Statists and vampires have something in common

When I read Queer Conservative quoting Victoria Jackson, the first thing I though to myself was, the Saturday Night Live Victoria Jackson? The ditzy blonde? Yep:

I woke up in the middle of the night and realized the trick.

You see, evil doesn’t just show up.  It disguises itself as something nice; so you’ll let it in.  It tricks you.

From there, she’s off to the races against a government takeover of health care.

But, to the vampire comparison . . .

It’s been a long time since I read Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot, but I seem to remember that one characteristic of the vampires in King’s novel was that they could not enter your home unless they were invited. You’d think that would keep you pretty safe, right? Well, not so much. You see, the vampires were just so charming — with lies and promises — that they could convince you to let them in even when you knew they were vampires. It took great force of will to resist them.

So it is with statists and the public. The vast majority of people seem so charmed by statist promises that they are prepared to invite the statist in even though they know the statist will rob them of liberty. It seems like so few people even recognize the evils or end results of statism well enough to have the force of will to refuse its charms.

UPDATE (7/12/09): Mike at Cold Fury features this image at the top of his sidebar and has kindly extended permission for me to use it here to better illustrate the statist vampire: