I read an article today that really set me off. A "sane conservative" tries to talk some sense into his party about their voodoo-economics theory that nothing will happen if we do not raise the debt ceiling. Of course my reaction was, NOW you speak up? Were you in coma when the nutcases were let out of the asylum? How can a party about to nominate Michelle Bachmann for POTUS even claim there is any sanity left within its ranks. There isn't. It actually gets worse though, because even said "sane conservative" tries much too hard not to "get shrill".
Contrary to current liberal/sane conservative opinion, I don't agree that the Tea Party is to blame for the current mess. The Tea Party is only doing what it promised to do. The blame lies with the sane people on the right who choose to ride this monster and with the public who voted them into power (especially those who passed on casting a vote). If this ends in Depression 2.0, Americans have no one but themselves to blame.
That said, it amazes me that anyone thinks a depression will swing the country to the right--even the Tea party rallied against the health care bill by screaming about keeping government out of Medicare. If Republicans crash the current system completely and anger really consumes the mob, there is little chance it will herald a conservative dawn. Why? The public is in agreement about most things: tax rich people more, keep entitlements, enact stricter rules for wall street, end corporate welfare and quit shipping jobs overseas. I don’t see how the aftermath of the chaos won’t intensify these positions. Fearing restrictive legislative moves from Democrats, the financial industry might have backed the Trojan horse that will bring down their entire stack of cards. I could gloat, because, unlike most Americans, I have other options, but I’m too liberal to relish the human carnage that will result.
As for the sane conservative trying not to get shrill…it’s too little, too late.
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