Comments on: Action Jackson http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/action-jackson/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:05:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ted Craig http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/action-jackson/comment-page-1/#comment-125974 Ted Craig Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:17:11 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=8991#comment-125974 "It is telling that for all but two terms between 1828 and 1860, the Democrats controlled the presidency, but the Whigs shaped the overall direction of society." Actually what this is telling of is how far we've come from the way the federal government was intended to work. The Congress makes the laws and the President executes them. That's why you had two former Presidents return to the Congress after they left office. “It is telling that for all but two terms between 1828 and 1860, the Democrats controlled the presidency, but the Whigs shaped the overall direction of society.”

Actually what this is telling of is how far we’ve come from the way the federal government was intended to work. The Congress makes the laws and the President executes them. That’s why you had two former Presidents return to the Congress after they left office.

]]> By: Mark E Hoffer http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/action-jackson/comment-page-1/#comment-125689 Mark E Hoffer Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:21:18 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=8991#comment-125689 YGTBFKM, not a single mention of Jackson's war against the Nation's, then, second, Central Bank? but, for sure, don't forget to: "dutifully wrings his hands at all the right places—at Jackson the slaveholder, Jackson the killer, Jackson the hothead"--that's what counts.. YGTBFKM, not a single mention of Jackson’s war against the Nation’s, then, second, Central Bank?

but, for sure, don’t forget to: “dutifully wrings his hands at all the right places—at Jackson the slaveholder, Jackson the killer, Jackson the hothead”–that’s what counts..

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