A Ledgie wants to know: Economy Edition

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Originally Posted by JWS

The George Bush legacy.

It's actually the legacy of the 50+ million ignorant nutjob Americans out there who voted for GWB. Surely it's because everyone knows that the gays and the pro-choicers are destroying the fabric of society, whereas, a former oilman and a former executive at Halliburton would certainly look out for our best interests and would make us safer. Oh, and surely bailing out their buddies on Wall Street rather than rebuilding New Orleans is surely the moral and "Christian" thing to do.

For some reason I just cannot muster any sympathy when I read about Joe Six-pack in Red State America, with a confederate flag sticker on the bumper of his Hummer H2 (purchased with a home equity line of credit), crying about $3/gallon gasoline. America: you reap what you sow.