"That aside, I agree with him.
The show steers away from painting one side as the bad guys, instead lambasting the whole US political system for their inability to put their ego (or fanaticism) aside and agree on anything.
Robert Behning, an Indiana state representative who served on the study group, said the participants were able to set politics aside to agree that they needed to call out the failure of reforms.
"Maybe I'm nuts, but I would like to think that we can put politics aside and agree that no American citizen needs an M-16, or maybe ten of them.
Governments should put their timidity aside and agree to strengthen their commitments every five years.
Pawlenty's shtick-size aside, I agree, with a minor addition: You also have to be psychologically healthy.
I hope we can put partisan politics aside, and agree that no person hoping to be the next president of the United States should promote racist policies or use xenophobic rhetoric.
We're just going to put that aside and agree, like we did with saying "cunt" and making our boyfriends pay for dinner, that it is Girl World's prerogative to pull some sexist jive into our corner, because shopping is great and we like it.
All kidding aside, he agreed that the decision was based more on economics than breakfast food and bonding.
But despite the gloomy pronouncements, Mr. Bush has offered no policy initiatives tailored to the slowdown, aside from agreeing to speed his tax cuts.
