Three months ago, I posted Captain Ahab Democrats where I noted that, like Captain Ahab obsessed with the white whale in Moby Dick, many Democrats, notably their hater-in-chief chairman are similarly obsessed with the president, seeing him as his party as the “the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them.” Just moments ago, when reading a David Brooks column (linked by Instapundit), I wondered if that columnist reads our blog. In commenting on Senator Kerry’s speech attacking the man who beat him last November for his handling Katrina, he writes:
In the first place, not even Karl Rove’s worldview is so obsessively Bush-centric as John Kerry’s. There are many interesting issues raised by Katrina, but for Senator Ahab it all goes back to the great white monster, Bush. Bush and his crew should have known the levees were weak. Bush and his crew should have known thousands in New Orleans would be trapped. (Did I miss Kerry’s own warnings on these subjects?) All reality flows back to Bush. All begins with Bush, ends with Bush, is explained by Bush and is polluted by Bush, cursed be thy name.
Dan,
Here’s the problem. When you start a thread with a decided slam against Democrats, it always degenerates into the same conversation.
No it isn’t.
Yes, it is.
Said so you evil liberal.
You are wrong, self hating gay boy.
Die, you looser freak.
and so on
and so on.
It is amazing how the more moderate threads actually rise to the level of productive civil discourse, you minions of santan spunk.
and on.
Maybe that’s because Bush-Cheney campaigned as our Daddy. They are the only ones who can keep us safe.
If swearing off political hate were a condition for being taken seriously, the GOP would have to entirely remake itself or get used to life as a national joke.
Come to think of it, those do seem to be the Republicans’ 2 choices. Have fun!
So, basically, I don’t agree with Bush on a number of issues. Maybe I’d like to vote for an alternative. Let’s see what the alternative is. I think Bush’s spending is reckless. The Dems don’t think he spends enough. I think Bush is neglecting border control. The Dems want to give free college tuition and drivers licenses to illegal immigrants, and encourages them to vote fraudulently. I don’t think Bush has done enough to protect the country from terrorists. Dems think the USA shouldn’t do anything about terrorism without getting a permission slip from the UN and the ACLU first. Some people say Bush is too beholden to big business. But the Dem Alternative is owned completely by trial lawyers, environmental extremists, public employee unions, and the Move-On-dot-org crowd… none of whom have my best interests at heart.
Add to which, the Democrats want to raise my taxes, take away my second amendment rights, and appoint far-left judges who are hostile to property rights (Kelo), religious expression, and who agree with them that the ACLU should have veto power over anti-terrorism measures.
Well, damn, what am I going to do?
Basically, the Democrat pro-tax, pro-spend, pro-abortion, pro-illegal immigrant, anti-religion, anti-defense platform should help them win big… in San Francisco, Berkeley, Manhattan, DC, Seattle, and Boulder, Colorado. So, why should anyone anywhere else in the country vote for them?
And every time Bush’s poll numbers dip, the left thinks, “A-ha, there it is! The public now shares our deranged irrational hatred of Chimpy McHitlerburton. They will demand his impeachment, if not his slow painful death!” I don’t think Americans hate cancer, child molesters, and telemarketers combined the way lefties hate Bush, and unless Bush molests a pack of Cub Scouts, gives them cancer, and then has the White House staff personally call every American at dinner time to tell them about it… they probably won’t ever hate him that much.
In short, most Americans are not insane. Most Americans understand that all politicians are contemptible slime, and there’s not much point in liking one better than Bush, or hating one more than another. Historically, Democrats could at least count on protest votes against the party in power at mid-terms, but it’s hard to see that dynamic playing out when the opposition party is proposing even worse policies on the issues that would provoke a protest vote (spending, illegal immigration) than the party in power.
I don’t see how being a liberal is being a Bush hater. I don’t hate the man, I just don’t respect himmuch of the time. Can you identify specific times where Bush made bad mistakes or do you also refuse to admit that maybe he made some. I am definitely not as well informed as you are and I found your website through IGF. You “conservitave queers” seem to be very smart but Cindy Sheehan put it very well on her interview with Bill Maher, (who i am sure you dispise). He asked her, “don’t you think it is unreasonable for a private citizen to meet with the president just to ask him questions” and she answered that she thought it was but pointed out that it’s the press core’s job to ask those question and they haven’t been asking the president tough questions. Do you agree that the press core doesn’t ask tough questions or do you think that they do? I would love to hear your oppinion as a self titled queer-presidentbush-supporter.
Yours,
Joe in NYC
Joey, she already met with Bush, and she told two completely contradictory stories of what happened in meeting. The woman is a liar and a nutcase.
And if you read through the comments, you’ll note that most of us criticize Bush when we think it is legitimate to do so… on spending, on illegal immigration, and on gay marriage. But when we think the left is being unfair, hyperbolic, or just plain wrong, we point that out as well.
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