My thoughts on what the Romney campaign should do to combat Democrat lies about the economy in the last weeks of the election.
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The Dutch Slave Owners
These people shouldn’t be allowed to vote, let alone to vote on legislation. If I lived in her district, it would be multiple face palms per day.
Ted Strickland
…and economic patriotism. As Kevin points out, another name for “economic patriotism” is fascism. But these clowns are so historically unaware that they have no idea how they come off those those who do understand both economics and history.
We Belong To The Government
Wow. Talk about politically tone deaf.
This perfectly encapsulates the difference between the Left and the rest of us. They call themselves “progressive,” but the idea of the serfs being the property of the state is as old as the state itself. What’s new is the idea of limited government and individual rights.
[Update a few minutes later]
What was the biggest disaster for the Dems on Day 1? Probably rolling over the big sixteen tee on the debt. Debbie Liarwoman Schultz’s antics are just par for that course.
[Late-morning update]
The slaves embrace their chains. This one will have Bob-1 spun up like a top in comments.
[Bumped]
The Real “Deniers”
Matt Welch has thoughts on the willful blindness to fiscal reality by the Democrats:
…for me the biggest direct reveal of how current Democratic rhetoric leads to bad public policy was one of the evening’s honorary former Republicans, Cincinnati firefighter Doug Stern. “The Republican Party left people like me,” Stern complained. “Somewhere along the way, being a public employee—someone who works for my community—made me a scapegoat for the GOP. Thank goodness we have leaders like President Obama and Vice President Biden who still believe that public service is an honorable calling.”
It was classic major-party Manicheasm: Eastasians do bad things for the simple reason that their hearts are bad; Eurasians’ hearts are good, so they don’t do bad things.
In this idyllic landscape of Democratic magical thinking, there is no state and local budget crises, no unaffordable and underfunded defined-benefit public pension obligations, nothing at all standing in the way of “investing” in our public safety, except (in ex-Republican Stern’s words) “right-wing extremists.” Vallejo, California is not bankrupt because of public employee pensions, and the rest of the state is not following suit. It’s a hell of a place, this Democrat-land. Wish I could live there.
The problem is that so many vote do live there, in their minds.
The Upcoming (Non?) Law Suit
Mark Steyn has an amusing update over at The Corner. I find it amusing that some people really think that if it goes forward, it will be like the Scopes trial. I guess that’s how these people really think. It’s of a piece with the nuttiness that skepticism about AGW is on a par with creationism.
The Sacrament Of Abortion
Observations on last night’s abortion fest in Charlotte. This is starting to remind me of 1972, in the leftist insanity on display. You almost have a sense that they know they’re going down in November, big time, and want to do it in a blaze of collectivist glory.
Obama And Israel
What the Democrat’s platform really tells us.
It’s Not You, It’s Us
Frank J. says that America has failed Barack Obama.
I’d like to say that we never deserved him, except we do, because we voted for him. Less than nine weeks to rectify that mistake.
Star-Gazer-In-Chief
A tribute to one space hero from another.
I have to say, I am inspired to see the back of Barack Obama. But the view is more inspiring the more distance there is. Remember that nine weeks from yesterday.