Distilled Thought of the Day
Heard this thought on right-wing talk radio today (Hugh Hewitt, to be exact): The polls don’t show that most people are for a public option, it shows that they’re for a public option that doesn’t cost anything.
I’m for a bigger house. Doesn’t mean I’m going to (or should) get it. The polls (or "cricket races" to our own Mark Olsen" show what people think about what they’ve been sold, not necessarily what they’re going to get. Liberal blogs proclaim that the public wants the public option, when the public has been lied to about that option.
Just more bread and circuses given away in order to coax the people to give government more power.
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Reminds me of the line from The Gladiator:
“I think he [the emperor] knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them and they’ll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they’ll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the senate, it’s the sand of the coliseum. He’ll bring them death – and they will love him for it.”
Very good observation, Dr. Henderson. The crowds will too often take what the government sells (as long as they think someone else is paying for it).