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That
line did spur Tennessee's Bob Corker to rush into "bipartisan" talks,
giving Democrats ammunition against his fellow Republicans. And in the
end it proved enough to lure the GOP's weaker links—Massachusetts's
Scott Brown and Maine's Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins—into Mr.
Obama's trap. But that was it. All the forces of the White House's
populist fury against Wall Street couldn't net it more than six House
and Senate Republicans in total.
That's because,
like stimulus and health care, Democrats turned the financial
regulation bill into a monstrosity. What started as a promise to
streamline and modernize the financial system turned into 2,300 pages
of new agencies and new powers for the very authorities that fomented
the financial crisis. The bill is laden with uncertainty and brimming
with costly regulations on small businesses. Sen. Chris Dodd and Rep.
Barney Frank made it easy for Republicans to pronounce their bill more
Obama Big Government—a "Main Street
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You'll
note that in today's postings I've mostly relied on others to
supply the dialogue. That's because I'm virtually tongue-tied, so
to speak, by the sheer magnitude of this government's brazen attempt,
now a fait-accompli, to destroy my country. There's been a van
parked outside my house for several days now. The sign says :Acme Gas & Electric.
<thought bubble>I think it's Holder's people
waiting for me to urge people to grab, not pitchforks, but
automatic weapons and neutron bombs, and head for Washington.
There ain't no nice way to undo this stuff
anymore.</bubble>
I'm not going to say it, but I can think it.
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