Annika, who did have the best header in show business (that I prudently
archived) is also a thoughtful political and sports observer. She
blames Bush for the recent carnage that, I'll warrant, will come to be
viewd as more devastating to this nation than the 9-11 attacks.
Here's a snip ...
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Hugh Hewitt is the prime example. Don't get me wrong, Hugh Hewitt
knows more about government and politics that I could ever hope to
learn. His radio show is the highlight of my listening day. And he has
done amazing work for the party before, as he will again. But Hugh's Townhall column today was so clueless, I think he must need some time off.
In an essay that's 1,351 words long, Hugh failed to cite the Iraq
War even once as a possible cause for the Republicans being thrown out
on their asses yesterday. Instead, incredibly, he blames John McCain:
The
post-mortems are accumulating, but I think the obvious has to be
stated: John McCain and his colleagues in the Gang of 14 cost the GOP
its Senate majority while the conduct of a handful of corrupt House
members gave that body's leadership [to] the Democrats.
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I too blame Bush, but not because of the Iraq war. A dear friend, who
voted straight Democrat this election, told my wife, "get over it,
people just wanted a change." When asked whether by ''change''
she meant going back to recession?, or a plummeting stock market?, or
less security? What? She answered, "Just change." In other
words, she picked Bud Light over Brand X even though she doesn't drink
beer.
Joe Lieberman was kicked out of the Democrat party for his strong
stance on the war, and was resoundingly reelected in the liberal state
of Connecticut over his polar opposite on that matter. Now he's a
Democrat again.
Republicans were slaughtered because they acted like Democrats.
They pandered. They spent like Democrats (with Bush's full
support. One veto in six years!). In the Senate, weasels like John McCain and Lindsey
Graham were more interested in being liked by the media than
standing on principle. House Republicans, without Tom DeLay's iron hand, were
school girls fleeing a mouse, which is why DeLay was targeted in the
first place. Punks. The libertarian wing of the party was
appalled. I was appalled.
Not many voters have the visceral hatred for Democrats that I do, they
don't even know who Nancy Pelosi is. What they heard for two
years, on the rare occasion they were exposed to political news, was an
incessant repetition of the "Culture of Corruption" chant, and had a
vague sense that this
stem cell thing
was good, and opposition to it was bad. In a nutshell, they are
just as ignorant as ever, and vulnerable, as we all are, to powerful
marketing campaigns. Sometime in the next two years many of them
will be saying, WTF? I mean, how much Henry Waxman can a nation
stomach?
