The owners are back in charge
by digby
When Bush and Cheney seized office under dubious circumstances, the Villagers all crowed that the “grown-ups” were back in charge.
Well, the grown-ups screwed the pooch. Now the owners are taking personal control:
“My family is the biggest contributor of soft money to the Republican National Committee. I have decided to stop taking offense,” she wrote, “at the suggestion that we are buying influence. Now I simply concede the point. They are right. We do expect something in return. We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues. We expect a return on our investment.” — Betsy DeVos
It is not a new idea. The first Chief Justice of the United States John Jay said it from the beginning:
Those who own the country ought to govern it.
I sure hope all those angry Real Americans knew what they were doing.
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