Of course, you don’t have to be a film critic or a liberal to look down on W. By conviction or necessity, we are all Bush haters now. Even those conservatives who defended him while in office will now face a stark choice: repudiate much of Bush’s legacy or be rendered ridiculous.- Jeremy Lott
Apparently a senator collapsed at the luncheon….varying reports on whether it’s Byrd or Kennedy.
Yes, it was Teddy. I put a thread up top for information as it comes in.
I am enjoying the latter thoroughly among my impending in-laws, as well as HOW they are digging themselves out of the hole without admitting they were wrong. There is something to learn from this in how to steer ideologues: don’t force public capitulation, but ensure it in deed by using their own value system
Lately, the religious themed SPAM my in-laws send is flavored with social gospel and prayers to god not to get fooled by first impressions (code read: ‘So what if his name is Hussein?’).
They’ve agreed all along, don’t you see? The country is finally catching up (the bible can indeed be applied to both sides of any argument).
Or, Something like that.. The turn is still amorphous and incomplete, but I am glad to see ‘Change has come’ even to the ridiculous.
They’ll just never claim to notice/admit it.
Eventually I really do want to hear ‘Ok, Ok, we blew that one.’
But, you know what? That’s just fine with me for now. I (we) have got to deal with these folks because of who/what I (we) love.