The left lack the ability to look forward at consequences of their actions.
Uh-Huh, so does the "right" ......
"
An eye for an eye making the whole world blind" --
Mohandas K. Gandhi
I am not aware of any conservative saying the ends justify the means or pass a bill to find out what's in it.
I'm not claiming that any conservative said that but did you sleep through the Bush Regime or sumptin' ? Republican overreach was rampant and thus begat the President Nimrod Era and the Democrat take over of Congress.
Heck it was Bill Frist that started the whole "nuclear option" merry-go-round by threatening the Democrats with it back in 2004.
Harry Reid being the douche bag that he is just one-upped them on Presidential Nominees, now I fully expect the Republicans to one up the Democrats one up and expand the "Reid Rule" to include SCOTUS nominees and possibly even farther.
Every Democrat policy ends in failure for one reason - they lack the ability to look forward at the ramifications of their actions. And when it hits the fan they have the same response every time - what we need are more laws then.
I agree with respect to the Democrats but how are the Republicans any better? What great things have they accomplished when they were in power?
Fiscal Responsibility -- NOPE
Reducing the size and scope of government --- NOPE
Ending our pointless exercises in Nation Building --- NOPE
Expanding Free and Fair Markets -- NOPE
What great conservative principles have the Republicans managed to advance during there last tour in the halls of power? Seems to me that they did nothing but expand government programs like crazy (Medicare Part "D", No Child Left Behind), engaged in a bail out orgy (Bear Stearns, Fannie & Fredie, TARP, Capital Injections to the major banks), Ran up record budget deficits, Started an idiotic and unnecessary War-Nation Building exercise in Iraq, Narrowed the Scope of individual liberty with things like the Patriot Act and all the Bush Era warrantless wire tapping bullshit..... what the **** kind of conservatism is that nonsense?
Both parties are dominated by short-shortsightedness and insular thinking, they stagger from election to election all the while kicking the can down the road and hoping that they won't be the ones in power when the shit hits the fan. It takes political courage to do what is right for the LONG TERM and neither party has demonstrated that they have any, they just create problems so they can "fix" them with bigger problems and on and on the hamster wheel goes.