A Conservative Argument
October 21st, 2006 | by Craig R. Harmon |for Conservatives to stay home this November 7th from the typically gloomy but not-alone-in-the-gloomy-Conservative-ranks John Derbyshire.
I’m not in those ranks, but it is an indication that there may be lots of Conservatives thinking the same way.
Not all Conservatives think much of the Compassionate Conservativism of George Bush or the Wilsonianism of George Bush or the hash that George Bush has made of Iraq and Afghanistan or the open borders/non-enforcement of illegal immigration policies of George W. Bush or the Pork-barrelling of the Republican-led Congress abetted by the failure of George W. Bush to wield the veto pen or the ethical failings and down-right criminality which has mainly caught up Republicans in Congress. The Republicans have had a decade of control of Congress and almost six years of control of the White House and what have they accomplished to bolster the ranks of Conservatives, to make us think that we’ve actually got any influence in Government at all?
So this argument almost sways me.
8 Responses to “A Conservative Argument”
By Jersey McJones on Oct 21, 2006 | Reply
I guess we will soon see. Come November 8, we’ll know if conservatives turned out or not. We’ll also see how many switch teams. It’s a midterm, congress is very unpopular, and the GOP has the most to lose for that. Gerrymandering has changed the scene since the ‘94 blowout, though. So even though the national numbers are the same as in ‘94, the Dems represent a larger share of the electorate than the GOP, per the nation, states and districts. This would put them at a distinct disadvantage were it not for the proven failure of those who lied and called themselves “Conservatives.” And once a voter switches teams in any election, that voter is most likely to continuing doing so. It’s a normal and healthy - and Conservative - response to a crooked one party state, to split tickets in times like these. And that’s where this election might look much for like the ‘74 election, when a third of voters were splitting.
JMJ
By ascap_scab on Oct 21, 2006 | Reply
So stay home Nov. 2nd
Read the piece. It says November 2nd not November 7th. And he wonders how the GOP got everything so wrong.
By Craig R. Harmon on Oct 21, 2006 | Reply
Yes. Well. It must be nice there in your world where no one ever makes a, you know, error.
Nice to know you’re a careful reader, picking out the useless from the important like that and all.
Makes me long for the grammar police.
By Jersey McJones on Oct 22, 2006 | Reply
Nobody expects the Grammar Inquistition!
JMJ
By Craig R. Harmon on Oct 22, 2006 | Reply
LOL!
By Paul Watson The Cranky Brit on Oct 22, 2006 | Reply
Our main weapon is fear, fear and surprise. Our two weapons are fear and surprise and ruthlessness. Our three main weapons are fear, surprise, ruthlessness and utter dedication to the rules of grammar and spelling. Four, our four weapons are, oh, forget it.
With all apologies to the Monty Python team.
By Craig R. Harmon on Oct 22, 2006 | Reply
God I love you Brits…for Monty Python and for Dr. Who, your two greatest exports.
By ken grandlund on Oct 23, 2006 | Reply
Hey…don’t forget Led Zeppelin, The Who, and many other assorted musical treats. We have much to thank Great Britain for. We just had to get over that ‘independence’ hump there a while back.