Dana loves him. Kavips loves him. Even Disbelief has kind words.
They all agree that Dave could run a very honest “straight talk” race that would be a net good for the state regardless of the results. For that matter, even I agree with that sentiment. But would I vote for him? I doubt it.
While what Dana says is true…
Dave Burris is the person almost totally responsible for giving the Delaware Republican Party the beginnings of a populist and grassroots image,
…wind Power and open government don’t tell the whole Burris story. Dave and economic conservatives like Dave are just flat wrong on some of the policy things that are not small issues. He and I have been at this for a while, so I don’t harbor any illusions about his philosophies.
As much as Dave wants the opposite to be true, tax cuts don’t work in the long run. I think that it was corrupt shortsighted management, not corrupt unions that have robbed us of our manufacturing base. I’ve argued that we need a government that can protect the public from the avarice of corporations. Dave feels that we need to protect the avarice of corporations under the farcical notion that wealth will “trickle down” eventually.
To me, these are big irreconcilable differences.
While I know Dave wants the best for the state, I know his thoughts about how to get there are flawed.
You only need to look at the current economic train wreck that we are involved in thanks to Dave’s pals in the “Club for Growth” getting their hands on the levers of power to know he is wrong. Tax cuts are not a panacea, and if you hate the idea of “welfare” but are willing to turn a blind eye to the millions (if not billions) that this state pays in corporate welfare by calling it “economic development”, then you are not a populists in my book.
Do I like him? Yes.
Is he a good guy? Yes
Is he honest? Yes.
But if you honestly believe something that is wrong, you are still wrong. Your earnestness doesn’t mitigate your error – it exacerbates it.