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would these same people be as upset if palin was vip? probably not but they would still be upset. many americans, but most obviously the lunatic fringe, are struggling with cognitive dissonance. we have been taught to view the market place as if it were a religion. and it has failed. we have sucked the jingoistic teat of american imperialism (i mean, american exceptionalism)and believed in our good mission on earth and it has proven false. our government lied to take us to war, tortured foreign children in our prisons and done so many other horrible things that all americans believed only other, wicked regimes did. this reality is enough to shock anyone. the more vested one is in a failed system the harder it is to accept the reality of the bad investment. the fringe believe these are omens of the end times and they have given up even pretending to be sane. obama's presidency is just one more bit of evidence that the world is upside down. but most other americans, including obama supporters and obama himself, have yet to accept that we are a failed state. some times machines get so broke that no amount of tweaking can make them run again.
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