<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Were The Democrats Of 2005&nbsp;Nihilists?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Reihan <a href="http://agenda.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2IyZTFhODdlYWRmMGQ5NjM3ZTg3YzU2MjcyY2RmMTY=">takes issue</a> with me calling the Republicans nihilists. All I know is that their current proposals would insure no one and restrain costs at the margin. As for the Democrats who opposed social security reform in the Bush administration, I disagreed with them. I thought they were demagoguing a necessary reform. ]]></html></oembed>