So says Republican Presidential nomination hopeful Herman Cain. Expressing his disdain for the Occupy Wall Street movement, Cain seems at a loss to understand the anger people feel over the failure of the United States Federal Government to reign in the reckless practices of Wall Street, its thralldom to the corporate sector that cares nothing for environmental depredation, housing crises, financial meltdowns from which it is largely insulated due to taxpayer-funded bailouts, etc. etc.
When pressed by the host on whether the banks played a role in the 2008 meltdown, Cain allowed that they did "in 2008. But we're not in 2008, we're in 2011,"
Such incisive analysis by a Republican Presidential hopeful takes my breath away.
Fifty years ago, Irving Kristol -- the godfather of Neo-Conservatism -- called the Republican Party "The Stupid Party."
ReplyDeleteThe irony is that, even after molding themselves in Kristol's image, they are still The Stupid Party.