Spank your inner child

K was at work the other night and overheard the managers, both young republicans, deeply engaged in a discussion of which car they would rather buy if they had all the money in the world: a Bently or a Lamborghini. they couldn't agree on a car, so they asked K what she thought.

"I'd really like a new Prius, the one with the new body style."

This response, of course, elicited moans and groans. How could anyone want that car when they could have any car in the world?

And it hit her: Republicans are like spoiled children.

Really, we've all known it for a long time. the republican party appeals to America's spoiled inner child. Want new freeways without a tax increase? You betcha! In fact, we'll cut all your taxes and still give you whatever you want. Now, let's go to war without any of you actually having to sacrifice anything.

That's why they hate liberals so much. We're the adults. We tell them they have to share the wealth by opening midnight basketball courts for poor kids, that SUVs caouse demage to the environment, or that they can't have their war without someone getting hurt -- then they just pout, get mad and turn up the O'Riley factor so loud it drowns us out.