Mike the Mad Biologist

Phil “Foreclosure” Gramm and Peter Pan Conservatism

Posted by Mike on May 31, 2008
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By way of Lindsay, I read that David Corn relates the following about former Republican senator and McCain advisor Phil Gramm (italics mine):

No one in Washington apologizes for anything, so it’s no surprise that Gramm has failed to issue any mea culpa. Post-Enron, says Greenberger, the senator even called him to say, “You’re going around saying this was my fault–and it’s not my fault. I didn’t intend this.”

This really is the end result of Peter Pan conservatism. If everything is first a matter of will, and not thinking, planning, or logistics, well then, good intentions are all that matter.

Too bad the world doesn’t work like that.

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  1. #1 T. Bruce McNeely
    June 1, 2008

    If this catches on, it would make a great defense in a medical malpractice suit: “You’re going around saying that my amputating the wrong leg was my fault – and it’s not my fault. I didn’t intend this!”

  2. #2 nusret
    August 11, 2009

    thanks very

  3. #3 seks shop
    February 13, 2010

    If this catches on, it would make a great defense in a medical malpractice suit: “You’re going around saying that my amputating the wrong leg was my fault – and it’s not my fault. I didn’t intend this!”