Comments on: The Republican Choice is Clear: None of the Above http://delawareliberal.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/the-republican-choice-is-clear-none-of-the-above/ America IS NUMBER ONE!!! (but not for the reasons wingnuts think it is) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: anon http://delawareliberal.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/the-republican-choice-is-clear-none-of-the-above/#comment-3484 anon Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:29:04 +0000 http://delawareliberal.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/the-republican-choice-is-clear-none-of-the-above/#comment-3484 That choice is the safe bet, but I would not count out the idea that Bush is going to try and stay. That choice is the safe bet, but I would not count out the idea that Bush is going to try and stay.

]]> By: anon http://delawareliberal.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/the-republican-choice-is-clear-none-of-the-above/#comment-3483 anon Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:02:00 +0000 http://delawareliberal.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/the-republican-choice-is-clear-none-of-the-above/#comment-3483 ummm, that's "VRWC." Sorry, I went to a public school. ummm, that’s “VRWC.” Sorry, I went to a public school.

]]> By: anon http://delawareliberal.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/the-republican-choice-is-clear-none-of-the-above/#comment-3482 anon Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:00:18 +0000 http://delawareliberal.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/the-republican-choice-is-clear-none-of-the-above/#comment-3482 The fracture between fiscal conservatives and social conservatives appears to be permanent. It is a bit odd and ominous that the Bush Administration has not groomed another PNAC-endorsed candidate. Either Bush isn't planning on leaving in 2008, or the VWRC is planning to cash in its chips and live off the interest for the next decade. The fracture between fiscal conservatives and social conservatives appears to be permanent.

It is a bit odd and ominous that the Bush Administration has not groomed another PNAC-endorsed candidate.

Either Bush isn’t planning on leaving in 2008, or the VWRC is planning to cash in its chips and live off the interest for the next decade.

]]> By: anon http://delawareliberal.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/the-republican-choice-is-clear-none-of-the-above/#comment-3481 anon Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:58:30 +0000 http://delawareliberal.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/the-republican-choice-is-clear-none-of-the-above/#comment-3481 The Republican’s anemic field of candidates is related to the general dissolution of the Republican Party and the exposure of Republican policies to basic scrutiny. For people who are prone to think of history as a series of philosophical waves and counter waves (similar to Marx's dialectics) it is easy to suppose that the Republican majorities of the past ten years and its domination of the executive branch were the outworking of some greater social seasonality. However, this does not account for how quickly the Republican system has fallen apart. The idea of the "swinging pendulum" falls short of describing why liberal thought predominated for 60 years (some point to polls which indicate that there is still a "liberal" consensus in the country when it comes to governing) and the vampiric conservative programs could not withstand six years of being exposed to even a sliver of daylight. Rather than a “swinging pendulum” we seem to be living through a period of history in which the “mostly harmless town crank” of conservatism accidentally (or through our liberal faith in common sense) got elected to office. The Republican’s anemic field of candidates is related to the general dissolution of the Republican Party and the exposure of Republican policies to basic scrutiny.

For people who are prone to think of history as a series of philosophical waves and counter waves (similar to Marx’s dialectics) it is easy to suppose that the Republican majorities of the past ten years and its domination of the executive branch were the outworking of some greater social seasonality.

However, this does not account for how quickly the Republican system has fallen apart. The idea of the “swinging pendulum” falls short of describing why liberal thought predominated for 60 years (some point to polls which indicate that there is still a “liberal” consensus in the country when it comes to governing) and the vampiric conservative programs could not withstand six years of being exposed to even a sliver of daylight.

Rather than a “swinging pendulum” we seem to be living through a period of history in which the “mostly harmless town crank” of conservatism accidentally (or through our liberal faith in common sense) got elected to office.

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