Let them eat Prozac

In an unguarded moment the veneer of a conman's pitch can fall away to reveal a sheisters heart beating beneath the nice suit and killer smile.

You remember the Enron jerks caught on tape laughing while California burned and energy prices rose? Upon hearing that you knew what Enron was all about. Even though their ads say something different their actions and words tell the truth. And you know that if they are doing that at the bottom it is with the implicit approval at the top.

"Burn, baby, burn," the traders sang.

Now we have Susan Sheybani, an assistant to Bush campaign spokesman Terry Holt, on tape saying:

Why don't they get new jobs if they're unhappy -- or go on Prozac?

Now, you can say she's just a campaign worker and doesn't represent the Republican party. I'm not buying it. That attitude represents the complete contempt with which the modern Republican party dismisses the economic plight of ordinary people. Here's the top of the party, George Bush, saying the same thing in different words:

What an impressive crowd: the haves, and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite, I call you my base.

That's a Republican campaign slogan if I ever heard one: Forget about making a decent living, take plenty of prozac and Vote George Bush in 2004. Take their word for it. They'll be richer for it.