"Don't Run! We Are Your Friends!" Quote of the Day
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"The caricatures of the left notwithstanding, there is no substantial conservative constituency which is hostile to homosexual indidividuals."
Hostile to proofreaders ("indidividuals"?) is another matter altogether (and it's "that," not "which").
Before I reveal the source of this eyebrow-raising quote, let's briefly document its patent absurdity: most self-identifying social conservatives are opposed not only to marriage equality for gays, but also to every single aspect of equal treatment for gays. Every single one.
Partnership alternatives such as civil unions. Employment benefits. Protection against discrimination. Access to immigration opportunities. Don't Ask Don't Tell. Hospital visitation. Adoption. Unbiased and unredacted school curricula. And on and on...
They fight us, rabidly, on every front. Who could pretend otherwise, even among conservatives?
Oh, and incidentally: They beat us. They batter us. They murder us.
But "hostile"? Perish the thought.
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Now here is the source of the quote: An article by a radical social conservative rationalizing his support for — get this — Rudy Giuliani.
Thrice-married, pro-choice, resided-with-gays, cross-dressing, ran-as-the-Liberal-Party-candidate, Bluest-of-Blue-State-politician Rudy Giuliani. The great hope for social conservatives in 2008.
Who needs TownHall when you have this jackass?
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This bizarre article is just the latest data point confirming a thesis which I am increasingly embracing: That the radical social conservatives realize that they are not going to be kingmakers in 2008 and are instead trying, at all costs, to contort themselves into a position where they can support whoever the Republican nominee ends up being.
It will be interesting if not hilarious to see such intellectual gymnastics multiply as the campaign progresses. We are in for a recurring lesson in the Fundamental Theorem of Politics: Principles are never more important than winning.
(Via Rolling Doughnut.)
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"Don't run! We are your friends!" Name the movie. No Googling! Need a hint?
Hostile to proofreaders ("indidividuals"?) is another matter altogether (and it's "that," not "which").
Before I reveal the source of this eyebrow-raising quote, let's briefly document its patent absurdity: most self-identifying social conservatives are opposed not only to marriage equality for gays, but also to every single aspect of equal treatment for gays. Every single one.
Partnership alternatives such as civil unions. Employment benefits. Protection against discrimination. Access to immigration opportunities. Don't Ask Don't Tell. Hospital visitation. Adoption. Unbiased and unredacted school curricula. And on and on...
They fight us, rabidly, on every front. Who could pretend otherwise, even among conservatives?
Oh, and incidentally: They beat us. They batter us. They murder us.
But "hostile"? Perish the thought.
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Now here is the source of the quote: An article by a radical social conservative rationalizing his support for — get this — Rudy Giuliani.
Thrice-married, pro-choice, resided-with-gays, cross-dressing, ran-as-the-Liberal-Party-candidate, Bluest-of-Blue-State-politician Rudy Giuliani. The great hope for social conservatives in 2008.
Who needs TownHall when you have this jackass?
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This bizarre article is just the latest data point confirming a thesis which I am increasingly embracing: That the radical social conservatives realize that they are not going to be kingmakers in 2008 and are instead trying, at all costs, to contort themselves into a position where they can support whoever the Republican nominee ends up being.
Giuliani? One of us! Always was...Those who might actually win? One of us! Always was... Those who truly are one of them, but who have no chance of winning? Never heard of him...
McCain? One of us! Always was...
Romney? One of us! Always was...
Brownback? Never heard of him...
Huckabee? Never heard of him...
It will be interesting if not hilarious to see such intellectual gymnastics multiply as the campaign progresses. We are in for a recurring lesson in the Fundamental Theorem of Politics: Principles are never more important than winning.
(Via Rolling Doughnut.)
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"Don't run! We are your friends!" Name the movie. No Googling! Need a hint?
I want the people to know that they still have two out of three branches of the government working for them — and that ain't bad!
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22 March 2007
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