Better Fred than Read
We at Pith join the many who welcome Fred Thompson to the blogosphere following his inaugural post yesterday at Townhall.com. Thompson’s opening salvo was mostly a vapid paean to an imagined conservative future, but it did include this curious bit of cause-effect reasoning:
Now isn’t the time for conservatives to be looking for a tailored message or a politically expedient route to victory if the end result is going to be the inevitable slide toward the liberalization and secularization of America, and the growth of government and loss of freedom that inevitably ensues.
Let me see if I have this right, F-man: Eight years of a staunchly anti-liberal, anti-secular administration (abetted by six years of an obsequious Congress) yields unrestrained growth of government, a ravaging of the separation of powers and a willful disregard for civil liberties, and you think liberalization and secularization are the paramount threats to freedom and government efficiency? So what are they putting in the water up there on Planet Delusion?
Comments
Bruce, did you read the comments on that Townhall link? They're hilarious. This one is my favorite:
"Its not.. that conservatism is dead. Today's so called conservatives are a bunch of idiots - they slavishly drool at the mention of reagan, rush or buckley..mention those names and they wet their pants.
"Need new ideas to position the party and ideology for the next several years - anyone listen to savage lately - simple, straightforward ideas that will resonate with the masses forever"
Michael Savage? Michael "I-hate-gays-blacks-immigrants-liberals" Savage? You gotta be kidding me!
Posted 05/16/2008 at 11:51:36 AM"Let me see if I have this right..."
No you don't have it right. A "staunchly anti-liberal" administration would never have created a massive new entitlement program as Bush did with the prescription drug program.
Posted 05/16/2008 at 03:47:14 PM