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 Old Habits Die HardPosted on Mar 2, 2008Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, consumer activist Ralph Nader told host Tim Russert that he has officially decided to wreck the 2008 presidential election. Mr. Nader had been huddling with prominent crackpots over the weekend to determine whether he had enough support among his natural constituency of self-absorbed whack jobs to mount an entirely meaningless campaign. “If I wreck the 2008 election, I intend to wreck it in all 50 states,” Mr. Nader told Mr. Russert. “I have no intention of being merely a regional spoiler.” When asked if his candidacy could hurt the chances of the first African-American nominee for president, Mr. Nader put his fingers in his ears and replied, “La-la-la-la-la-la. I can’t hear you.” But across the country, significant numbers of crackpots who have supported Mr. Nader in the past appeared to be cool to his latest bid to ruin a presidential election. “If I’m going to waste my vote, I want to be sure I’m wasting it on the right wingnut,” said longtime crackpot Stacy Klujian, who has supported Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, in his 2008 campaign. “It is time for Ralph Nader to step aside for a new generation of bananaheads.” For his part, Mr. Nader said that he had already begun preparing for his run as a spoiler by sneaking up behind people who were watching “No Country for Old Men” and telling them how it ended. “It wasn’t as challenging as ruining an entire election, but it was fun,” he said. Award-winning humorist, television personality and film actor Andy Borowitz is author of “The Republican Playbook.” © 2008 Creators Syndicate Inc. Previous item: The Gardens of the Devil Next item: Visit Trumpets Iran's Power in Iraq Elsewhere: . CommentsAre you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig.
By Dennis Moss, March 6 at 8:46 am # Good!
By Martha Miller, March 6 at 2:42 am # 70% Common Population vs. the 20% Professional NEW CLASS Population and the 10% Elite Capitalist Population Part III There is no way the so called $40,000. -$120,000. yearly wages income rhetoric could possibly be misconstrued as the MIDDLE CLASS of any nation, but can ONLY be an income figure derived from a constituent part of the 70% MAJORITY COMMON POPULATION’S CLASS & CULTURE. WE THE PEOPLE must quit allowing the CONSERVATIVES to fractionalize and divide the 70% MAJORITY COMMOM POPULATION by dividing the common population’s constituent part as the so called middle class against the whole of the 70% MAJORITY COMMOM POPULATION to defeat a LIBERAL way of life for the 70% MAJORITY COMMON POPULATION. Now, WE THE PEOPLE are in need of LEGISLATION for a NEW LIBERAL POLITICAL PARTY that will support LIBERAL representatives of the 70% MAJORITY COMMON POPULATION’S CLASS & CULTURE, because our representation has been taken away from us by the 20% Minority CORPORATE DLC’s NEW PROFESSIONAL CLASS & CULTURE; as neither one --- nor two parties --- can possibly represent THREE different classes and cultures; and still represent their own class & culture. While the NEW PROFESSIONAL CLASS & CULTURE represents themselves, the 70% MAJORITY COMMON POPULATION’S CLASS & CULTURE GOES UNREPRESENTED as swing voters with super delegates MARGINALIZING the 70% MAJORITY COMMON POPULATION’S CLASS & CULTURE continually. WE THE PEOPLE of the 70% MAJORITY COMMON POPULATION MUST CONTINUE TO WAKE UP and realize our class and culture [conservatives call it MOB RULE, as WE THE PEOPLE are the LIBERAL MOB], so that WE THE PEOPLE CAN MAKE DEMOCRACY MANIFEST, because what we have currently in the United States is orthodox democracy, which is no better than Adolph Hitler’s or Nikita Khrushchev’s totalitarianism.
By Conservative Yankee, March 6 at 4:27 pm # ...and someone actually reads three continuous posts?You are DEAD wrong about (true) conservatives. The terms liberal, and conservative have been hijacked by politicians to define core and outlying… I find (in my life) when a person goes too far right, they find them selves on the left, and vise-versia.. it’s a circle, not a line.
