Best Digg comment that summarizes the 2008 election run-up

From this Digg.com story…

McCain refers to Hilary’s Plan as “Putting Lipstick on a Pig
youtube.com — John McCain in Iowa on 10/11/2007 referring to Hillary Clinton’s health care plan as putting “lipstick on the pig, but it’s still a pig”

_____________________________

Comment from the user apothekari:

“Gas 3.00 a gallon.
Inflation rising.
Millions of Americans losing their homes.
A War 6 years on with no end in sight.{we may be pulling down from Iraq but the troops are moving to Afghanistan}
Corruption at every level of the judiciary.
Jobs disappearing at record levels.
Banks collapsing.
Our standing in the world at historically low levels.
Our once great relationship with a newly democratic Russia disintegrating as we speak
And MANY MANY more challenges await us.
And the Republicans are focusing on NOTHING but stupid shit.
Complete and utter fluff.
And the media runs right the f*** along.
This country is f******* doomed.”

_____________________________

I don’t necessarily think the country is doomed…….yet.
Please vote Obama/Biden.
-M

The extremely summarized Bush…

From 236.com…

The World’s Most Worthless Money

From Portfolio.com…

Zimbabwe: As Americans worry about the rate of inflation exceeding 4 percent, we should consider Zimbabwe, where the inflation rate broke the shocking 100,000 percent mark and the country released a 10 million-dollar note (now valued below $4 on the black market). But Zimbabwe’s currency is hardly the only one inflated beyond reason. —George Quraishi

Vietnam: 500,000-dong note. U.S. value: $31.37. An early-1980s U.S. embargo hobbled exports, leading to price controls and the printing of excess currency.

Indonesia: 100,000-rupiah note. U.S. value: $11.05. During the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the rupiah lost 80 percent of its value within months, sparking riots in Jakarta (and soon ending President Suharto’s 32-year rule).

Iran: 50,000-rial note. U.S. value: $5.35. Since the 1979 revolution, Iran’s inflation rate has hovered around 15 percent, thanks in part to ever-rising oil prices.

São Tomé: 50,000-dobra note. U.S. value: $3.47. This African island nation’s economy is tied to the volatile price of its chief export, cocoa, and is measured against its trading partners’ robust euro.

Guinea: 10,000-franc note. U.S. value: $2.33. In 2002, the mineral-rich African country refused to implement reforms mandated by the International Monetary Fund; foreign cash dried up, and the central bank printed too much money.

(Photos by Tim Hout and Dalia Nassimi)