pandering

I recently heard Dylan's Tombstone Blues, and realized that I’ve always misheard this line: "Daddy’s in the alley, he’s looking for the fuse.” I thought Daddy was looking for food, which brings us to the art of vote pandering.A big selling point for both Clinton and McCain has been gas tax relief. This follows on the heels of President Bush’s pandering tax rebate. They've got my vote, unless…What would be accomplished? The gas tax is allocated for highway maintenance and safety. Pot holes, crumbling bridges, things like that. So we save 25 bucks and the roads get worse.And then, there are administrative costs. It’s costing 49 million dollars to mail our rebate checks. What’s the cost of suspending and rescheduling the gas tax? Are we this stupid? Will we really allow a presidential candidate to buy our vote for 25 bucks? Just wondering?