Reply #73: I believe you are right. [View All]

They have been pack-peddling and cover ass so fast you would thing they were naked unicyclists. They hope, no they depend, on the short memory of the US voters. (Maybe a little help from Diebold too)

They saw how Ron Paul was attracting voters with essentially the message you describe, and they did all they could to bury him, they had to. He was what they needed to be but weren't, but if they got behind him and he won he would have been a real threat. He would have carved up a few too many sacred cows like the MIC and the Federal Reserve, that will not do.

As far as Paul being a racist, I kinda doubt it. He is old and talks in ways that were normal in his day. I would would bet he has told an off color joke or two, but I don't believe he holds serious disdain for an actual person based on race. I could be wrong.

He showed them the different path, they will modify it to be able to keep their real vices hidden and active.

Meanwhile the committed liberal and conservative fringes will be minimized, the DHS memos on extremism have that ball rolling, and the power will rule from the middle sharing the sugar. Campaign contribution will dry up in the bad economy and that leaves less money for attack adds, it will be a kumbaya moment for the two parties.

The Dems will back off if they get a few minor concessions, as usual, and we all lose, as usual.