Bigot Campaign Watch
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Professional bigot Maggie Gallagher, as quoted in OpinionJournal, September 25, 2006:
I must admit that I'm curious as to why professional social conservatives like Gallagher and James "No McCain Never" Dobson are not simply jumping on the Sam Brownback bandwagon, or at least dropping his name here and there (yes, yes, Mike Huckabee too).
Could it be that, rather than imagining themselves as Republican kingmakers, the radical theocrats are more interested in simply hedging their bets until a clear winner arises, at which point they can latch on and pretend that they were "always for" whoever prevails in the primaries? Who's courting whom in the GOP these days?
In any case, my Romney thesis is unchanged: radical Evangelicals and other theocrats will pretend to embrace Romney and his Mormonism in public — just as they pretend to embrace Jews and other "not-quite-right" types. But when push comes to shove and the secret ballots are cast, he will quickly be brushed aside.
POST SCRIPT: And don't the editors of OpinionJournal read each other's work?
I believe Mitt Romney may be the only hope social conservatives have in 2008.Professional bigot Maggie Gallagher, as quoted in OpinionJournal, February 23, 2007:
When I ask myself, who of all the candidates in both parties do I most trust to keep me and my children safe? The answer is instantaneous, deeper than the level any particular policy debate can go: Rudy Giuliani.Frailty, thy name is Gallagher.
I must admit that I'm curious as to why professional social conservatives like Gallagher and James "No McCain Never" Dobson are not simply jumping on the Sam Brownback bandwagon, or at least dropping his name here and there (yes, yes, Mike Huckabee too).
Could it be that, rather than imagining themselves as Republican kingmakers, the radical theocrats are more interested in simply hedging their bets until a clear winner arises, at which point they can latch on and pretend that they were "always for" whoever prevails in the primaries? Who's courting whom in the GOP these days?
In any case, my Romney thesis is unchanged: radical Evangelicals and other theocrats will pretend to embrace Romney and his Mormonism in public — just as they pretend to embrace Jews and other "not-quite-right" types. But when push comes to shove and the secret ballots are cast, he will quickly be brushed aside.
POST SCRIPT: And don't the editors of OpinionJournal read each other's work?
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