I was saying — “First of all, you’ve got an assumption that Obama is committing fraud”
To which you said — “He is a politician. Seems reasonable enough to me.”
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And that leads me to an inevitable conclusion that all the conservative politicans that we urge people to vote for (and not the Democrat ones) — are also “committing fraud”.
[ *** I can hear it now on Democrat boards — “Even the FReepers admit their politicians are committing fraud!” *** ]
Now, what comes to mind, in the first place — then — is that Bush and Cheney are frauds (by definition), and that applies to McCain, too. Now, I have heard a lot of people here who would *definitely* agreed with that assessment of Bush, Cheney and McCain — committing fraud.
But, then we go on to Sarah Palin, and thus, she would be committing fraud, too, by definition.
You know..., this list could get quite large... LOL...
Smaller Government?
Slashed budget?
Eliminate the Department of Education?
Even provide school vouchers?
How about the way they reined in the EPA!
Not to mention, shut down all that nonsense about global warming!
And opened up oil drilling onshore and off!
Now that we are energy self-sufficient, it really should not be a problem.
Yeah.
With a very few exceptions, they are all liars, just packing enough pork home to the constituents to get reelected.
Heck, we ain't seen nothing yet!
The latest bailout exceeds the cost of every war the US has been in--put together (and then some--in inflation corrected dollars).
Considering that Sarah Palin was the 'outsider', the one who had not spent a few years in Washington D.C., I generally figure she is the most untainted of the lot.
But as for politicians, 99.999% of them make a bad name for the rest, so maybe I am being harsh.
Consider that in the play Othello, when the Venetian Senator who was Desdemona's father called Iago 'a villain', the retort was "And thou art...a Senator!"
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Happy New Year!