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...who said, I believe, "any government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul."
The housing bubble was complete sleight of hand, but before it burst plenty of Pauls robbed plenty of Peters. But with the collapse--and inevitable bailout--of FM2, even the Pauls may end up suffering. Freedom may or may not be free, but greed and idiocy are incredibly expensive.
...the McCain/Palin ticket uses fear of any real change to further its case with the public. Ironically, the people they scare the most are those who advocate an open-minded, reasoned approach to the business of running a country in the 21st century. It's not just his Halloween smile or her blithe ignorance. Those, while admittedly disconcerting, are surface matters. Behind those, we glimpse a willingness to court the forces of hatred and a disdain for compromise or respect toward any other viewpoint. This bit of Palin's past history exemplifies the truly frightening narrowness with which she approaches public life--and should tell us something about a candidate who would expose a country in dire need of cooperation to such a person.
