01 October 2009

A Prairie Home Final Solution.

Thoughtful, balanced observation from a nuanced, sensitive practitioner of the entertainment arts:
When an entire major party has excused itself from meaningful debate and a thoughtful U.S. senator like Orrin Hatch no longer finds it important to make sense and an up-and-comer like Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty attacks the president for giving a speech telling schoolchildren to work hard in school and get good grades, one starts to wonder if the country wouldn't be better off without them and if Republicans should be cut out of the health-care system entirely and simply provided with aspirin and hand sanitizer. Thirty-two percent of the population identifies with the GOP, and if we cut off health care to them, we could probably pay off the deficit in short order.(Emphasis mine.)
In other words, "Die, GOP Scum!" And us Tea Party / Conservative / Libertarian / Sarah Palin Supporting types are the blithering, shrill, ignorant nutjobs????...

UPDATE 05OCT09: I changed the post title at the suggestion of a friend, who also suggested I add the following reminder to my readers who may contribute to PBS or NPR: "The very deep thoughts of Garrison Keillor are provided by the continued generous contributions of PBS/NPR supporters like you."

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