I have just got to get this off my chest:  the Democrats I've heard today on MSNBC must be idiots.  They can't recognize a good talking point, even when Joe Biden serves it up to them on a silver platter and Sarah Palin throws it at their feet.

Joe Biden said it's time for the wealthiest Americans to show a bit of patriotism.  To stop caterwauling about their taxes going up a few percent, and recognize that "serving a cause greater than self-interest" requires, well, "sacrifice".  Paying a bit extra to your nation's treasury is the easiest possible way to put your "country first".  Much easier, at any rate, than literally sacrificing an arm and a leg.  Rich patriots pay taxes;  rich Republicans clamor for tax cuts. 

Sarah Palin, bless her Christian heart, then does her best Tina Fey imitation and mocks Biden for suggesting that "raising taxes is patriotic". 

Now, I can understand how stupid people (e.g. moose hunters, TV hosts) can fail to grasp the difference between raising taxes and paying taxes.  But what the hell is wrong with Democratic "strategists" who go on TV and fail to make that point?  

--TP