Jackboot justice makes a re-appearance
1st October 2008
Echoing an idea advanced in an earlier post, suggesting that the Wall Street bailout plan is another step toward fascism, not socialism, Eugene Robinson:
First, win elections by any means necessary. Second, once in a position to act in the public good, govern with the ideological conviction that government is either irrelevant or harmful to the public interest.
You can draw a straight line between firing U.S. attorneys for political reasons and turning a blind eye to the ruinous excesses of Wall Street. What’s impartial justice against the possibility of gaining political advantage? Why shackle the hallowed free market with government oversight?
And, if you want to draw the line a little further, who cares if the prospective vice president appears to know nothing about anything?
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