So Mitt Romney showed up to pander to the Detroit Economic Club with a plan to save the automotive industry,
If we are going to be the world’s greatest economic power, we must invest in our future. It’s time to be bold. . . .First, I will make a five-fold increase – from $4 billion dollars to $20 billion dollars – in our national investment in energy research, fuel technology, materials science, and automotive technology.
So Mr. I-Know-How-To-Run-A-Business would throw billions of tax dollars at businesses that have become long-running failures in the marketplace. That sort of thinking certainly explains his newfound reflexive fear of illegal immigrants (positions where Romney makes a moron like McCain resemble a Mensa member.)
And even the token libertarian in the Republican race this time around turns out to be either a flaming racist. If I actually bothered to vote, I think I’d write in Timothy Leary for president. Sure Leary’s been dead for almost 12 years. I think that’s actually a positive against the current slate of Republicans.