Wiener refuses to say, plainly that this is not me or just completely keep his mouth shut... STUPID!  Palin talks about things she obviously has little to no knowledge about... STUPID!  GOP pundits try to support Palin's statements by rationalizing some bizzare re-definition of history or the truth... STUPID!  Their credibility goes out the window.  Whether the public holds these individuals accountable and does not forgive their well earned lack of credibility is to be seen.  Too often they do not, but these clownish statements and ridiculous defences of the indefendable seems to be a tribute to a new level of stupidity. 

Intellectualism and a basic education is now something people look down upon.  Where are we headed as a  nation?  It doesn't look good and those it will most affect appear to not have the common sense to make decisions that are in their own best interest.  Has the dumbing of the population succeeded? Is it too late to do the right thing?

It is that simple and true, when it comes down to brass tacks the Republican platform is to support big business profits and let the individual fend for themselves.  No matter how it is spun that is the bottom line.  It doesn't take a genius to see it throughout recent political history but there are legions that rationalize and through dissonance make themselves believe otherwise, to their own detriment!

After years of proving that tax cuts to the wealthy, little or no regulation, trickle-down economics doesn't work (look what it brought us to, the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression) they still won't acknowledge it!  Look at the recent vote for House bill, H.R.4173.  Not a single Republican voted for the bill.  A bill that contains regulatory constraints on financial companies.  Ohhhh, that would be so bad to make the richest people, the richest companies in the world have more ethical restraint, be bound by laws that protect the public from their predatory and reckless practices.  That would be bad, wouldn't it Republicans and those that rationalize the truth.

Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis talks turkey with New York Attorney General... or would it be more accurate to refer to it as the waste product of a bull instead of the turkey earlier mentioned?

I know that Congress and the previous administration believed that the banks and Wall Street would act in an appropriate, honest, responsible and ethical manner as they received billions in bailout cash.  Most of the conservatives I know thought it a joke to have no restrictions or oversight when handing over the bailout monies and the liberals I know could not have agreed more!