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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 07:39 AM
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15. read Right is Wrong
by Ariana Huffington

An amazing treatise on the bizarro-world rw "philosophy."

Sure, they have stumbled. But they have stumbled before, and keep coming lurching back to stir up masses of gullible voters. People have incredibly short memories.

Their "government is bad/ unfettered capitalism is good" mantra resonates with a lot of people, and will continue to do so.

No matter how good a job the dems do, that message will always find its adherents in (1) big business (2) extremely wealthy individuals (3) hateful have-nots and (4) naive middle-classers who think they are going to be in group (2) some day and vote against self-interest betting on that unlikely future.

The "enemy" was once "godless communism;" then it became "tax and spend democrats;" then "terrists;" and once the ship of state is righted it will go back to "tax and spend democrats" despite the fact that the policies of the cabal have taken more spending power away from the middle class than any fiscally responsible tax policy would.
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