SECRETS OF THE TEMPLE:

In Denver, the end of capitalism (David Harsanyi, 08/27/2008, Denver Post)

Well, it's no wonder Democrats didn't want former President Bill Clinton to speak on the economy. Some delegates might have had the temerity to wonder: Hey, why did we experience all that prosperity in the '90s?

It certainly wasn't due to populism, or isolationism, or more government dependency, or any of the hard-left economic policies being preached nightly by speakers at the Democratic National Convention.

No, it was capitalism — more of it, not less of it.

Naturally, every political convention features its share of demagoguery. But buried beneath all the idealistic talk in Denver are some ugly details. [...]

Bill Clinton once told us that the era of big government was over. This Democratic Party seems to feel the era deserves a comeback.

Hard to be a Second Way party when every Anglospheric nation--plus France, Germany, Italy, etc.--has rejected them.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 28, 2008 9:29 AM