{"id":3089,"date":"2010-07-20T08:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T08:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2010\/07\/the-karmic-wheel-of-american-politics\/"},"modified":"2014-12-31T15:25:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T22:25:17","slug":"the-karmic-wheel-of-american-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2010\/07\/the-karmic-wheel-of-american-politics.html","title":{"rendered":"The Karmic Wheel of American Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

We also know that for the Democrats \u2014 with the colossal make-work stimulus program costs \u2014 and the GOP \u2014 with its spectacular tax cuts for the rich while fighting two wars \u2014 to claim to be prudent about the economy is just plain sad. \u2013 Ben Stein<\/a><\/p>\n

And yet, once again, this fall, we will live out the kabuki of voting in the party we recently voted out and calling it \u201cchange\u201d. And when I vote third party, I shall, yet again, be told that I\u2019m being \u201cunrealistic\u201d or (even better) un-American. Why anybody believes that the multi-millionaire multiple divorcees who live and move and have their being inside the beltway have the slightest interest in their constituents is beyond me.<\/p>\n

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We also know that for the Democrats \u2014 with the colossal make-work stimulus program costs \u2014 and the GOP \u2014 with its spectacular tax cuts for the rich while fighting two wars \u2014 to claim to be prudent about the economy is just plain sad. \u2013 Ben Stein And yet, once again, this fall, we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Karmic Wheel of American Politics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We also know that for the Democrats -- with the colossal make-work stimulus program costs -- and the GOP -- with its spectacular tax cuts for the rich\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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