Post by cameron on May 17, 2006 4:47:02 GMT -8
I read this today and it sums up my own feelings real well.
Buddhist Republicans
I remarked somewhere, on this blog or the other one, that one of my earliest political memories was seeing a Vietnamese Buddhist monk on the evening news immolate himself. He seemed peaceful, in the Lotus position. Just another Karma-related fatality, though; didn't do much for Vietnam.
Well, tonight I have seen Republicans set themselves on fire. I don't really know what got the monk's toga twisted. But illegal immigration has really done it for Republicans. Check the Corner, where Kathryn Lopez has made an absolute ass of herself; check the open thread at Redstate, check the comment thread on your favorite conservative blog. By their lights, President Bush's position on immigration -- which, I'll go out on a limb and predict the polls will show, probably seems eminently reasonable to most Americans who were hearing it for the first time -- has destroyed the conservative movement and the Republican Party.
Never mind that this president has a solid history of meaning what he says.
Never mind his abrogation of the ABM treaty.
His withdrawal of the Kyoto treaty.
His response to 9/11, not just in Afghanistan but the bold domestic response.
His response to Saddam Hussein's continued provocations.
His calling the North Korean spade a spade.
His tax cuts.
Fifteen or whatever it is consecutive quarters of economic growth.
4.7 percent unemployment.
His relentless campaign to drill the Arctic.
A rare first-term by-election in which Republicans recaptured the Senate.
A re-election in the face of the fiercest liberal counter-attack in the modern history of American politics. And in which by the way the American electorate gave us four more Senate seats.
A sixth-year election in which the Republicans will probably hold both houses of Congress.
Roberts, Alito and a host of other district and appellate originalists.
Never mind all that. You want to spill the gas and flick your Bic over illegal immigration? Illegal fucking immigration???
Well you just go right ahead.
Fucking Buddhists.
Buddhist Republicans
I remarked somewhere, on this blog or the other one, that one of my earliest political memories was seeing a Vietnamese Buddhist monk on the evening news immolate himself. He seemed peaceful, in the Lotus position. Just another Karma-related fatality, though; didn't do much for Vietnam.
Well, tonight I have seen Republicans set themselves on fire. I don't really know what got the monk's toga twisted. But illegal immigration has really done it for Republicans. Check the Corner, where Kathryn Lopez has made an absolute ass of herself; check the open thread at Redstate, check the comment thread on your favorite conservative blog. By their lights, President Bush's position on immigration -- which, I'll go out on a limb and predict the polls will show, probably seems eminently reasonable to most Americans who were hearing it for the first time -- has destroyed the conservative movement and the Republican Party.
Never mind that this president has a solid history of meaning what he says.
Never mind his abrogation of the ABM treaty.
His withdrawal of the Kyoto treaty.
His response to 9/11, not just in Afghanistan but the bold domestic response.
His response to Saddam Hussein's continued provocations.
His calling the North Korean spade a spade.
His tax cuts.
Fifteen or whatever it is consecutive quarters of economic growth.
4.7 percent unemployment.
His relentless campaign to drill the Arctic.
A rare first-term by-election in which Republicans recaptured the Senate.
A re-election in the face of the fiercest liberal counter-attack in the modern history of American politics. And in which by the way the American electorate gave us four more Senate seats.
A sixth-year election in which the Republicans will probably hold both houses of Congress.
Roberts, Alito and a host of other district and appellate originalists.
Never mind all that. You want to spill the gas and flick your Bic over illegal immigration? Illegal fucking immigration???
Well you just go right ahead.
Fucking Buddhists.
