Ted Rall for September 19, 2011

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Panderocracy. (Anyone who insults the anti-terror safety act hates America.) What matters is the title. (Man 2: But it's just tax cuts for the rich.) (Man 1: You don't "just" fight terror!) Regardless of what it's actually about, every bill is branded as a response to whatever polls say is people's top priority. (Barack Obama: Though it will not create any jobs. passage of the American jobs act will prove that we are serious about caring about caring about jobs.) Soon lobbyists will work harder to influence a bill's title than its contents. (Television: The war against Iran, AKA, passed the house today.) (Man 2: I have a sudden, peculiar urge to order begonias.)