April 14, 2007


IMPEACH BUSH


IMPEACH CHENEY


TRICKLE DOWN FRED THOMPSON

Recently, some TV talking heads have said that TV actor Fred Thompson "looks like a president." Maybe that's high praise when you consider the pathetic field of candidates offered by the Republicans so far. Apparently, being an actor isn't Thompson's only similarity to Ronald Reagan. Fred likes those trickle down economics and he won't hesitate to distort and demagogue to push those tax breaks for the rich. This commentary by P. M. Carpenter is at pmcarpenter.blogs.com:

His editorial, "Case Closed: Tax Cuts Mean Growth," is so offensive to both very recent and 20th-century American history, it stands as an instructive monument to the right's "push-pull" philosophy of politics: push misleading b.s. forcefully enough and long enough, and you'll get just enough voters to pull your lever. The others -- in fact, the great majority, since most folks neither vote or care -- can go to hell.

Both the content and attitude of Mr. Thompson's op-ed are contained in its title, and the title itself is self-evident. Supply-side economics is a proven, frolicking success, and anyone who says otherwise is a Marx-Engels-leaflet-distributing, nitwitted pinko out to destroy our rightful American Dream. Thompson's piece is, in just two words, frightening and pathetic -- laughably ahistorical but ominously effective. People actually buy this crap.

Merely a few samplings should suffice for your edification. Should you choose not to read Thompson's full piece, believe me, you're not missing much, unless you simply enjoy savoring the full flavor of demagogic falderal.