Playing "Let's Make a Deal" with the Devil

Playing 'Let's Make a Deal' with the devil

By Ed Kociela

Created Jan 19 2008 - 5:30pm

The political races must be heating up as both parties propose a game of

"Let's Make a Deal."

STAGE RIGHT, GEORGE BUSH HOLDING A WAD OF CASH: "I'll tell y'all, bidness is

bad, right? It's hard puttin' food on your family, right? OK, here's the

plan. I'll give you this $800 in my hand -- if you're married, I'll double

it. If you're a bidnessman, we'll dig deeper, come up with more. 'Specially

if you're, uh, one a us, if you know what I mean."

Of course, we've been that route before when Bush had the federal government

cut checks to all taxpayers.

The problem was we also had to take what was behind doors No. 1, 2 and 3.

Behind door No. 1, of course, was a war we didn't want to sign onto that is

running into the trillions. Behind door No. 2 was a Bush goon squad that

stripped us of civil liberties, puffed up his pals at Haliburton and in the

oil business and forced faith-based organizations of all sorts down our

throats. And, of course, behind door No. 3 was the taxman who reminded us

that we had to pay taxes on the money.

Wanting to build on the financial good will is GOP hopeful Mitt Romney who

is talking today about a $250 billion economic stimulus.

The problem there, of course, is Romney comes with the package.

This is a guy who has made a career out of screwing the American middle and

lower classes. As a captain of industry, his job was to prop up ailing

businesses (translation: cutting jobs) to grow profits and margins then

merge them into other companies (translation: more job cuts) to make the

fat, rich, white investment community fatter, richer and whiter. Sorry,

these players are too serious to let any "outsiders" into the game unless,

of course, they're there to landscape Romney's lawn.

Mike Huckabee, who at one point seemed like a nice enough guy, is now

starting to push some very strange things at us ranging from his brand of

morality to defense of the Confederate flag. But, he is offering salvation,

right?

Look, what we need to remember is that everything comes with a cost

attached.

If it means forfeiting the Bush kickback to be rid of the beady-eyed little

son of a bitch, so be it.

If it means a little less cash in my wallet, I'll be happy, so long as we

kick Romney to the curb.

And, if it means I have to someday stand before my own God and explain

myself rather than fall for Huckabee's version of salvation, I'll take that

chance.

I'm not buying what these clowns from the right side of the aisle -- any of

them -- are selling.

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"A little patience and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their

spells dissolve, and the people recovering their true sight, restore their

government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are

suffering deeply in spirit,

and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public

debt. But if the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have

patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning

back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at

stake."

-Thomas Jefferson