I am a regular AT reader and I even thought about posting this article this morning just for the sake of provoking some thought. But I decided, “naw, why distract from Scott Brown’s great performance and all the good things that are happening within conservatism by posting such negativity?”
Evidently, AT took the opposite view and published it likely for the same reason that I nearly posted it - just to present divergent views and viewpoints and give readers something to think about.
Conservatism isn’t a monolith and I really don’t think it should be.
***to present divergent views and viewpoints and give readers something to think about***
Correct: I’m thinking
Dan Quayle, George Bush I & II, Trent Lott, Newt, Bork, Tom DeLay, Clarence Thomas, John Bolton, Dick Cheney and many other GOP leaders were relentlessly abused in the MSM and had no stomach for hitting back with a vengeance or appearing less than gentlemen.
And it has to stop - if the MSM won’t stop it - then the American people have to demand respect for decency and decent people to represent them.
And just look at the dregs who get a pass from the MSM - Barney FRank, Chucky Schumer, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, ..........etc., etc.,