Comments on: Ideology trumps evidence http://www.joannejacobs.com/2010/02/ideology-trumps-evidence/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: uberVU - social comments http://www.joannejacobs.com/2010/02/ideology-trumps-evidence/#comment-54944 uberVU - social comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:48:52 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=13425#comment-54944 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by kriley19: Joanne Jacobs: Ideology trumps evidence http://bit.ly/drVGm7 Full http://bit.ly/d9I8Z0... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Quincy http://www.joannejacobs.com/2010/02/ideology-trumps-evidence/#comment-54943 Quincy Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:01:08 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=13425#comment-54943 "not whether a policy works, but whether it serves a political constituency" From the view of a politician, if it serves a political constituency, it *is* working. “not whether a policy works, but whether it serves a political constituency”

From the view of a politician, if it serves a political constituency, it *is* working.

]]> By: Richard Aubrey http://www.joannejacobs.com/2010/02/ideology-trumps-evidence/#comment-54942 Richard Aubrey Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:29:37 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=13425#comment-54942 Anyone who is surprised ought to turn in his voter card. Anyone who is surprised ought to turn in his voter card.

]]> By: Stacy http://www.joannejacobs.com/2010/02/ideology-trumps-evidence/#comment-54941 Stacy Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:26:56 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=13425#comment-54941 It's a sin of omission, Allen. Obama could have actively protected the D.C. program but chose not to. He chose not to so as to not upset a key constituency - the teachers' unions. Politically pragmatic, at least in the short term, - yes. Brave - no. It’s a sin of omission, Allen. Obama could have actively protected the D.C. program but chose not to. He chose not to so as to not upset a key constituency – the teachers’ unions. Politically pragmatic, at least in the short term, – yes. Brave – no.

]]> By: allen http://www.joannejacobs.com/2010/02/ideology-trumps-evidence/#comment-54940 allen Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:18:46 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=13425#comment-54940 I was under the impression that the administration fought Senate opponents of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program and managed to extract the grandfathering of the current recipients through high school rather then a simple termination of the program, sorry kids back to WCPS for you. Jay was a trifle reticent on the subject when I brought it up previously and he's not offered any evidence in the linked article that the legislation to end the voucher program came at the behest of the administration. I'm no fan of President Obama but I despise the rhetorical tactic of conclusion by implication. If Jay's got evidence that the D.C. voucher program was killed by the president he ought to present it in the article. I was under the impression that the administration fought Senate opponents of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program and managed to extract the grandfathering of the current recipients through high school rather then a simple termination of the program, sorry kids back to WCPS for you.

Jay was a trifle reticent on the subject when I brought it up previously and he’s not offered any evidence in the linked article that the legislation to end the voucher program came at the behest of the administration.

I’m no fan of President Obama but I despise the rhetorical tactic of conclusion by implication. If Jay’s got evidence that the D.C. voucher program was killed by the president he ought to present it in the article.

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