[cripplecreek]

I don't agree with everything this blogger says but he really nails it with the Star Wars analogy of the conservative slide into darkness.

For my money, the best thing about the six-episode Star Wars epic is the slow but certain descent to the Dark Side of the Force that happens to the Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader character. It’s my favorite part of the whole series, because in contrast to the rest of the monstrous sh’bang, that one sub-plot seems well-conceived, thoughtfully written, and passably well-acted. Watching young Anakin rise and mature and then begin his inevitable spiral around the drain over the course of the last three movies (parts 1-3) is like watching a horrible car wreck in super-slow motion.

What I particularly like about it is that they didn’t merely have him freak out and become homicidal for no good reason. At the very core of Skywalker’s dreadful transformation was, surprisingly, love. A manic love, granted. He loved the princess with an incredible intensity and then his love drove him to greatly fear losing her. And fear did him in.

My friends, I suggest that is a decent parable for what has happened to conservatism in the United States. Manic love courted fear of loss, and that fear found ways to justify going over to the dark side.

Are Conservatives Slipping To The ‘Dark Side’?

[EternalVigilance]

And fear did him in.

The epitaph of the Romney Republican.

But the scripture is even more apt:

"The fear of man brings a snare,
But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe."

[DoughtyOne]

Good comments. I do believe the fall of Anakin Skywalker is worthy of study. I'm a fan of this type of teaching, because folks can see it clearly, since there's no political weight to it.

I personally saw Senator McCain as the evil Senate character that turned Anakin. In McCain case, it was readily evident that he was making moves to turn Conservatives. I'm not saying this to tweak people, but we all know of one individual he got to endorse him for his return to the U. S. Senate. That was such a Star Wars moment for me, that it was chilling.

I actually flashed to Senator Palpatine at the time.

I created a McCain/Palpatine graphic that I can't locate right now, due to McCain's Palpatine like actions.

Thanks for the comments and link. You got some great reactions to your extended comments at the link.

[DoughtyOne]

Oops, the extended comments at the link were written by Gordan Runyan. Sorry I mus-attributed them to you.

Take care...