Antonin Scalia Blasts Health Care Reform Decision, Says Supreme Court Is Not 'Political' (VIDEO)

you've a lot more faith in the people than I, for if it's not OJ or some other salacious pop BS, the short attention span of Americans only serve the interest of the elite.

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It's not faith; it's just knowledge of a few truths about the American people.  All westerners, really, all people who live in industrialized capitalist nations.  It's knowledge that you probably know, as do the establishment elites and politicians:  The American people hate losers.  The American people will forgive almost anything and anyone, except those who don't fight back.  

I think that's the real reason that Jimmy Carter lost his bid for reelection.   

And it's why Al Gore lost in 2000.  

Both let others get the upper hand, dictate the terms of the campaigns and the elections, and in Al Gore's case, the terms of the outcome.  Gore trusted that the rule of law would be the order of the day.  

I don't think Gore anticipated or believed that what happened outside of the legal process mattered or would affect the outcome.  He picked the wrong man (Warren Christopher) to face off with Jim Baker.  While Gore, Christopher and Democrats were playing baseball, Bush, Baker and Republicans were playing football.  
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