Albany Figures You're Cheap

The price of just about everything has shot up like crazy, and Albany thinks you deserve relief.

Are they proposing lowering taxes and fees across the board? Are they going to spend less to make up the difference? Is there any chance that New York politicians might adopt just a smidgen of their constituents’ frugality in the face of the ever-higher cost of living?

No.

But here’s a C-note, kid. Now scram.

Jesus Christ – Tax ‘n Spend Messiah

In Iowa and New Hampshire, it seems that Republican candidates, except for McCain and Paul, are trying to prove who is the better christian. As if that should have some import into whether or not they are qualified to be President. So, if these guys are so hot for Jesus’ endorsement, doesn’t it make sense to look at Christ’s records on the issues?

A sample of the christianist pandering in this classic Huckaschmuck commercial…

Never mind my reputation as a shady and unethical governor with a weak record on crime, education, ethics…I’m a Christian! That liberal Romney believes in weird Mormon shit! God Bless!

You might discern that I hold a significant amount of disdain for Huckabee and you would be correct. In my estimation, Huckabee represents the lowest level of the “New Conservatism” that drove me away from the Republican Party. The national Republican party is now the home of torture defenders and candidates who are more interested in faith than small government conservative credentials. Christopher Hitchens (a writer with whom I have a love/hate relationship) sums it up better than I could in his latest dispatch on Slate:

However, what Article VI does not do, and was never intended to do, is deny me the right to say, as loudly as I may choose, that I will on no account vote for a smirking hick like Mike Huckabee, who is an unusually stupid primate but who does not have the elementary intelligence to recognize the fact that this is what he is. My right to say and believe that is already guaranteed to me by the First Amendment. And the right of Huckabee to win the election and fill the White House with morons like himself is unaffected by my expression of an opinion.