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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
Oh, I don't pretend to "completely understand" any aspect of politics - like every other average citizen, I have to make my judgements using the information that is out there. My husband is a political columnist, so I do have an opportunity to access some information that maybe isn't out in the mainstream media. But in this day and age, I'd say the average citizen can access, with a little work, plenty of information regarding the issues of the day.
The success or failure of a political action is the ultimate deciding factor. You don't have to have all the classified information regarding Katrina to be able to look at New Orleans and decide whether or not the city, state and federal responses were effective. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
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I'll leave the first paragraph alone, because that can be a whole different thread (how relevant information is analyzed by the media, and what information is actually released to the media), but I will say that your second paragraph takes an interesting view.
Going by your second paragraph, that all you have to do is "taste the pudding", would mean that you knew exactly how things should have turned out, given the finances available, the issues with local authorities, and every other factor. No one on this thread is saying that everything was done correctly in this Presidency - but by the same token, I think it's quite a logical leap (including making a lot of assumptions about the process) to say that you can look solely at the results of a decision and know how things should have been handled.
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