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Posted on 10/02/2002 11:43:10 AM PDT by areafiftyone
One of the things that makes the observation of politics an enduring if guilty delight — I mean, besides Robert G. Torricelli; God, he will be missed — is the spectacle of the Republican and Democratic parties committing the same acts of self-destruction over and over.
THIS HAPPENS because the big lugs cannot help themselves. There is no rational way to explain, say, the Democrats nominating for president both George McGovern and Michael Dukakis. And there is no rational way to explain the Republicans’ habit of promptly passing a massive tax cut for all people named Forbes every time they are in danger of gaining popularity with all other people. The parties do these things not because these things are sane or self-beneficial, but because these things represent what they (institutionally) are. One is the party of people who name their cats Che and the other is the party of people who name their sons Trey.
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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Please God, don't let them ever stop. It's good for the country, and it's awfully entertaining.
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