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« Specter | Main | Intelligent Design and science » August 11, 2005A Case Study in ComplacencyIn the seminal post for today's event, I picked Rush Limbaugh as the poster-boy Republican apologist. He will occasionally break the 11th Commandment, but usually only to lambast a RINO, operationally defined as any Republican interfering with the GOP agenda. (He also was harshly critical of John McCain during the 2000 primaries.) His brand of populism is representative of the kind of low-brow 'conservatism' principled Republicans should disavow. We need not all turn to Edmund Burke or William F. Buckley for only the most erudite of rightist discourses; Indy (not indie) talk radio host Greg Garrison regularly breaks the 11th Commandment, and I would consider him to be a more honest fellow-traveller. But lauding demagogues like Ann Coulter is the kind of lazy complacency that has allowed the GOP to become the mess it is today. Who among us can be this lazy? Let's take a look at one sample: Right Wing News emailed more than 215 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of whom they considered to be their "Favorite People On The Right." Representatives from the following 52 blogs responded . . .These bloggers were also allowed to pick the people on the right they liked the least. Results below the fold.
Kind of a schizophrenic bunch, no? Despite the presence of W and Rove on the first list, it's nice to note that the second list has some really mealy-mouthed creeps like Michael Savage and a number of religious 'right' members -- and the Sun Congressman! On the whole, though, the second list isn't as comforting as the first list is disturbing. Posted by Zach Wendling at August 11, 2005 08:51 PM CommentsPosted by: Alan K. Henderson at August 12, 2005 01:07 AM | permalink Post a comment |
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