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Blogging the obvious

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I think it’s good that blogosphere heavy-hitters <a

href=”http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2006_01/008019.php”>Kevin

Drum and

Josh

Marshall are connecting the dots between Republican

Abramoffism and special interests picking taxpayers’ pockets,

creating <a

href=”http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2006/01/11/action_by_state_fails_to_fix_drug_plan_woes/”>horrendous,

incompetent, mind-bogglingly expensive and possibly deadly policy. The Republicans must truly believe that government can’t do anything right, since they try to prove it when they are in power.

But I can’t be that happy. Does it take a bunch of bloggers to point

out the absolutely freaking obvious, to the Democrats themselves?

I will now cry into my beer and console myself, knowing that at least

Howard Dean (“You can’t trust Republicans with your money”) understands.

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  1. Here is another good quote from Josh Marshall on a related topic:

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    Authoritarianism and secrecy breed incompetence; the two feed on each other. It’s a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what is in fact their own incompetence as the rationale for giving them yet more power.

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    As Josh points out, it’s no coincidence that the most authoritarian and secretive presidency in history is also the least competent.

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    The Republicans must truly believe that government can’t do anything right, since they try to prove it when they are in power.

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    IF YOU HAD SAID – “Politicians” instead of “Republicans” – you would have been 100% correct!

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    FYI:
    Michael E. Toner was nominated to the Federal Election Commission by (a Republican) President George W. Bush on March 4, 2002 and appointed on March 29, 2002.

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    The trash that is in our government is at all level’s and all parties!

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    Look at what you support – you are for a person who has gain political notice by getting voted in by people who have consistently supports a self declared SOCIALIST!

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    The elected official Bernie Sanders of Vermont has called himself a socialist.

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    Your boy Howard Dean has ALSO been elected by the SAME VOTER BASE that swings towards SOCIALISM!

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    Bird of Feather Flock Together.

    • Random apostrophes, scare capitals, and that old bugaboo “SOCIALISM!”

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      Yeah, I think we need to call Orkin.

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      WF

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