By Martha Miller, March 6 at 2:37 am # 70% Common Population vs. the 20% Professional NEW CLASS Population and the 10% Elite Capitalist Population Part II Also, the candidates, the media and the blogs are always talking about the MIDDLE CLASS. Is there TWO Middle Classes in the United States?????? NO THERE CAN NOT BE TWO MIDDLE CLASSES!!!!!!! --- The 20% population of the CORPORATE DLC’s NEW Professional Class & Culture IS the MIDDLE CLASS of the United States and they earn $121,000 to $1,000,000. per year; while the SUPPOSED other middle class, although called a middle class by the conservatives, IS NOT A CLASS and/or CULTURE at all, but is a CONSTITUENT PART of the 70% MAJORITY COMMON POPULATION’S CLASS AND CULTURE; and according to an NPR report this constituent part of the 70% MAJORITY Common Population EARNS $40,000. to $120,000, and is promoted by conservatives as the MIDDLE CLASS to divide the 70% MAJORITY COMMON POPULATION. The actual MIDDLE CLASS is the 20% Corporate DLC’s MIDDLE CLASS & CULTURE of the Nation, the Professional Class that earns $121,000 to 1 Million Dollars a year. So, which MIDDLE is being talked about? Is it the Middle Class of the Nation, or the Middle of the 70% Class & Culture of the MAJORITY Common Population? There is a HUGE DIFFERENCE. Inquiring minds want to know, and this needs to be widely discusssed; because there is way too much incorrect rhetoric about the MIDDLE CLASS. Since there are TWO MIDDLES in question, one middle earning $40,000. to $120,000., and another middle earning $121,000.- $1,000,000. just below the 10% Elite Capitalist’s population—the 20% population of the Corporate DLC’s NEW CLASS & CULTURE— the Professional Class and Culture THAT CAN NOT BE IGNORED, as the 20% Professional NEW Class and Culture ARE the TRUE MIDDLE CLASS of the United States that is actually being talked about, even though conservatives and conservative led politicians lead the common population to believe they mean the middle of the common population, but it is not so. There is only ONE middle and it isn’t in the common population, as there is a NEW CLASS. The MIDDLE CLASS of the United States IS the 20% Professional Class and Culture, the DLC’s new class, which is the ONE and ONLY MIDDLE CLASS of the Nation. There can not be TWO MIDDLE CLASSES IN ONE COUNTRY. There IS NO OTHER MIDDLE CLASS—the middle all CONSERVATIVES talk about is a median income for the 70% MAJORITY Common Population Class & Culture, and a median income is NOT a middle class and culture, but is simply a median income of the 70% MAJORITY COMMON POPULATION’S CLASS AND CULTURE. Conservatism misconstruing a constituent part of the 70% MAJORITY COMMON POPULATIONS CLASS & CULTURE as the middle class is common with totalitarian conservatism to cause acceptance by the unknowing by dividing the 70% COMMON POPULATIONS CLASS & CULTURE for the benefit of the other two classes and cultures. It is necessary to understand that raising or lowering the median income of the 70% MAJORITY COMMOM POPULATIONS CLASS AND CULTURE does not make another middle class. There is only ONE MIDDLE CLASS in the three classes and cultures in the United States listed as follows: 1st CLASS & CULTURE—10% Minority Elite Capitalist Class & Culture’s MAKING Millions to Billions of dollars yearly 2nd CLASS & CULTURE—20% Minority Corporate DLC’s NEW CLASS, the Professional Class & Culture EARNING $121,000. to $1,000,000. yearly, THE MIDDLE CLASS 3rd CLASS & CULTURE—70% MAJORITY Common Population Class & Culture EARNING from $0 - $120,000. yearly
By angry_old_man, March 5 at 11:33 pm # Grousefeather is right on target. Bush, Cheney and much of their team should be tried for their crimes. Impeachment is a waste of time, but a trial would be a way for Americans to apologize to the rest of humanity for what they have done. Angry_old_man
By dan jordan, March 5 at 9:29 pm # Bit by dog, Andy kicks catAndy resents poor Ralph for wishing to run as an independent. Did it occur to Andy to complain, not about someone’s wish to run for office in a brain-damaged two party system but rather about the two party system itself? It isn’t Ralph’s fault we Americans continuously beat ourselves over the head with this hilarious election system, a system which regularly obliges many people to vote for other than their first choice. Nor is it Ralph’s fault that we have a system that makes a minority third party candidate such a potential threat to the two “mainline” parties. If Andy and the whiners in the Democratic party fear the danger of vote splitting third party candidates then let’s see them wake up and start advocating for some fundamental changes to this seriously cracked election system. Andy, get a clue and do some reading about innovative ideas such as instant runoff voting. Stop crying about Ralph. He’s got every right to run if he can get away with it.
