Reply #6: Much as I hate to admit it, they have a really effective tool here. [View All]

[redqueen]

And they're using it, successfully.

Dean I think tried to defuse it but I don't know how effectively... won't unless he gets the nod.

Anyway the thing is these people basically look at this situation and see it as a constitutional law that's being ignored to their detriment. No matter how groundless we think that sentiment is that's what they think. And as long as they can point to that and say 'two wrongs don't make a right', they have a big draw for a lot of people who feel like they're getting shafted.

It's 'divide and conquer'. You separate people into groups. Then you make sure every group is in some way shorted. Then you watch them fight each other over the crumbs you scatter at them, and you can get away with murder. You can rape the treasury for billions while they fight over things like gay marriage, affirmative action, etc.

It's been done for millenia.