Reply #43: The purported Left, and the purported Right, have very interesting idols

[DerekG]

Care for a joke?

Many of the self-described liberals on my campus fawn over Bill Clinton, who, in his eight year tenure, presided over more military interventions than almost any other president, drove the definitive stake through the heart of the New Deal (by way of Welfare Deform, er...Reform), and nourished the prison-industrial complex.

Many self-described conservatives are quite enamored with George W. Bush, who, in his five years, has demonstrated a profound lust for foreign adventurism, has greatly expanded the federal government (more than any chief executive since LBJ, I believe), and seems intent on wedding Church to State.

Now, if I didn't know any better, I'd say labels don't mean much of anything; I dare say these Medusa's Heads swear fealty to no one but the corporate teat.