The political wheel turnsssss, my precious, yessss it doesssss....

[elfs]

Ah, we pine for the days when the Intarweb didn't exist, don't we? Back when we had little choice but to sit back, helplessly, while the minimalist punditocracy of its day held forth on the meaning of this caucus or that primary, with the rest of us barely noticing. Maybe it was youth.

This morning I entertained myself by reading the fallout from the Republican sides. Michael Graham at the National Review has the best so far:

In November, we'll be sending out our most liberal, least trustworthy candidate to take on Hillary Clinton-- perhaps not more liberal than Barack Obama, but certainly far less trustworthy. And the worst part for the Right is that McCain will have won the nomination while ignoring, insulting and, as of this weekend, shamelessly lying about conservatives and conservatism.

Oh, remember Bush's comment about how the Constitution is "just a goddamn piece of paper?" McCain in an interview with Don Imus said that he could think of no way to prevent corruption in Washington without restricting what he called "quote First Amendment rights unquote." Pesky things, those rights.

Hey, if John Holbo thinks that McCain is "liberal," and McCain is in favor of restricting free speech, does that mean that conservatives finally recognize the benefit of free speech and will back off their anti-pornography efforts?

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[omahas.livejournal.com]

Hey, if John Holbo thinks that McCain is "liberal," and McCain is in favor of restricting free speech, does that mean that conservatives finally recognize the benefit of free speech and will back off their anti-pornography efforts?

Uh, excuse me, are you implying that all liberals are in favor of restricting free speech? Cause that's what the above sentence seemed to say. And I think that you know of one liberal who absolutely is not!

[elfs.livejournal.com]

It's a popular canard among Great Nation conservatives that liberals are in favor of free speech. It's liberal's fault that protestors can't stand within X feet of an abortion clinic so we have only ourselves to blame for so-called "free speech zones" at political rallies. It's also a popular GNC canard that liberals have restricted prayer in schools and prevented Christians from speaking out.

It's all bullshit. Both sides have stupid members who will try to change the law to force the other side to shut up. I'd like the courts to not take them all so seriously, but to actually point to that pesky quote First Amendment unquote.

[omahas.livejournal.com]

It's a popular canard among Great Nation conservatives that liberals are in favor of free speech.

I think you mean "aren't in favor of free speech" in that sentence. You *do* need to slow down when you are typing. ;)

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Hey, I just got back from the gym. My brain is fuzzy. Fixed. (Edit again: Apparently, I can't edit a thread after it's been replied to. How annoying!)