"Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right." -- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

Bushwhackin': I get great knowledge and enjoyment from reading John Robb's blog, and never more so than this morning, when I read the following:

I think it is fairly ironic that the majority of the Republicans I know are people that make below $150k a year. They liked the Republicans because they opposed unrestrained growth in social transfer programs. Now, when it comes time to cut taxes to give back some of the money that had been arrogated by the government, the Republicans don't even recognize that they exist. Bush is giving almost all of the tax cuts to people that make over $1m a year. I guess they think that the rank and file "working" Republicans are merely driven by social and defense issues and really don't care about the pocket book. Poor schmucks.

Great stuff, and even an implied criticism of flat tax rates and dumping the inheritance tax. Nice to read after having read Richard W. Rahn' s misguided "analysis" of what Bush needs to do in the WashTimes.