Proof
I’ve previously cited that the rhetoric about lifting people, helping those disadvantaged, the vision thing, etc. is all hogwash and that the three remaining candidates (and those who previously dropped out) are nothing more than power whores. They are power trippers for the whole of their lives, and there is no greater high for the power-addicted than being the one who answers the red phone at 3 a.m. Or peers into Putin’s eyes, or wrecklessly nukes Iran, and so on.
But the fact of the matter is that only a powerdrunk fool would WANT to grab hold of the reigns at this point. Wages are flat for, like, since Vietnam, which means the purchasing power the filthy masses must possess for economic growth is explicitly tied to their ability to borrow money. Credit, you may have heard, is a little bit scarce right now. Economic growth is going to be a JOKE for at least until the midterm elections in 2010. So there’s that. Then, like, there’s the devaluation of the dollar and spiking fuel costs. This will ensure all us lemmings will only be able to afford the trip to work and home, with maybe a stop at a warehouse store where we can buy some rationed rice for dinner, 7th time this week.
Whomever you personally support, wishing for their defeat would likely serve them better than the next presidential term. Seriously.