I have to say that I agree with almost every word of this (hint: it’s not because we think that Bush is a great president). For instance:
I didn’t vote for Kerry because in every domestic policy with which I disagreed with Bush, Kerry seemed to be worse. I deplore Bush’s immigration policy, his lack of commitment to free trade, his wishy-washy position on gun control, his big government spending, his unrealistic environmental policies, his generally anti-science positions, and so on and so forth. But in every way, whenever Kerry could actually be pegged down as having a position it was even worse than that of Bush.
I have to say that I agree with almost every word of this (hint: it’s not because we think that Bush is a great president). For instance:
I didn’t vote for Kerry because in every domestic policy with which I disagreed with Bush, Kerry seemed to be worse. I deplore Bush’s immigration policy, his lack of commitment to free trade, his wishy-washy position on gun control, his big government spending, his unrealistic environmental policies, his generally anti-science positions, and so on and so forth. But in every way, whenever Kerry could actually be pegged down as having a position it was even worse than that of Bush.
I haven’t had a very high opinion of Kevin Phillips for a long time, but he seems to have recently gone completely nuts:
I realize that this is still pure speculation, by legal yardsticks entirely premature. However, the succession aspect is extraordinary. Under the Constitution, the resignation of Bush and Cheney would hand the presidency to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, at present Dennis Hastert, a former high school wrestling coach, well liked but manifestly less than qualified for promotion. Wise Republicans, however, would be aware of a critical anomaly: the person elected as Speaker of the House does not, as a matter of law, have to be a Member of the House. If Bush and Cheney were obliged to resign this summer, the House GOP could elect as Speaker a plausible interim president and have the presidency devolve on him. Someone like Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, the respected Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, comes to mind.
Did the ideals of The New Frontier die with Jack Kennedy? It’s an interesting explanation of how many Democrats seem to have become Oswalds, rather than Kennedys, and why JFK would probably be unable to get the presidential nomination of the party today.
Also, some interesting related thoughts by a commenter at Dr. Sanity’s place. The totalitarian impulse of the communists didn’t die–it just became subsumed into the Democrat Party.
Did the ideals of The New Frontier die with Jack Kennedy? It’s an interesting explanation of how many Democrats seem to have become Oswalds, rather than Kennedys, and why JFK would probably be unable to get the presidential nomination of the party today.
Also, some interesting related thoughts by a commenter at Dr. Sanity’s place. The totalitarian impulse of the communists didn’t die–it just became subsumed into the Democrat Party.
Did the ideals of The New Frontier die with Jack Kennedy? It’s an interesting explanation of how many Democrats seem to have become Oswalds, rather than Kennedys, and why JFK would probably be unable to get the presidential nomination of the party today.
Also, some interesting related thoughts by a commenter at Dr. Sanity’s place. The totalitarian impulse of the communists didn’t die–it just became subsumed into the Democrat Party.
Unfortunately, there’s nothing better on offer. Any Dem that could win the nomination would be far worse.
[sorry, link’s fixed]
[Update at 5 PM Pacific]
Here’s another reason. The administration doesn’t even seem to be trying to win its ongoing war with the CIA. The agency needs to be abolished and rebuilt from scratch.
Unfortunately, there’s nothing better on offer. Any Dem that could win the nomination would be far worse.
[sorry, link’s fixed]
[Update at 5 PM Pacific]
Here’s another reason. The administration doesn’t even seem to be trying to win its ongoing war with the CIA. The agency needs to be abolished and rebuilt from scratch.
Unfortunately, there’s nothing better on offer. Any Dem that could win the nomination would be far worse.
[sorry, link’s fixed]
[Update at 5 PM Pacific]
Here’s another reason. The administration doesn’t even seem to be trying to win its ongoing war with the CIA. The agency needs to be abolished and rebuilt from scratch.
Jonah Goldberg has a good essay on the nonsense that is populism:
It should be no surprise by now that populism has always been a fundamentally left-wing phenomena. Indeed, just looking around the world to see which countries call themselves