Republicans and some in the media will blame Bush and Iraq for GOP losses in Maryland and across the nation. What that argument is designed to hide is this: Iraq, Katrina, the culture of corruption, deception and hyper-partisanship is who the Republicans are and what they try to do. These were not mistakes. They are the result of being and implementing what it means to be Republican.Sums it up pretty neatly.The voters rejected those values.
Language Liberalism Freethought Birds Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds. Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time. The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church. If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
A nice summary
I just got this from the state Democratic Party chairman (emphasis mine):
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