[posted by Justin Levine]

I’ll admit to myself. Since I’m not willing to vigorously oppose the government’s plan to buy up large shares of U.S. mortgages and financial institutions, I think it’s silly to claim that I’m some libertarian free marketer as I once described myself. I still don’t understand how other people can credibly claim to be as such while passively going along with this plan and not insisting that the Presidential candidates make a vow to reverse the plan once in office – but whatever.

So now that I’m ‘off the reservation’ here and on board with this current crop of government intervention for the common good, WTF is up with the government not bailing out Mother’s Cookies?!?!? You mean to tell me that they are willing to prop up a gaggle of constipated financial execs, but that they aren’t going to save my ability to eat frosted Circus Animal cookies? My all-time favorite dessert (and breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack)??

[I would have thought that my consumption level alone would have kept the company afloat. But I guess not.]

If McCain is not willing to explicitly pledge that he will save Mother’s Cookies, then I have no use for him. Same goes for Obama and all the other hacks in Washington who are clueless about the true priorities of their constituents.

– Justin Levine