The problem is that in order to get Palin we have to go through McCain.
Much damage can be done before a fiscal conservative gets in...enough damage that even the best can't really do much more than let the system collapse under its own weight.
And I believe we are FAR closer to that point than most people will admit. How can we possibly continue to exist as a country with such out-of-control deficit spending?
In my opinion, there are VERY few things that are worthy of the Federal Government spending borrowed money...
It is the vast insane social programs (from SS, Welfare, Education, etc.) that are going to bankrupt this country - and none of those social programs are constitutionally viable.
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