Best Peggy Noonan piece in the past quarter century. The Frumians and Rovers can spew their Rott, but she--and the "Tea Party"-- is right. We have no time, no space, for the bullshit of the House of Bush and what passes for the Republican establishment in these sorry days.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Darkness at High Noon
Best Peggy Noonan piece in the past quarter century. The Frumians and Rovers can spew their Rott, but she--and the "Tea Party"-- is right. We have no time, no space, for the bullshit of the House of Bush and what passes for the Republican establishment in these sorry days.
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She also points out that there is danger of devolving into a filthy populism like the one that would be your Heaven-on-Earth, AA.
Those of us that like the idea of civilization might not vote for an O'Donnell just because she looks like she would break windows on Barney Frank's house and laugh her drunk ass all the way to the campus cops' office.
That said, the way things are, it seems it's worth the risk to try to elect her because they seem that they'll at least pull in the right direction, and you don't need to be Einstein these days to figure out what that direction is on each and every goddamned thing that Obama proposes.
This might explain my position to Tecs also.
I think it was a big risk that Palin and DeMint took, pulling for O'Donnell over Castle. Getting Reid out is a lot more important than getting Castle out.
That said, once the decision has been made, the nationwide party had better not abandon O'Donnell.
Even if it means refudiating some of her views and behaviors, the point is to win the seat and somehow keep her under control if she wins.
I am worried as hell that she'll win and be a poster-girl for going back to Barney Frank über Alles.
I sense that Rove worried about this too and, yes, that's a valid opinion to take.
Rush has no interest in thinking this way; he's just a DJ with a following of morons.
Yes, a very clear-eyed piece from Peggy. Not as flashy and poetic as usual, but much more substance. Funny how she forgets about that tingling sensation going up her legs just a short while ago, but reality has a way to sober up anyone -- well, almost anyone.
At any rate, two points about the critique of the TP at the end. Local Tea Parties seem—so far—not to be falling in love with the particular talents or background of their candidates. That's the weakness so far. In the rush to get someone--anyone--to reverse the Rot, there's no Churchill of Thatcher or Goldwater or Reagan showing up. Understandable, of course, but, at some point--rather sooner than later--some growing up in stature is needed.
Finally, One difference so far between the Tea Party and the great wave of conservatives that elected Ronald Reagan in 1980 is that latter was a true coalition—not only North and South, East and West but right-wingers, intellectuals who were former leftists, and former Democrats. When they won presidential landslides in 1980, '84 and '88, they brought the center with them. That in the end is how you win. Yes, Reagan brought many people in--from Reagan Democrats, to various free marketeers, to those now-dreaded Neokkkons. And there was lots of brain-power in that porridge...
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