Well, she was a Republican until 1995. So probably, the answer to your question is yes. (Not that Democrats actually oppose money running our politics--they don't).

She is saying what many of us have been saying for a decade (pug your own number in here) and that basically is: I a country and culture addicted to making money as fast and as easy as possible. In a country where for the past 20 years has idolized the master in business degree, where there are several 24/7 cable channels devoted to the now investment, and where the term "the bottom line" has become almost a religious obsession to the god's of profit where everything and everyone has a price tag attached ....... the absolute best investment one can make is to "buy," "own," or "become" a politician!

You can achieve multiples on your investment that dwarfs any of the super growth stocks you may have picked up on their inception.

She missed her chance to offer a simple rebuttal to John's rhetorical question about "big bureaucratic government" being the problem. They both chatted about the upcoming super bowl so let's take a hypothetical look at a possible scenario on Sunday February 5. Just before the start of the game the commissioner comes forward and states that in these economic hard times, in a measure to save money, they will be doing away with the referees. He goes on to state that all the players are mature, honest, and honorable professional athletes and would never do anything to harm the game or their fellow players. In short the "spirit of fair play" would sort everything out without the complex meddling of officials and instant replay.

This would be totally outrageous and panic and pandemonium would ensue. But this is exactly the simplistic models that are offered by many neo-liberal and libertarian philosophys. They disparage government and chant for "smaller government" but in reality they just want you to give up on government while they take it over for themselves and their own selfish and transnational elite interests. Through consolidated media massive propaganda campaigns are launched through fear and paranoia to enlist the population to fight global resource wars for the transnational oligarchs. In this scenario true sovereignty is lost and the state and it's individuals just become a cog in the grinding gears of the new order of the one world corporation.

The end result is a larger government then ever, but instead of it working for you, you have become a slave to it.

It's just too bad that they will never have the chance to represent us.

Odd how the people that want to do some good and fight for the people are more likely to have a deadly accident.

She reminds me of Obama. She uses the same bait.