Sunday, August 31, 2008
At Least He's Honest
Republicans Suspend Most of Convention Activities Monday
Back to the point: nothing like one symbolic gesture after twenty-eight years of pounding the crap out of working Americans to really turn things around, huh?
The problem is, "necessary business" for Republicans usually means driving down the cost of American labor, shipping jobs overseas, transferring public wealth into private hands, curtailing individual freedoms while expanding "corporate rights," and giving lenders and credit issuers legal license to drive working Americans into misery and destitution.
So it could be a busy Monday for them after all.
- With Hurricane Gustav heading toward the Gulf Coast, Senator John McCain announced that Republican Party activities on Monday in St. Paul would be suspended except for necessary business.
He called on his party members to "take off our Republican hats and put on our American hats."
Back to the point: nothing like one symbolic gesture after twenty-eight years of pounding the crap out of working Americans to really turn things around, huh?
The problem is, "necessary business" for Republicans usually means driving down the cost of American labor, shipping jobs overseas, transferring public wealth into private hands, curtailing individual freedoms while expanding "corporate rights," and giving lenders and credit issuers legal license to drive working Americans into misery and destitution.
So it could be a busy Monday for them after all.
