Reply #21: Yes.. [View All]

[sendero]

... people get the government, the foreign policy and the economy they deserve.

I occasionally have conversations with intelligent people who simply and clearly have no clue what is going on, who have only the most superficial and talking-point based idea of our situation.

Politicians like Bush exploit this inattention and easy manipulation. They will continue to do so until people wise up and start demanding better.

I personally believe that there is a silver lining in the economic catastrophe that is looming. It is going to wake a lot of people up. There is going to be a lot anger from folks who believed they understand the game they were playing and were trying to play by the rules. There are going to be a lot of repercussions in the political world, including a mass defection from the Republican party - the party that is mostly to blame for this mess.

The pendulum is about to swing back.