In-fighting

Among the left: this guy thinks these people are fraidy-cats.

Among the right: this lady tries to eliminate some of the McCain hatred. She speaks over the head of her audience, apparently. They don't seem that bright, since many of them seem to believe that a President McCain would lead to more gridlock than a President Clinton (or Obama).

Wage garnishing

Lenin, on her universal health care (which is socialized, my friend):

Mrs. Clinton, who did not answer Senator Barack Obama’s question on the topic in a debate last Thursday, was pressed repeatedly to do so Sunday by George Stephanopoulos on the ABC program “This Week.” When Mr. Stephanopoulos asked a third time whether she would garnish people’s wages, Mrs. Clinton responded, “George, we will have an enforcement mechanism, whether it’s that or it’s some other mechanism through the tax system or automatic enrollments.”

(snip)

She has taken recently to calling universal coverage “a core Democratic value and a moral principle.”

Which seems to imply that taking your money against your will in order to pay for something you never bought and don't want is a moral principle.

Long Time No Update

It appears that there will be a different Mussolini than originally imagined. Which Lenin we receive is also up in the air.

I haven't blogged about it, because frankly I'm too depressed to think about it in any conceivable case. I will point out for the record that this blog shares the strategy of Divided We Stand, and will likely therefore be rooting for Mussolini. Not voting for Mussolini, because I can't imagine participating in my own rape.

Keep your Mitts off

Hot Air picks on Mitt Romney for being a game-grabber. QandO points out that the Democratic field is on board, as well.

"When I am president, I will work to protect children from inappropriate video game content." -- Hillary Clinton

It doesn't take a village after all. Or even parents.

Why Mussolini?

"Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do." -- Rudy Giuliani

Frightening.

Why Lenin?

"I think Iowa poses a special burden, or a special obstacle to me because when you look at the numbers, how can Iowa be ranked with Mississippi? That’s not what I see. That’s not the quality. That’s not the communitarianism, that’s not the openness I see in Iowa." -- Hillary Clinton.

Now now, you might say; "communitarianism" means "community", not "communism".

From the same link: “Communitarianism springs from the recognition that the human being is by nature a social animal as well as an individual with a desire for autonomy. Communitarians recognize that a healthy society must have a correct balance between individual autonomy and social cohesion. Much recent thinking has focused on an assumed conflict between the rights of the individual and the responsibilities of the government. When you put “community” back into the equation, you find that the apparent conflict between the individual and the government can be resolved by public policies that are consistent with core American values and work to the benefit of all members of our society.”

The link describes it as Trotsky, not Lenin. No need to quibble over details.

In the news, December 21 edition

Lenin promises to redistribute money to each according to his need. To be fair, only 4 of the 5 items are redistribution.

Meanwhile, we find out that Mussolini was secretive.