Meanwhile, consider the possibility that McCain/Palin rallies could translate into serious disorder and violence if the campaign isn't too careful about toning down the excesses of vitriol you enjoy whipping up on the part of supporters.

If that were to be the case, then how would the McCain/Palin campaign react?

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How about bringing back the classical building society concept ... not to mention other models of mutual self-help, if conservatives are so gung-ho as they are about "empowering" the Lower Classes through mutual self-help?

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Have you heard about, let alone seen, a rather crass anti-Obama billboard somewhere in the Missouri Ozarks?

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For the sake of contrast, may I be first to suggest a fresh appraisal of the classical building-society concept, which was still being practiced, AFAIK, @ some privately-insured associations with volunteer staffing in Pennsylvania and Delaware as recently as the mid-1990's.

See it for yourself, and consider what Shakespeare had to say about "what is past, is prologue" when it comes to home finance among the "fundamentals of the economy" (read: the Lower Working Classes, conditioned to accept Fox Prolefeed's Weltanschauung as Holy Writ).

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ConWebBlog is noting where NewsBusters (a conservative-leaning "news portal") is sugar-coating details on McCain's "Keating 5" connexions to make him look more radiant:

The Media Research Center exerted much effort in minimizing scandals surrounding Sarah Palin. Now it's doing the same for John McCain's role in the Keating Five scandal.

Scott Whitlock complained that an ABC report on McCain and Keating "left out the fact that McCain was exonerated by the Senate Ethics Committee." Whitlock left out the fact that the committee concluded that McCain's conduct "reflected poor judgment" in his dealings with Charles Keating.

Seton Motley highlighted an appearance by "man of integrity" Robert Bennett, special counsel to the House ethics committee on the Keating scandal, on (man of less integrity) Mark Levin's radio show. Bennett claimed, "I saw nothing in my investigation that would call into question John McCain's ethics." Like Whitlock, Motley failed to note the full decision of the committee, nor did he describe what exactly McCain did -- accept free rides on Keating's jet, vacationed with Keating, invested in a shopping mall with him, wrote letters to regulators for him, helped secure the nomination of a Keating associate to a banking regulatory board, and urged regulators to back off Keating.

By contrast, as we've detailed, the MRC insisted that the Clintons were guilty of various deeds even after investigations cleared them.

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And have you heard where some Austrian high-schoolers exercising their electoral rights for the first time supported right-wing candidates for office after a visit to the Nazi death-camp site @ Auschwitz?

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Just a reminder where @ least one blogger plans to donate part of the proceeds from online shopping derivate from his weblog to Reduction of the National Debt.

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How do we know that the "real" desire in banning abortion outright is nothing short of warped "economic reasons" (cf. the Nicolae Ceaucescu regime in Romania)?

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Guess where we'll be seeing the lion's share of "help wanted" offers within measurable distance--for the most part fraudulent, devious and even tending to exploit such among the vulnerable needing work, but cannot find it for reasons outside their control.

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Next thing you know, about the only possible lending that the "fundamentals of the economy" (read: the working classes) would have access to is a revival of the original Morris Plan concept.

As in requiring would-be borrowers to have two co-makers guarantee the creditworthiness thereof ... and repay the loan through an Installment Thrift Certificate based on the face value therefor.

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Has anybody considered where the GOP's official articles of faith actually oppose state intervention in the free markets, in the belief that such would only hinder recovery?

"Think about it."

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Speaking of Ron Paul, I understand that he's since called on his supporters to support Constitution Party Presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin.

And even then, the Constitution Party has some rather weird and unwholesome elements among its ranks....

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I suppose you've heard the old saying that "clowns can get away with the truth."

And this item proves it.

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Now it's come out that much of the world thinks the ur-RAHOWA on Terrorism is probably closer to a Mexican Standoff more than anything vis-a-vis the likely outcome thereof.

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I, for one, would love to see this edited with the background music of "Eye Level" by the Simon Park Orchestra (which, IIBC, was the theme music for a Dutch soap opera some years back....)

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Blame His Fraudulency and al-Qaeda in equal measure, for starters....

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As if that weren't enough, consider where it's possible that both His Fraudulency and al-Qaeda may be responsible in equal measure, or close to it.

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Think about this:

His Fraudulency and al-Qaeda being equally responsiblefor aggravating the current socioeconomic situation.

Never mind the CIA perhaps fabricating the "al-Qaeda tapes" "just to keep people scared" into voting Straight Republican come November.

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"Cole" hath it that

The more she talks, the worse she looks.

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Could it be that we may be seeing in Sarah Palin the (un)likely reincarnation of a certain Eva Duarte "Evita" Peron (1919-1952)?

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