By Conservative Yankee, March 5 at 4:16 pm # Cyrena “Still, since you’re a repug, and you don’t like him, (like so many other repugs don’t) then I would encourage you to vote for Ralph Nader.” See just as I thought, you are not “listening” or remembering. I crossed the aisle before the Maine primary to vote for Dennis..Remember you congratulated me? I’m officially a Democrat, and if they run the corporate whore I will definitely vote for Nader. Token Gantry I’m not sure… but about this Rezco thing, I’m sure gonna have to hold my nose… Oh yeah, and three Nafta supporters… Boy what a race… We can only hope for a post November heart attack, or a bad car wreck on the way to Washington.... depending on who is number 2!
By barrett, March 5 at 2:42 pm # I was going to write until I saw your comment. . .
By Conservative Yankee, March 5 at 8:10 am # Anyone who challenges the great myth of US democracy will be pilloried. When an “outsider” says the Democrat and Republican parties are choices equivalent to to the choice between Exxon and Mobil gasoline, people will laugh and call them nuts. GI Joe, Token and the Business Shill have all made slip-of-the-tongue mistakes similar to those made by Ross Perot, and all three have a record of corporate support and treason against the American worker. I don’t blame the US voter for fearing and ridiculing Nader. It is hard to reasonably defend a system which gives us three like-minded candidates. All support NAFTA and will continue “free” (that’s a laugh) trade. only 1 of 20 starters proposed a health-care plan which would cover everyone, and not bankrupt the small middle-class family. So we’re down to the wire. The dimms appear poised to anoint Hill-the business-shill (no matter who gets the popular majority) and the ripp-offs are already remaking GI Joe into an updated Teddy Roosevelt… we should be so lucky… The news tells me there’s a lot of “hope” and “excitement” out in the larger States… Here in Maine the Shoe Shops have moved to China (courtesy of Bill ham-burglar and a dimm-o congress) the Fish have been sold to the Japanese factory ships (Thank you Ron and Jimmy), and I hear the government may goive China the right to drill for oil off Georges bank similar to the operation they already have off Florida. Folks, we’re being sold out, and ridiculing the messenger will not change a thing.
By rudyspeaks, March 4 at 8:22 pm # to the slow learners who still blame Nadir for the Dem.s’ incompetent campaigns (Ralph got 0.3% in ‘04)… the ‘00 Florida vote was nullified by the US Sup. Crt… Scalia (who never equivocated about his beliefs) was confirmed 98-0 by the DEMOCRATIC controlled senate...want me to keep going? War authorization, Kyle-Liebermann, bankruptcy bill, continuing war funding (w/no strings), loss of Habeus corpus,,, or, tomorrow, capitulation on “immunity”...whom do you freaks hallucinate the Dem. party to be?
By Jesse Crumb, March 4 at 10:03 am # What have "They" got on Nader???I am just wondering..what is it that Karl Rove and his army of ex-cia/Federal B.I. thug-runts have on Nader?
By Martha Miller, March 4 at 5:21 am # Nader, Obama, Clinton or Paul -- ThisAnswer to Nick 3/2 4:12pm: Anytime one sees a storm on a weather forecast the color of the storm is RED. RED because RED is the color of EXTREME. Just like storms are RED—the EXTREME of politics is RED. RED is the standard color for the terrible EXTREME. The Conservative autocratic EXTREME of the REPUBLICAN PARTY is in charge of the REPUBLICAN PARTY, and the color of the EXTREME has been chosen by the REPUBLICAN PARTY to represent EXTREME control over the nation on the voting charts—not REPUBLICAN orange, not REPUBLICAN turquoise—the REPUBLICAN RED choice means the EXTREME of the REPUBLICAN PARTY has taken charge. It is hard to believe so many people could be duped and/or frauded into voting in the RED EXTREME, instead of democracy. Ron Paul can say all kind of good things and it all sounds great, but there is no way Ron Paul can go against the EXTREME of his own party, the one that rules will be the EXTREME. If Ron Paul wants to do all those good things, then he is in the wrong party. Voting for Ron Paul will only get more of the same, whether he likes it or not. DLC Republican led Hillary Clinton is more of the same as well. I can’t see how Hillary Clinton could think anyone could vote for her when she manipulates, lies, cries and whines to get her way. Crying and whining in and of itself is not becoming of a president of a great country. Crying and whining is not what WE THE PEOPLE want or need in our President. Obama is not a crier or a whiner, therefore Obama is the better of the two Democrats for which WE THE PEOPLE of the Democratic Party have been allowed to undemocratically vote. But, like Hillary Clinton, Obama is also a member of the corporate DLC, the Republican led Democratic Leadership Council, and will follow the Republican corporate DLC’s “Project For the New American Century” war plan and attack Pakistan. Obama being a member of the corporate DLC will also continue with the segregation of the Democratic Party’s 20% NEW CLASS population, the new corporate Professional Class, from the rest of the Common