Thomas Frank to Colbert: The argument of my book is that conservatives suck

By: SilentPatriot on Saturday, August 9th, 2008 at 6:45 AM - PDT

Thomas Frank appeared on “The Colbert Report” last night to promote his new book, The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule, and succinctly explained the thesis of his latest work thusly: Conservatives may be good at winning elections, but they suck when it comes to governing.

“Once you start treating it as a business, you know once you start turning over government operations to the market you’re not talking about democracy any more. What you’re talking about is plutocracy. Rule by the wealthy. Rule by the market.”