orichalcum

I think it's the direct connection you're seeing from the lenders to the big New York firms that I'm missing. The people who are actually giving out huge amounts of money to average Americans mostly work for places like BofA and aren't anything like Jewish. You have to make the connection from there to the market and the underlying market forces that led to the moneylending bonanza (a connection I doubt Palin understands). Is the myth of Jewish moneylenders still active and something that an average "Joe Six-Pack" will pick up on immediately? I guess I think people like Palin and her supporters are generally so ignorant that even historical forms of anti-semitism are probably beyond them. I'd almost be happy to be wrong--it would mean she's aware of at least some history, even if it's bad stuff.