‘cuz I have nothing to add: the article is even more compelling than the title!:
WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? [9.9.08]
By Jonathan Haidt
JONATHAN HAIDT is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, where he does research on morality and emotion and how they vary across cultures. He is the author of The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom.
Sure this is yet another of a myriad of moral hazard tales of late. But the differentiator to this specific story is how yet again, my hometown continues to engender a special kind of pride.
Alan R. Mulally, the chief executive of Ford, was even more upbeat. “It was a great day,” he said. When a reporter asked what Mr. Mulally might say to people who viewed the loan guarantees as a bailout, he replied in a chipper voice, “I would characterize it as an enabler.*”
* DB: emphasis added
I feel like i’ve filled my quota of audacity and indignation over the past few months.
But the McCain campaign just doesn’t seem to care. They keep mercilessly bringing it on.
Earlier in my life, I coined an expression: “If you think it can’t get any better than this, it won’t.” Thanks to events of late, I’m quite sad to report that the complementary corollary is also true. That is, “If you think it can’t get any worse than this…it just might.” Yes, the same country that elected W only to reel from it 8 yrs later just might…set the bar lower? Is that possible?? (pssst: rhetorical question).
This is a marathon that will test the limits of our cynical endurance. I’m trying to laugh between tears (THANK YOU John …FOLEY!!!):