By SnifflesLike their heroes Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santelli, those lovable nuts over at Free Republic think that the AIG executive bonuses are fine, just fine.
One claimed that President Obama is expressing outrage about the bonuses because he "wants hysteria against capitalism." Others buy the notion that the only qualified people in the financial world are the bonus babies at AIG, who are irreplaceable.
"These 'retention bonuses' are contracts written years ago," one lectures, apparently agreeing with the Lawrence Summers Sunday interview that the White House press corps pounded Robert Gibbs on today. He goes on to shout, "The employees deserve every penny! You are not a conservative if you believe that the President or Congress can void contracts!"
And then there's the Freeper piece de la resistance: "AIG bonuses = hysterical non-issue to stir up the humors of the hoi polloi."
What makes these Freep folks think that they, themselves, are not part of the hoi polloi? Yet how quickly they make excuses for those who truly are not. (Although we give the poster credit for knowing the true meaning of an expression that sounds like its opposite.)
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