It's the same old song, since Alexander Hamilton. The unwashed
masses of working stiffs can't be trusted to govern themselves. We
aren't bright enough or well-enough educated. At bedrock, from the
beginning, Republican philosophy has been geared to preserving the
machinery of government for the upper class, and the political
history of the country is the struggle between restricting
governmental power to the hands of the few as opposed to diffusing it
among the many.

The current administration is hell-bent on pulling all authority into
the White House, and Congress has by and large slept on its rights
and responsibilities. Now the incumbents are feeling the pinch
because they slept with the dogs and the fleas are biting them.

Interesting point that might bear confirmation - a financial
counselor told me the other day that going back ten presidents,
investments perform measurably better under Democratic
administrations than under Republican administrations. This is
counter-intuitive but interesting.

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Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for an hour; set a man on fire
and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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On Sep 21, 2006, at 10:37 AM, Brandon.Chase@... wrote:

> I think there are probably lots of Republicans who think that way. My
> guess is that its their justification for all the corruption, the
> shady
> deals, the "no bid" contracts to Halliburton....
>
> They need to believe that what they're doing is absolutely
> necessary for
> the continuing well being of the country. You can just imagine them
> saying "Sure, I suppressed the minority vote and ignored the will
> of the
> people and coddled special interest groups who showered me with
> campaign
> donations, trips, and gifts, but damnit, I HAD to. For America."
>
> In my experience, however, people like that are usually short-sighted,
> narcissistic, and, well....not terribly bright. So yeah, they'll keep
> this country running....right into the ground.
>
> Roger Metzger wrote:
>
> > I recently read, in a local paper, a quote by a
> > Republican who said that "we" (meaning Republicans)
> > are the people who keep this country running.
> > Do you think there are many Republicans who think
> > that way?
> > Do you think the steel worker and his son might
> > disagree?
> >
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