Avaritia

When he signed up Sarah Palin, John McCain committed his campaign to the tried and true moral values agenda of the religious right, but now he’s gone it one better by denouncing Wall Street for the deadly sin of greed. I always thought that greed was the fairy dust that brought the magic of the […]

seven deadly sins.jpegSavonarola.jpegWhen he signed up Sarah Palin, John McCain committed his campaign to the tried and true moral values agenda of the religious right, but now he’s gone it one better by denouncing Wall Street for the deadly sin of greed. I always thought that greed was the fairy dust that brought the magic of the market to life, so maybe the folks over at the Club for Growth are silently grinding their teeth. Or crying all the way to the Bank of America. Be that as it may, now that the Sedona Savonarola has hailed Greed before the bar of righteous Republican indignation, can Gluttony, Lust, Sloth, Envy, Pride, and (of course) Anger be far behind?

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