Quote of the Day

We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace--business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.

They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.

Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me‹and I welcome their hatred.

I should like to have it said of my first Administration that in it the forces of selfishness and of lust for power met their match. I should like to have it said of my second Administration that in it these forces met their master.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 31, 1936

Comments

[Hypatia]

Obama just said that he doesn't begrudge Dimon and Blankfein their bonuses and praised them for their "savvy." They are friends of his, he wants us to know. I believe this provides prima facie evidence that the President is what our friends across the pond are wont to refer to as a "wanker." Incredible.

[John Petty]

I thought the same. In fact, I thought about setting his comments side-by-side with FDR's.

[Hypatia]

I was wrong. Obama didn’t actually say they were friends of his. (The print was swimming.)

Particularly strange was the comparison of elite bankers to ballplayers. Barry Zito of the San Francisco Giants may be overpaid and underperforming, and he’s none too popular in these parts, but last time I checked Barry hadn’t taken the economy over the precipice, required a taxpayer bailout, and/or claimed to be doing God’s work.