That’s what Ad Age magazine says, drawing a parallel between consumers who blame fast-food restaurants for their fattiness and borrowers who got in over their heads and now want the government to step in and pay their bills. Enter the demagogic politician, like jackals on a dead zebra, telling irresponsible borrowers that it’s not their fault:
Besides the consumer, there’s another behemoth stomping around here, one with an even louder bullhorn than blogs and product-review sites: the politician. Both Democratic presidential hopefuls, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, have made credit-card reform part of their agendas.
Maybe they should all listen to George McGovern. There’s a sentence I never thought I’d write.
