[The_Media_never_lie]

We could have had this man as our candidate. Even if he lost we could be proud. Instead we’re stuck with a guy who even if he wins might not be all that much better than the guy who’s there now.

Cheer up, my friend Hank!

Romney on his worst day would be light years ahead of Obama. Listen to the unknowing recording of Romnay talking about what the debt might do to the country vs. Obama saying no problem near term and not even knowing how much the debt is!

[County Agent Hank Kimball]

Thanks for the attempt to pick me up. I’m serious...it helps. And I do hear snippets from him from time to time that makes me think there’s some understanding there. There was a bit - on the famous tape I think - where he was talking about how soon there will be a treasury auction an no one will buy our bonds but the fed. It was good.

It’s just that I don’t think he has a scintilla of philosophical grounding. I doubt he’s ever in his life read things like DeTocqueville, Burke, the Federalist Papers, or much of anything about the philosophical underpinnings of our country. I don’t think he’s much of a student of history either, or even understands the theortetical underpinnings of laissez-faire capitlism, much as he’s painted as a social darwinist. I’d be willing to be he’s never read Wealth of Nations, much less any Austrian or Chicago School stuff.

He’s a technocrat, and a pretty mundane one. Which is better than what we’ve got. But with his lack of philosophical grounding, he’ll be dangerously susceptible to terrible compromises as President.

Hank