tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post1902525703728987513..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Who's Trusting WhomDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-65064684604879306172009-12-16T07:12:15.785-08:002009-12-16T07:12:15.785-08:00I suspect it's not so much the democratic as t...I suspect it's not so much the democratic as the bipartisan and multi-person nature of Congress that gives rise to distrust. (After all, the president also is democratically elected.) If I am a Democrat, I probably trust the president, but Congress has all those darn Republicans (not to mention Joe Lieberman), so it's less trustworthy.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-37872890866117338552009-12-11T21:11:50.370-08:002009-12-11T21:11:50.370-08:00Yeah, it's pretty disturbing how closely the d...Yeah, it's pretty disturbing how closely the democratic character of an institution corresponds to its lowered trust.<br /><br />Meanwhile. the paeans to small business strike me as funny, in the sense that I would find it funny if a bunch of children told me they liked peas and carrots more than dessert... sure we "love small business", but that doesn't mean we're going to stop shopping Amazon/Wal-Mart/etc.Matthew Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08177255268912918156noreply@blogger.com