The Republican Carnival Shell Game

If you're struggling with metaphors to describe BushCo's standard operating procedure to clueless friends and relatives, Josh Marshall has nailed it. Just substitute any Republican's name or even "Republicans" for "the president":

Think of the president as a failed or deadbeat entrepreneur (again, not such a stretch) who's already lost his investors a ton of money. He goes back to them and says, 'Okay, fine. You think I'm a moron and a screw-up who lost you guys a ton of money. Fine. But do you really want to finally, totally, conclusively kiss that $300 billion goodbye. You wanna just totally call it quits? Admit it's a total loss? What about giving me just another $10 billion and maybe somehow I'll actually pull this off? Or, since that's just not gonna happen, a mere $10 billion to put off for six months having to write the whole thing off as a loss, having to come to grips once and for all with the fact that all the money's gone and the whole thing's a bust?'

In a nut shell, the Republicans want you to give them another chance/ more time/ a wink and a nod... to keep raiding the national coffers and pocket your hard-earned money for themselves and their cronies.

Will you keep playing the Republican carnival shell game, hoping to recoup some of your losses? Really, that's what this election is all about at this point.

If so, good luck with your investment strategy. I, for one, am tired of paying Paris Hilton's taxes. Aren't you?

Best bar bet in the world: Delilah didn't do it.
Judges 16:19-- And she made him (Samson) sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.