Ben Stein

While you were watching Faux News, I watched Larry King Live. He had Dave Ramsey talking about what to do in these uncertain economic times. He had Donald Trump call in to endorse John McCain and spoof Obama’s financial experience. Then he had Ben Stein, the conservative economist and social commentator (see the movie Expelled), and Robert Reich, the Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton.

Wow, you should have heard Ben Stein on the happenings on Wall Street. OMG!

He ripped and slashed and left no prisoners. He used the word ‘disastrous’ ten times thirty seconds. He ripped the Treasury Department, ripped The Fed, ripped ‘the government,’ ripped the SEC, ripped George Bush. He talked about the last couple of months and last week or so especially being the worst financial management of his entire lifetime “and I’m 63 years old.” It was blistering.

When asked if McCain would do better he truthfully said, “I doubt it.” He talked about how McCain is obviously getting bad economic advise and that McCain has failed to come out with any real, hard-hitting, specific solutions. Stein said he wants to lock Palin up in a room with Warren Buffet so she can learn something about economics. “Unfortunately, Buffet is an adviser for Obama,” he said.

When Reich (an adviser for Obama) spoke, Stein agreed with most of what he said. Finally Reich said to Stein, “Ben you’ve agreed with almost everything that I’ve said. Why don’t you come on over to Obama?” Stein replied, “I can’t agree with the pro-choice policy.”

Ah. So there it is. Roe, Roe, Roe your vote.

Mark this down. If you believe that any Republican president is going to overturn Roe, you are in dreamland. Why? Because Roe is what keeps the conservative base tied to the GOP. Why didn’t a Republican majority congress and a Republican President just pass legislation returning the decisions to the States? Ron Paul introduced the legislation more than once. Because abortion is the one issue that keeps people in line and turning out to polls for Republicans. Roe is what allows religious-right groups to raise money (Dobson). To overturn Roe is to lose their trump card. It would be like the Democrats ending poverty.

So Ben Stein thinks that Bush's financial policies have been 'disastrous' and McCain will probably do no better. But at least he is pro-life. And that 'my friends' is exactly the sentiment of most people who will vote McCain in November.