Of course (!) the biggest downturn in American economic history (and relatively, some economists say this runs deeper and more pervasively than even the Great Depression) comes just as the American public is waking to fact that our government awaits what promises to be the most pragmatic, progressive, and significant Presidential Administration in more than a half century. (That's why Clinton is pissed of late. For such a charismatic and smart guy in person, he's left no historical mark compared to what we will see to in the next decade).
That they are trying - NAY! Succeeding - in routing out our future President's cash is an obscene reminder that, in the words our the American Hobo laureat, Jack Black, "You can't win."
F- this debate tonight! Obama is going to win the upcoming election. If you think tonight matters, you are dumb. By all means have fun with your evening, but let's get real. There're big fish in this ocean and tonight is a damned sardine.
The question has become, will it matter that Obama becomes President? Honestly, in light of the current economic crisis, can anyone answer just how far from the Constitution Bush and Co. are willing to throw this country. And when we see finally how far away we have been launched, will we be that country? These are fair questions. Since 9/11, once every month, we have had a new and different violation of the constitution committed by the sitting presidential administration, as reported by the cowed media who investigates often years after the incidents. There is not one person on this site who can make a comprehensive list of the Bush Administration scandals in one go at it. NOt one. Who doen;t think that that takes planning.
The First Election, Corporate Tax Breaks, Iraq, Black Sites, Black World, Blackwater, Dark Courts, Halliburton, the Second Election, Katrina, U.S. Attourney Scandal, Legalized Torture, Enron,Abramoff, Wall Street Bailouts, Failure, Failure, Pervasive Systemic Failure On Every Level of the FEderal Government.
Radio receivers? Of course there are radio receivers tonight! Come on! The question is why? For what reason? For small potatoes? No! How many of you folks honestly thought that when McCain said that he'd suspend his campaign and postpone the debate he was really just prepping America for the big shocker... This election is getting postponed.
Does eight years of this crap really believe that this is not possible? Get real.
I don't think folks understand the Neo Conservative agenda as it was outlined by Leo Strauss, that is as a return to Classic social hierarchy. The first Democracy was a pre-Christian democracy. Patricians and Plebs. P-masters and P-slaves.
History is not a cycle. It's a wave. And you can't win.