There's No Such Thing As A Conservative

There's a lot to say about Fouro-Mark's post today, but I don't have a bunch of time right now.  I'll definitely get back to it soon.

But I did want to comment on the point he quotes Michael Kinsley making in a recent Washington Post article.  In it, Kinsley quotes Chris Matthews (jeez, this is more complicated than I thought) saying that Republicans are the "Daddy Party" and Democrats the "Mommy Party."  Kinsley then says:

It has not escaped notice that the Daddy Party has been fiscally misbehaving. But it hasn't really sunk in how completely Republicans have abandoned allegedly Republican values -- if in fact they ever really had such values. [emphasis added]

Now, just the other day, David Brooks wrote an op-ed (hurry!) in the Times in which he claimed that one reason conservatives are so strong is that they never really agreed on their values.  The various conservative factions (isolationists/interventionists; supply siders/fiscal conservaives) have squabbled forever.  And, he says, in a classic liberal fashion, in disunity (read: diversity) there is strength.

Man, the whole world's upside down, isn't it?

Comments

[fouro]

There's a lot to say.... I'll definitely get back to it soon.

tease

[Tom Guarriello]

OK, it'll be a bit, but I'll get to it, I promise!

Tease II: it's about this truth thing we seem to be having so much trouble with.