On an orthogonal statist/libertarian spectrum, Demopublicans and left-rightists are all statists. They may disagree about priorities, but all believe in the might and right of the omnipotent state … as does Saint Barack.

Von Mises' principle that intervention is never effective, only breeding more intervention to correct the distortions induced by the preceding intervention, is on vivid, dispiriting display now. Economic crisis has engendered a tidal wave of statist initiatives from the ongoing Bush and incoming Obama administrations.

The one true thing George Wallace ever said is that there ain't a dime's worth of difference between them. His real name is Barack Dubya Obama. Sorry, Glenn.

In fact beyond the "Lobby thesis", which no doubt is part of the larger scenario, I am–as German–enamored with the following imagery.

Try to visualize two records, one the "clean slate" with the good America has done one the "dirty slate". As a German it feels WWII is a powerful item on the clean side and this item is heavily connected with "the Jews" and ultimately Israel. This is a deep bond and a valuable offer to the American mind the lobby has to offer.

As it has been pointed out by annotators/commentators deep down their may well be a shared settlement mentality?

Sorry. I should take more care, and at least reread what I wrote once.

He is training your perception beyond what the name suggests.

I for one would pay good money for a seat at that one. Greenwald has been fantastic in recent years on a range of issues, but can't go the whole hog and recognise the Dems as part of the problem, rather than his cherished conception of them as the potential solution. As the real Jim noted, the left/right dichotomy is for Greenwald almost as central as it is for Ed, and that lens tends to fog things up nowadays.