This is, I think, the explanation that most fits the facts.
Even the highly incompetent, backed by some enthusiasm, would have gotten something done with all the items that've come to light — Fast & Furious, Benghazi, the IRS's political targeting, the NSA's domestic spying, the high unpopularity of Obamacare, etc — coupled with the open hostility of the Tea Party candidates, it shows that what they say and their true goals are utterly different.
That they are really aligned with the socialist/statist ideologies, and therefore have no interest in reducing or repudiating the power of the government, is the theory of best fit
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Very entertaining and still very relevant. This mini-rant by the evil Charles Tobin had me thinking how little things have changed:
You're one of the ardent believers - a good American. Oh, there are millions like you. People who play along, without asking questions. I hate to use the word stupid, but it seems to be the only one that applies. The great masses, the moron millions.See what I mean?Well, there are a few of us unwilling to troop along... a few of us who are clever enough to see that there's much more to be done than just live small complacent lives, a few of us in America who desire a more profitable type of government. When you think about it, Mr. Kane, the competence of totalitarian nations is much higher than ours. They get things done.