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Originally Posted by whell

You've hit it squarely on the head. More often that not, the difference between Republicans and Democrats is the pathway each takes to abuse the mechanisms of government.

"When you look at the Republicans, you see the scum off the top of business. When you look at the Democrats, you see the scum off the top of politics. Personally, I'd rather get the business. A businessman will steal from you directly instead of getting the IRS to do it for him. And when Republicans ruin the environment, destroy the supply of affordable housing and wreck the industrial infrastructure, at least somebody makes a buck off it. The Democrats just do these things for fun."

- P.J. O'Rourke - A Parliament of Whores