Careful What You Wish For
The New York Times Sunday Review has a strange editorial that seems completely diconnected from reality. Are you shocked?
Entitled “Bring Back the Real Maverick,” the piece covers how Senator John McCain (R-2008) is interested in a law that requires political donors in amounts of $10,000 or more to reveal their names to the public.
McCain explains that his reasoning all revolves around the revelation of which unions are the biggest donors. Whatever—the Czar thinks that private political contributions should stay private as a matter of, well, privacy. Not to worry: the bill has almost no support from either party in the Senate.
And the editorial board thinks that is a shame. As they put it:
Americans need to know who is for disclosure and who wants to hide the truth about big donors and misleading ads.
Really, now? Really?
Didn’t you help elect the Full Disclosure President, who has been listed as among the most manipulative and secretive presidents ever? And let us count up the negative and misleading ads and see which party’s candidates is exploting them. Hint: it isn’t the party of the guy openly running on his record.
Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.