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To: PartyTime who wrote (182590)2/28/2006 2:24:25 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell  Respond to of 281500
 
You know what H. L. Mencken said :

We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

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I recall reading a few weeks ago, concerning the Bernanke appointment that none of the congressmen even knew the hearings had passed ! And these were people like McCain fancying themselves as presidential material.

Of course, the Fed chairman, that can't be important. Not with Noble Causes at stake like stocking the Supreme Court and overturning Roe vs Wade.