American voters are suckers. For generations it really didn’t matter that much which party or which candidate dominated the political scene. Both could be expected to operate within a framework that tinkered with the system but neither was likely to break it.

Cousins Barack and Michelle are coming to family dinner with grenades in their pockets and almost nobody is suspicious or has any concern about what is going to happen.

Obama doesn’t want to tinker with the system. He wants to break it. His recently revealed quotes about wanting a SCOTUS that “goes around” the Constitution to redistribute wealth is about as plain speaking as it gets. Obama doesn’t give a hoot about the Constitution, the culture, or the value system. Obstacles to be pushed aside to make way for the New Society.

I think I have a handle on the master plan, if there is one. The nationalization of healthcare combined with the opportunites created from the financial bailout will create dozens, perhaps hundreds or thousands, of private/public hybrid corporations. The “ruling class” presently comprising mostly Democrats but with hordes of Republicans not far behind, will legislate a protected pathway from public to private sinecures.

Fannie/Freddie is the model business plan. Democrat loyalists like Raines and Gorelick tooks tens of millions out of only those two hybrids. I suspect the pathway has already provided tens of billions to staffers, lobbyists, former congress critters and their families. There will be plenty for everybody who kicks the can down the road.

If succeeding in business on your own makes you a public enemy subject to heavy taxation while at the same time playing nice within what will quickly become a massive private/public conglomerate earns you rewards, then it’s not difficult to see which way the public will be steered.