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is there anything better?

The blog-let has officially been thrown down: http://infiniteataraxia.blogspot.com/

First question: what is ataraxia?

Now, to respond:

What did I mean by "a hunger that was born of all things in this country that can... be better?" Good question, Linden. Here's my take. Let's leave Mac out of the equation for a while--because I do believe his bio will and should be a big selling point for the GOP. But look at GWB for a second, and I think its pretty clear. W was born into a rich family; obama and hil into the middle class. W spent college getting drunk and getting C's; Hil and Obama were both academic superstars. W spent his 20's drinking some more, doing coke, and glad-handing at HBS (which I can't imagine he was admitted into based solely on his GMATs) while Hil and Obama continued their academic success at the two most prestigious academic institutions in the world. W used his degree to drink more and run his daddies' companies into the ground; Hil and Obama--both of whom could have taken 200k+ jobs--worked for peanuts in public service.

Now, I for one think there is something to these differences (maybe not the first--theres nothing wrong with being rich, per se), and that they are not inconsequential to the types of presidents they would be. Now, Mac, for sure, believes too in the value of sacrifice, but I don't think that jives with his governing philosophy as well as he would have us believe (but more on that in coming days).

So yes, Obama smoked some pot, and Hil did alot of what she did in hopes of being president one day, but the fact is that they both gave up a tremendous amount to better their country (as too did McCain) whereas George Bush lived a life of privilege and entitlement that avoided the hard questions and, in this humble bloggers opinion, help gestate a seriously warped view of government within his mind that that of his minions.