The GOP Blames the Victim - WSJ.com
Thomas Frank's wrote the liberal screed "What's the Matter With Kansas" in which he talks about how the right created the culture war to convince average people that there were things more important than their "self interest". You know, like God, family, truth, honor, the right to life, freedom, the right to bear arms, patriotism and that kind of drivel. Franks is of course smart enough to realize that all those things are meaningless--the only thing that makes sense is for folks to vote for protectionism, unions, socialism and state control of everything. Everyone knows that is the only RATIONAL thing that can be done for the common man!
Note how cleverly Franks has risen above "the blame game" here. He certainly isn't pointing any fingers is he? That is the kind of foolish things that only Republicans do. We are all aware that the government hasn't had any role at all in our financial system since "Republicans took control" in '80. No indeed, it has been just one long "free market party" without any SEC regulations, banking regulations, Sarbanes Oxley, taxes or none of that good solid Democrat stuff. No indeed, those Republicans wiped that all out.
Yes, I guess I agree with him 100%, and I bet Martha Stewart, the Enron guys, Michael Milikin, and a whole bunch of other folks would agree. We have had nearly 30 years in the financial wild west. No wonder this happened and the government is completely blameless!
Thomas Frank's wrote the liberal screed "What's the Matter With Kansas" in which he talks about how the right created the culture war to convince average people that there were things more important than their "self interest". You know, like God, family, truth, honor, the right to life, freedom, the right to bear arms, patriotism and that kind of drivel. Franks is of course smart enough to realize that all those things are meaningless--the only thing that makes sense is for folks to vote for protectionism, unions, socialism and state control of everything. Everyone knows that is the only RATIONAL thing that can be done for the common man!
Note how cleverly Franks has risen above "the blame game" here. He certainly isn't pointing any fingers is he? That is the kind of foolish things that only Republicans do. We are all aware that the government hasn't had any role at all in our financial system since "Republicans took control" in '80. No indeed, it has been just one long "free market party" without any SEC regulations, banking regulations, Sarbanes Oxley, taxes or none of that good solid Democrat stuff. No indeed, those Republicans wiped that all out.
Yes, I guess I agree with him 100%, and I bet Martha Stewart, the Enron guys, Michael Milikin, and a whole bunch of other folks would agree. We have had nearly 30 years in the financial wild west. No wonder this happened and the government is completely blameless!
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