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The three branches of the Republican Party: please let's all get along!
David Frum neatly dissects the political arguments like those we've indulged in here...in the New York Times (!). Via Lucianne.com, so you may or may not have to register. I think it's worth it, if only so that the Grey Lady's advertisers know what actually attracts intelligent readers. A taste:WHY is the Republicans three-legged stool wobbling? Why arent economic, social and political conservatives pulling together during this primary season the way they have in the past? To understand, lets imagine that we had three conservatives in the room with us and that they said exactly what was on their minds. The Economic Conservative: Its not my fault that were in such trouble. You foreign policy conservatives got us into this endless war in the Mideast. Youve driven up oil prices and busted the budget. And you social conservatives: Your obsession with same-sex marriage makes us look as if were from the Middle Ages. The Social Conservative: Youre blaming us? Its our votes that pass your tax cuts and what do we get in return? Of course you cant understand why we care about the marriage issue. Youre rich and secure and highly educated. The divorce rates for people like you have plunged since 1979. With your big new salaries up there, mothers can quit their jobs and stay home with the children while your illegal-immigrant housekeepers make the beds. Down here, though, its still the 1970s. Our wages are stagnant. Both parents need to work. The Foreign-Policy Conservative: Have you people gone crazy? Have you forgotten theres a war on? And that were in real danger of losing? Dont you have any sense of priorities? Posted by: trailing wife 2008-01-25 |
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