Population, which, including the lumpen-proletariat members in the REPUBLICAN PARTY, is 70% of the population of the United States. Although there is hope in Obama, hope is rather bleak for the 70% Common Population, but more hope than with Hillary Clinton, who, like Bill Clinton, is the great Republican cooperator against the common population, and like Bill Clinton, will be another great REPUBLICAN president. WE THE PEOPLE do not want a KINGDOM. Ralph Nader thought there may be hope for Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel getting respected in the Democratic Party, but the controling DLC saw to it that neither of them had a chance. Ralph Nader said the only reason he would run would be if it looked like Hillary Clinton was going to be installed. Apparently, since Ralph Nader has chosen to run for the presidency, the Democratic Party has given Ralph Nader the idea that democracy is going to be obstructed and usurped again, and he wants the citizens to know just what they are giving up when 70% of the country allows the REPUBLICAN PARTY, through the DLC to control both the Democratic and the REPUBLICAN PARTIES for unitary control of the country. I hope people vote for Ralph Nader this time, because it is for certain, Ralph Nader can get the country back on track, especially if WE THE PEOPLE will change out the Congress in the July Primaries before the General Election so Ralph will have a lot less of the DLC Republican cooperator Democrats to put up with. My vote will go to Ralph Nader if he is on the ticket this fall.
By Martha Miller, March 3 at 6:43 pm # Answer to Nick 3/2 4:12pm: Anytime one sees a storm on a weather forecast the color of the storm is RED. RED because RED is the color of EXTREME. Just like storms are RED—the EXTREME of politics is RED. RED is the standard color for the terrible EXTREME. The Conservative autocratic EXTREME of the REPUBLICAN PARTY is in charge of the REPUBLICAN PARTY, and the color of the EXTREME has been chosen by the REPUBLICAN PARTY to represent EXTREME control over the nation on the voting charts—not REPUBLICAN orange, not REPUBLICAN turquoise—the REPUBLICAN RED choice means the EXTREME of the REPUBLICAN PARTY has taken charge. It is hard to believe so many people could be duped and/or frauded into voting in the RED EXTREME, instead of democracy. Ron Paul can say all kind of good things and it all sounds great, but there is no way Ron Paul can go against the EXTREME of his own party, the one that rules will be the EXTREME. If Ron Paul wants to do all those good things, then he is in the wrong party. Voting for Ron Paul will only get more of the same, whether he likes it or not. DLC Republican led Hillary Clinton is more of the same as well. I can’t see how Hillary Clinton could think anyone could vote for her when she manipulates, lies, cries and whines to get her way. Crying and whining in and of itself is not becoming of a president of a great country. Crying and whining is not what WE THE PEOPLE want or need in our President. Obama is not a crier or a whiner, therefore Obama is the better of the two Democrats for which WE THE PEOPLE of the Democratic Party have been allowed to undemocratically vote. But, like Hillary Clinton, Obama is also a member of the corporate DLC, the Republican led Democratic Leadership Council, and will follow the Republican corporate DLC’s “Project For the New American Century” war plan and attack Pakistan. Obama being a member of the corporate DLC will also continue with the segregation of the Democratic Party’s 20% NEW CLASS population, the new corporate Professional Class, from the rest of the Common Population, which, including the lumpen-proletariat members in the REPUBLICAN PARTY, is 70% of the population of the United States. Although there is hope in Obama, hope is rather bleak for the 70% Common Population, but more hope than with Hillary Clinton, who, like Bill Clinton, is the great Republican cooperator against the common population, and like Bill Clinton, will be another great REPUBLICAN president. WE THE PEOPLE do not want a KINGDOM. Ralph Nader thought there may be hope for Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel getting respected in the Democratic Party, but the controling DLC saw to it that neither of them had a chance. Ralph Nader said the only reason he would run would be if it looked like Hillary Clinton was going to be installed. Apparently, since Ralph Nader has chosen to run for the presidency, the Democratic Party has given Ralph Nader the idea that democracy is going to be obstructed and usurped again, and he wants the citizens to know just what they are giving up when 70% of the country allows the REPUBLICAN PARTY, through the DLC to control both the Democratic and the REPUBLICAN PARTIES for unitary control of the country. I hope people vote for Ralph Nader this time, because it is for certain, Ralph Nader can get the country back on track, especially if WE THE PEOPLE will change out the Congress in the July Primaries before the General Election so Ralph will have a lot less of the DLC Republican cooperator Democrats to put up with. My vote will go to Ralph Nader if he is on the ticket this fall.
