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Posted At : September 4, 2008 09:55 AM | Posted By : D McKee
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With "values voters" all fired up about Gov. Sarah Palin, who looks to be in demand on the campaign trail, she's predicted to pump up several heretofore sagging GOP congressional and senatorial campaigns. Which is good news if you're a Republican ... bad news if you're a GOP-er who likes to have what the Brits call "a bit of a flutter" on the Web.
As I. Nelson Rose put it a while back, "if John McCain wins, Republicans will take over the Senate, so nothing will change." (Our David Matthews gives McCain an "F" in gaming-friendliness, though I believe that's a mite harsh, just as I think a candidate who lists The Wire and Dexter among his favorite recent TV shows isn't as out of touch as many claim.)*
Which means resigning yourself to more Justice Department prosecutions of offshore Internet casinos and taking your chances with unregulated, often unaccountable operators. Especially when you consider that the Republican seats that are most likely to get peeled off this fall are those of moderates, the ones most likely to vote for UIGEA repeal.
Steve King: He loves casino taxes
Even if Republicans remain in the minority, the caucus will probably be even more dominated by cranky ideologues like Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who's long wanted to shove a 30% federal levy up the gaming industry's butt.** King had this brainwave while riding around on his tractor -- absolute proof that politicians should not be allowed to operate heavy machinery.
* -- the preferences of McCain's adversary, by contrast, sound like they emerged from a Bob Shrum-led focus group. Shrum, you may recall, was the 'strategist' who helped Sen. John Kerry snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in '04.
** -- it's all wrapped up in some creepy, paternalistic crap about using guvmint to change people's behavior ... a different flavor of the same Orwellian stew that produces laws which forbid restaurants from using trans-fats, etc.
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