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The Difference Between a Cowboy and a Maverick
From "For Which it Stands," a new political blog that can be found at http://itstands.blogspot.com/: Michael Kinsley wrote an excellent article for Time.com today called "Alaskonomics." Some highlights: "Why is a windfall-profits tax good for Alaska but not for the U.S.? Well, it's obvious, isn't it? People in Alaska are better than people in the rest of the U.S. They're more American." (sarcasm, of course) "Of the 50 states, Alaska ranks No. 1 in taxes per resident and No. 1 in spending per resident. Its tax burden per resident is 2 1/1 times the national average; its spending, more than double." Here, for everyone to ponder, is the greatest, biggest question of the 2008 Election: What does the Republican party believe? What does it stand for? Thanks to a draining war, ignoring the Social Security/Medicare crisis, and creating an entirely new layer of bureaucracy (the Department of Homeland Security), George W. Bush and the Republican party have been anything BUT the party of "small government." The large following and traction of the Ron Paul campaign is a testament to this. John McCain, with his newly minted sidekick, are not running on a platform at all. Much like surfing without the surfboard, McCain would like you to believe that he can walk on water to pull the country out of its current troubling times. While McCain has been busy painting Obama as "the Messiah," he has been quick to position himself as such. (We should also point out to our evangelical readers that McCain, in many instances during this campaign including the one mentioned above, has been seriously guilty of blasphemy. Way to represent your church, John.) You know the difference between a cowboy and a maverick? Nothing. Which is exactly what America will get if she votes for the Republican candidate for President on November 4th.
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