By Grousefeather, March 3 at 3:52 pm # I'm for NaderI haven’t heard anything from the democrats yet that compells me to cast my vote for them. What would convince me is if the democrats vow to prosecute Bush and Cheney for war crimes and then investigate the entire administration for illegal activiities and failing to uphold the Constitution. It is the DUTY of all good leaders and citizens of this country to drive a stake through the heart of conservatism and rid our country of it’s terrible grasp once and for all. The democrats should be judged on one thing, first and foremost, and that is by how many republicans they put behind bars.
By GW=MCHammered, March 3 at 11:45 pm # Re:Amen, brutha. It’s the only cog that matters.
By Virginia, March 3 at 1:10 pm # Mary has it right! The Democrats continually spoil it for themselves and us by failing to vote their ethics and their conscience and often failing even to give voice to either. Nader certainly has the courage of his convictions and is not afraid to say what he means and act accordingly. If the Democrats want Nader’s votes, let them show themselves worthy.
By Mary Godwin, March 3 at 9:28 am # Real spoilageThe people who accuse Ralph of being a “spoiler” should instead be howling about the real, criminal spoilage in Florida 2000 - as should we all! Caging lists, voter intimidation, RNC goons stopping recounts - c’mon folks!!! In the face of all that, how can you condemn a man exercising his constitutional right to run for president, a man who represents REAL change? By doing so, you play straight into the hands of the corporate elites who want NO change and want us to elect a president based on fluff.
By Amon Drool, March 3 at 7:56 am # did any truthdig reader find andy b. even vaguely funny with this one? nader wouldn’t have gotten into the race if edwards had won. i guess ralph feels it’s his civic duty to vote for someone in the presidential race and if obama can’t take principled stands on post-1967 imperial israel and “defense” budget increases, then he’ll give himself and others a chance to vote for someone who will.
By Conservative Yankee, March 3 at 2:15 pm # Re:You are right Andy isn’t funny. Wonder who is pushing his non-humorous shtick.
By Tom Semioli, March 3 at 7:49 am # Very Humorous at Any SpeedIt’s a good thing ya’ll placed this essay under the banner of HUMOR! OtherwiseI’d have thought it was from the official DNC website!
By Bluestocking, March 3 at 7:39 am # While Nader has every right to run for President, I can only see one plausible explanation for why he’s chosen to throw his hat in the ring 1) so late in the game and 2) after losing the past two Presidential elections. Even though a substantial majority of the American people are frustrated with both the Democrats and the Republicans, it’s the height of naivety at best and the height of arrogance at worst for Nader to even think (never mind expect) that he can enter the race less than a year before the election and win it. What has the man been doing for the last four years? If he really believes in the importance of change in Washington, why hasn’t he been working for it more actively and more publicly over the last four years? That’s why it’s hard for me not to wonder whether the Republicans, anxious over the growing popularity of Obama, might not have found a way to make some sort of deal with Nader-- even though a lot of Republican voters seem lukewarm at best in their support for McCain, I find it very hard to believe (considering the last two elections) that Nader could draw them away in enough numbers to make up for what he will probably draw away from the Democrats. Of course, if Huckabee chose on the off-chance to run as an independent—he still hasn’t given up even though it’s very unlikely that he’ll get the Republican nomination—perhaps he might draw enough people away from the Republicans to make up for Nader, but that’s unlikely to happen. I remember a commentator remark during the 2004 election that out of the last ten presidents that we’ve had, half of them have been state governors—Johnson, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush. As the proverb says, you have to crawl before you can walk (or run?) If Nader and the Green Party want to have a serious chance at making a difference instead of simply mucking things up by making it more likely that McCain will be elected, that’s where they should be focusing a large portion of their efforts—the gubernatorial seat.
By DennisD, March 3 at 7:29 am # Spoiling the dreamAndy - how do you wreck a system that’s already wrecked? I thought the concept of democracy was about real choice not Madison Avenue’s Coke vs. Pepsi depiction of it. I guess any candidate that is trying to inject reality into our election wetdream fantasy is a spoiler. The only problem is we don’t have enough of them. Our system of government certainly doesn’t want any “spoilers” to wake up the tax paying crash test dummies of our electorate that their government should actually be working for them. Maybe then they’d be as pissed off as they should be about what’s being done to them.
