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• Monday, December 31, 2007 08:03 AM

  Unity Indeed

  .....the Republicans decided that Reagan gad won the White House for the Republicans for all time and no Democrat could possibly legitimately occupy that residence, and therefore a constitutional coup was called for.

  rCnato

  That's about the size of it, isn't it? The plutocrats and the military-industrial complex had hit on the perfect Manchurian candidate in Reagan, and set about immediately building a cult around him, so they would never again have to honestly try to sell their self-serving policies.

  The Hollywood-trained GE pitchman for unfettered capitalism, selling a muscular, winner-take-all America to the plebes, who simply aren't smart enough to vot the Right Way, and must therefore be scammed and spun relentlessly.

  Lowering taxes raises revenue, you've seen one tree, you've seen them all, and welfare queens all drive Cadillacs. More is more, bigger is better, and, as Fawn Hall memorably said, "sometimes you have to go above the law."

  Down is up on Uranus. No wonder they're so nostalgic.

  I think that the last little detail, the possibilty of impeachment, was still smarting, however, hence the little piece of theatre-verite with Clinton.

  If they could de-legitimize that annoying constitutional check, they'd be off to the races, and could safely hand the car keys to a drunken teenager like Dubya. Oops.

  Now they've got their Imperial Presidency, but are embarassing short of a possible Emperor.

  It would be funny, if it weren't us.

  —Cocktailhag Read Cocktailhag's other letters
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