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of course that incents folks who are quite rational to attempt to appear irrational in order to get their way.

The best counter to that is to publicize the abuse of power that represents, and to punish those who use that strategy (by poltical unpopularity, losing elections, etc) Sometimes to do that, its worthwhile to not give in too soon, and sometimes its worthwhile to call the bully's bluff. While MWAA's cost benefit is more towards completing the Silver Line than exposing the Tea Party, the negatives of constantly deferring to the bullies need to be understood (and it seems some people who work in downtown DC on Pennsylvania have begun to understand that, though it took them long enough)

by AWalkerInTheCity on Jun 6, 2012 11:40 am • link • report

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