By Thinkaboutit, March 3 at 12:16 am # It is certainly not true that there is no difference between Obama’s and McCain’s politics. Of course there are also differences between Nader and Obama. But they appear comparatively small to me. Nader supporters may want to think about this again.
By republicanSScareme, March 2 at 11:41 pm # Does Ralph Nader really believe the Democrats are as bad as the Republicans? If that’s true then Mr. Nader should be studying guerilla warfare and not running for public office in a totally corrupt system. I think Mr.Nader...despite all the good things he’s done...must crave the spotlight or why else would he be doing what he’s doing? People already know him, they know what he is about, agree with many of his ideas, but don’t want him for President. They’re told him that twice but he doesn’t want to hear it. He can only hurt the Democrats so what’s the point?
By Conservative Yankee, March 3 at 10:22 am # Re:“He can only hurt the Democrats so what’s the point?” You aren’t listening… There are a shit-load of Republicans out here who can’t stand John McCain… And SFW Hill-the-business-shill, unlimited H-1b visa supporter, advocate for Indian companies using cheap foreign laborto undermine US wages, or Token who is the Elmer Gantry of this year’s political scene, or the dinosaur GI Joe who wants a war which will live on for ever as his monument… Yeap that’s a choice.... so is McDonald’s or Burger King.
By Ranee Decker, March 2 at 8:55 pm # Someone needs to pop Nader's bubble!Sorry whyzowl, but Nader’s the one living in a bubble of unreality. (Though I couldn’t help but giggle at your clever turn of the phrase “the epic clash of bubbles! Nader can’t possibly win the race, so why else would he once again risk throwing the election to the GOP once again? Makes me wonder where his true alliances lie! (Or if he’s simply so self-centered and addicted to attention that he just can’t help himself. I still say Nader would better serve his own interests by (officially) becoming an actor. Lots more acclaim to be found in Hollywood then he’s going to find in the rest of the country.
By Martha Miller, March 3 at 10:25 am # Re: Re: No Country for Brave Mencyrena 3-3 1:23am: There is no reason to think our government can’t get rid of auto insurance, because our government CAN, easily; and should. The American government could get rid of mandatory auto insurance altogether—and ALL the common population would be better off, because the people who can afford insurance will insure their automobiles as always, and those who can’t afford insurance will do without insurance; [Can’t afford is the significant factor] and if an accident happens, will lose their autos, as currently happens, since people who can only afford liability have NO INSURANCE ON THEMSELVES OR THEIR PROPERTY anyway; therefore whether one has the minimum liability or not, one who can’t afford auto insurance but is forced to have minimum auto insurance loses all the way around, by being forced to have insurance or become a felon, and if an accident, loses their property, even if they have liability insurance, it’s on the other person’s vehicle. Mandatory forced auto insurance helps to fill the prisons; but and if they manage to stay out of prison, will still lose their VOTE; and also their DRIVER’S LICENSE until they can pay their fees and purchase insurance. Account no insurance they become felons, and because they lose their drivers license, if they haven’t already lost their job, will lose their job, as they can’t legally drive to work if they do find a job, which helps them to fall into the prison population, and all because they can’t find a job that will pay sufficiently to afford auto insurance. As long as one lives in a bubble and hasn’t had a problem they weren’t able to handle, it is easy to not understand what is happening to actual people who are losing their jobs because of outsourcing, sickness, etc. It is easy to imagine there are no problems with mandatory insurance, or anything mandatory against survival, when one is out of work—mandatory is impossible— survival comes first, and mandatory forces good people into the felon ranks. Mandatory auto insurance for people who can’t afford it is TYRANNY. Mandatory auto insurance is government oppression. Forced oppression by the government is TYRANNY, not democracy, not even close.
By Ranee Decker, March 2 at 7:22 pm # Many a truth stated as humorAndy Borowitz was almost funny here...except that his subject material is deadly serious. Nader’s insistance on running a race he can’t win--yet again--makes me wonder about his real motives. All the positive he’s actually accomplished could easily be forgotten if he persists in this stubborn grandstanding behavior and causes yet another election to be thrown to the GOB wolves. Nader...back off now. I’m losing all respect for you!
By Nick, March 2 at 4:12 pm # Brilliant!Fantastic write up! It is time for Naderites to step aside, a new breed of lunatic is here to spoil the day! Who do these Paul supporters think they are? Balanced budgets, following the constitution, no pre-emptive war?!?!?! What morons! How un-American can these Paulites possibly be? Add Your Comment |
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