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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[jordan179.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?

I hope so. The Religious Right has been making me uncomfortable with calling myself a "conservative."