Saturday, December 11, 2010

When The Right Gets Angry

Luke Ford writes:

Dennis: “When the right gets angry, do you notice there’s no violence? They clean up after their demonstrations. Who do you think is more likely to key your car if they don’t agree with your bumper sticker?”

Politico.com:

WEST NEWTON, Mass. – President Barack Obama said Americans’ “fear and frustration” is to blame for an intense midterm election cycle that threatens to derail the Democratic agenda.

“Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared,” Obama said Saturday evening in remarks at a small Democratic fundraiser Saturday evening. “And the country’s scared.”

Dennis: “Maybe people think more clearly when they are scared? Perhaps nothing concentrates the mind like the vision of a bankrupt America?

“A friend told my wife Friday night that he was just in Thailand and people refused the dollar. They preferred baht, the Thai currency.

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