Mr. President, we are rapidly approaching a moment of truth both for ourselves as human beings and for the conservative ideals of our nation. Now, truth is not always a pleasant thing. But it is necessary now to make a choice, to choose between two admittedly regrettable, but nevertheless *distinguishable*, post subprime environments: one where you got millions of campaign contributing investment bankers without jobs, and the other where you got a 700 billion taxpayer bailout.

Adapted from Dr Strangelove