My last post has got me thinking. So we've got a lot of very uniformed, very pissed off people out there. Most of them have no trust in either party, and are only going to get angrier as they can no longer afford to gas up their 4-wheeler, or take the trip to Las Vegas.
As I write the Dow has dropped about 300 points since the bailout bill passed. It is clear that the bailout will not stop a difficult recession. The republicans, or somebody else, will find a politician who opposed the bailout and build on the popular anger at the destruction of our way of life. You might think that the illogic and abject failure of extreme free market capitalism and cultural conservatism would lead many to give Obama a chance. And many will. But just as many will listen to their increasingly hysterical chain emails and whatever politician rises to take advantage of the popular anger. Of course, the illogic and proven failure of the right-wing will lead many intelligent conservatives to drift towards the Obama camp. So I guess my prediction is that America will divide along educational lines more than anything. We will see which side is larger in this realignment.
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