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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Feb 2018

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Tim Alberta

    Disagree with this. consistency matters to a small number of eggheads. Most people care more about outcomes than ideological purity. So GOP's deficit spending won't hurt them.https://twitter.com/TimAlberta/status/961713877024206848 …

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    7) Getting colorful texts/emails. Will leave it here. I have no opinion of this budget deal. But consistency matters in politics. And there is a remarkable disconnect between GOP rhetoric and GOP policies, especially as it pertains to fiscal responsibility, circa 2001-2018.
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      1. Zengonzo (of which the Moon is a part)‏ @zengonzo 9 Feb 2018
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        Would that there were any consequences at all for the GOP. The only real ideology that seems to matter to the base is political supremacy.

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      1. sams-culottes‏ @Samuel_I 9 Feb 2018
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        This is something that always gets me with the way a lot of people discuss politics; it's just a back and forth about how both sides are inconsistent, without realizing that pointing out inconsistency on the other side only strengthens your beliefs without weakening the other's.

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      1. spider tack junkie‏ @one_uglyman 9 Feb 2018
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        People mostly care about "spending" in the abstract. To the extent that they care about "spending" at all, it is spending on others.

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      1. NYC118  🇺🇦‏ @nyc118 9 Feb 2018
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        After all this, GOP/Ryan will push for cuts to Social Security, Medicare, etc because of Obama’s deficits! And they will get away with it.

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      1. Ken Cunningham‏ @KenCunn77721220 9 Feb 2018
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        Which explains why CC policy is moving at a glacial pace in N. America particularly. Ok in Europe, and not at all in much of the rest of the world.

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      1. Dierk Groeneman‏ @amish_hooligan 9 Feb 2018
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        Consistency only matters to the party that's out of power which happens to be the Democrats atm

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      1. seriously 211‏ @seriously211 9 Feb 2018
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        GOPs deficit spending will hurt them plenty as it blows up the stock market. the bond market and the economy.

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      1. Cullen Martin‏ @CulRMartin 9 Feb 2018
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        For god’s sake, consistency hasn’t mattered since the days of television. (Neil Postman is dead on correct about that.)

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      1. ddouglas  🌻‏ @dd9000 10 Feb 2018
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        The problem is that when Dems are next in power, the GOP and Fox will become deficit hawks and the MSM, as it has for decades, will amplify the message. Asymmetric outrage is an ongoing issue media refuse to tackle.

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