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November 09, 2004

Thank You Red States

A friend of mine, whom I will call Samantha for anonymity's sake, received a phone call from her Republican brother the other day in which he left the following message:

"Hey Sam, just wanted to say sorry to hear about your loss, I know you were working hard. But don't you worry, you're just immature, you have a lot growing up to do, it's not your fault...maybe now you and all of your Mtv people can snap out of it and get in touch with the rest of world, and open your eyes to what's going on..."

That seemed to be the attitude of many a troll and red stater following the election. Samantha, who when she is back home in the midwest, keeps her politics to herself, decided that was the last straw. She wrote her brother a letter from her Manhattan apartment which, in my mind, says it all. So here it is.

Comments

You mean "liberal" means something other than 100% agreement with the Democratic Party platform in its present form, and "conservative" has meaning outside of complete fealty to the GOP?

Someone should inform the Heritage Foundation.

Posted by: Gabriel Rocklin | August 25, 2004 12:02 AM

I'm with you as far as the first part goes, but that second part . . . I believe that the phrase "Hack Gap" may be of utility.

Posted by: Kimmitt | August 25, 2004 12:19 AM

Boy am I disappointed.

I saw the headline and expecred to read a story about Cheez Whiz.

Posted by: praktike | August 25, 2004 01:04 AM

So I've seen several posts around the web taking me to task for saying bad things about McCain-Feingold. After all, I'm a liberal, and liberals love McCain-Feingold.

Not the liberals at the ACLU.

Posted by: P.B. Almeida | August 25, 2004 01:07 AM

We need a new party that is truly conservative, and truly liberal. Libertarian, but with a minimal social safety net. Fiscally conservative, and socially moderate. Leave the "social issues" up to the states. For example gay marriage should be decided by each state legislature, not by the courts or by Constitutional amendment. The new party should be pro-environment in the Teddy Roosevelt tradition.

Get government out of education except for the provision of vouchers to low income parents. That would improve educational outcomes 500% and drive a stake through the heart of the Neanderthal teachers' unions and the parasitic, incompetent educational bureaucracies.

In foreign policy promote democracy and free markets, by diplomacy where possible and by military force where that is appropriate, as it surely was and is in Iraq. Guess what ladies and gentlemen. Democracy is superior to what Messrs. Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein have to offer, just as democracy was superior to Nazism and Bolshevism. If that contradicts the sophomoric relativism of the Michael Moore/Noam Chomsky latte left then so be it.

Stick it to the Christian right and the limousine Fidelistas of the "liberal" left. Vote for John McCain, or somebody like him, in 2008.

Posted by: Joe Willingham | August 25, 2004 01:33 AM