted no concessions for the South Vietnamese.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@djbip1986 @JaredDapena @DanielH87145164 @kwakara91 @AndrewFiggy @pstein4 @AviWoolf @AstorAaron @HC_Richardson She's like Wendy from South Park, but without any of the qualities that make Wendy likable.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@djbip1986 @JaredDapena @DanielH87145164 @kwakara91 @AndrewFiggy @pstein4 @AviWoolf @AstorAaron @HC_Richardson Marcotte is kind of like the Ann Coulter of the left, it must be said.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@HC_Richardson @AlbertMackey1 And do you explain the fact that your precious little party gerrymandered Connie Morella out of office?

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@djbip1986 @JaredDapena @DanielH87145164 @kwakara91 @AndrewFiggy @pstein4 @AviWoolf @AstorAaron @HC_Richardson It's like left-wing PragerU wrote this.

[Peter Michaels @PeterMi1965776]

@djbip1986 @JaredDapena @DanielH87145164 @kwakara91 @AndrewFiggy @pstein4 @AviWoolf @AstorAaron @HC_Richardson Someone fucking wrote this and claimed that the Bolsheviks were a beneficial left-wing movement.

Yeah, sure, Lenin was such a saint...