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Bush's Mistake and Kennedy's Error
Bush's Mistake and Kennedy's Error
If we were rational, we would just compute the odds of succeeding from this point forward and then decide if the investment warrants the potential payoff. But we are not rational--not in love or war or business--and this particular irrationality is what economists call the "sunk-cost fallacy."

*For galoot picked by dollyllama 12 months ago
tags bush mistake error war politics lies
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 gammerus
12 months ago
Pride before fall.
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 ImNotBlu...
12 months ago
An interesting read... although I disagree with the final assertion, that if Bush came out and said he was wrong, and apologized... his popularity would sky rocket.

Methinks not. Unless Bush were to call for orders to impeach himself, I can't imagine much of a change... at least for a certain sect of the population.
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 dollylla...
12 months ago
« ImNotBlue : An interesting read... although I disagree with the final assertion, that if Bush came out and said he was wrong, and apologized... his popularity would sky rocket.

Methinks not. Unless Bush were to call for orders to impeach himself, I can't imagine much of a change... at least for a certain sect of the population.
While I disagree I upvoted you because I don't think that comment warranted a downvote.
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 gammerus
12 months ago
« ImNotBlue : An interesting read... although I disagree with the final assertion, that if Bush came out and said he was wrong, and apologized... his popularity would sky rocket.

Methinks not. Unless Bush were to call for orders to impeach himself, I can't imagine much of a change... at least for a certain sect of the population.
I don't know about anyone else, but I would respect him more. It is one thing to keep going on the wrong path, it is another to stop and admit it you were wrong, and proceed to start on the right path.
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