Posted on 08/03/2008 7:09:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Kicking someone while they're down has long been considered bad form - except in politics. Republicans have fallen on hard times of late, trailing Democrats in party identification by 9 points, 27% to 36%, the widest margin in many years. President Bush suffers record low approval ratings (but then, so does Congress), and the GOP's election prospects look less than rosy.
But their plight has earned them little sympathy from their critics, particularly in journalist Thomas Frank's delicately titled new book "The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule." For those who may have forgotten, Frank published a bestseller shortly before the 2004 election called "What's the Matter with Kansas?" Born and raised in that state, Frank took a sabbatical from his sophisticated Washington world to return home and conduct a little anthropological fieldwork. He found the natives to be a bit, well, slow on the uptake.
What Conservatives Believe
What's The Matter With New York City?
Facing economic uncertainty, Kansans should have been voting their real interest, which for Frank clearly meant supporting the Democrats. But here they were, poor souls, clinging to their guns and Christianity and voting conservative. (It was widely believed that Barack Obama's famous philippic on "bitter" voters, spoken before an ultra chic San Francisco audience, was inspired by Frank's book.) Much like his acolyte, Frank was accused of condescension, a charge that he met by insisting all the more ardently on his support for the little guy, whom he wished to rescue from, as the Marxists used to say, "false consciousness." "Kansas" did so well that Frank could not resist a sequel, or more accurately a prequel, since "Wrecking Crew" posits that voting conservative isn't only wrong now, it was never right.
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You’re right. It is a good analysis. It’s a long, but very interesting read. I’m glad it was posted.
The only thing the matter with Kansas is the influx of libs and RINOs.
that’s so lame of left-wingers, to use the expression:
“life of quiet desperation” among kansans.
Frank needs to be a Belgian
Hehe. Take that, Obambi.
Normal people, on the other hand, found the natives were able to recognize bravo sierra much more easily.
btt
It just never occurs to Frank that those rubes in Kansas understand economics better than he does. The wise and moral of them are voting their own interests when voting for the (apparent) party of limited government over the party of free everything. The rube Frank just can’t understand why somebody would walk away from a life of dependency and wealth redistribution. Simpleton.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Ping to read later
BUMP
Remember those stories about people having to see psychiatrists for depression after Kerry lost in 2004? If Obama loses, I swear we’ll see mass suicides among liberals.
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.
Number of Democrats in US Declines in July
Rasmussen Reports | August 2, 2008 | Rasmussen Reports
Posted on 08/02/2008 11:24:12 AM PDT by avacado
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2055433/posts
(Obama’s low poll numbers)
It Really Isn’t Hard To Figure Out Why
Commentary Magazine | August 3, 2008 | Jennifer Rubin
Posted on 08/03/2008 5:12:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055964/posts
53% of white voters saw Obama’s comments as racist,
44% of African-Americans and 61% of all...
The Virginian | 8/3/2008 | Moneyrunner
Posted on 08/03/2008 2:38:53 PM PDT by moneyrunner
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2055892/posts
Rich Lowry: Obama’s race play may backfire
Sacramento Bee | 8/2/8 | Rich Lowry
Posted on 08/02/2008 6:40:13 PM PDT by SmithL
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055586/posts
(Oklahoma) Poll finds little support for Obama
(McCain 56% - Obama 24%)
KSWO.com | 8/3/08
Posted on 08/03/2008 2:32:15 PM PDT by LdSentinal
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055890/posts
Leader of black Republicans sparks a backlash
Herald Tribune | Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 2:30 a.m. | Anna Scott
Posted on 08/03/2008 9:12:40 AM PDT by Not gonna take it anymore
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055766/posts
THE MEDIA IS AT IT AGAIN! This is a non RNC sponsored independent group
National Black Republican Association
Posted on 08/03/2008 4:41:51 PM PDT by William Tell 2
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055952/posts
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