You're so funny, Neocon. When in doubt, bring up the lion king. Another take on that angle:
The split divides the GOP, but the gap is not about ideology. The presidential race sometimes gets depicted as a contest between Che Guevara and Francisco Franco, with McCain as the lefty and Bush as the hard-core conservative. But the fact is that both men are moderate conservatives, and if you can tell the difference between them on issues like abortion, school choice, federal spending, then you're probably able to count the number of angels dancing on the head of a pin. Instead, this rift runs much deeper than public policy: it's really a clash between two different world views. The people who support Bush have a movement mentality. They belong to the conservative movement that cohered around Barry Goldwater and hardened under Reagan and Gingrich. They look out over that GOP coalition- the gun lovers, the religious conservatives, the free marketeers- and they think that adds up to 51 percent of the electorate. The movement consciousness is based on the idea that we are a band of brave, beleaguered souls under perpetual assault from the liberal mainstream media. These people detest McCain because liberals don't hate him. newsweek.com
I don't know, it sure sounds like Brooks has you and Zoltan! pegged there. What will the neoconservative political theologians do to punish him for his apostasy? Do you maybe want to talk a little about how you despise McCain, but don't hate him? |
