War Room: The Republican Revolution's Jump-the-Shark Moment

[BurtWorm]

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/02/no_vet/index.html?source=rss&aim=/politics/war_room


So there you have it: Determined first and foremost to get it announced on Friday so as to squash Obama's convention speech/bounce, as well as to make a naked, fumbling and ultimately insulting ploy to attract disgruntled Hillary Clinton supporters simply by picking any woman, McCain chose Palin without really thinking it through.

From David Stockman to David Addington, we have witnessed in Republican circles the elevation of politics and partisan advantage over policy and principle. In that light, does this selection really surprise? McCain's decision has all the hallmarks of the GOP's politicization of the public sphere: rashness, overconfidence, an unwillingness to consider contingencies and tradeoffs, the certainty that any bad decision can be shrewdly spun as genius, the willingness to direct phony outrage toward critics, the pathetic kowtowing to the nut job wing of the party, and a general disregard for the stewardship of the country or its policies.

And as for "time running out"? I'm sorry: McCain sewed up the nomination three months before Barack Obama did. He had eons to think through this decision.

The Palin selection thus epitomizes the Republican revolution -- and may well be regarded as its final, jump-the-shark moment.

[underpants]

1. That is a fantastic paragraph

From David Stockman to David Addington, we have witnessed in Republican circles the elevation of politics and partisan advantage over policy and principle. In that light, does this selection really surprise? McCain's decision has all the hallmarks of the GOP's politicization of the public sphere: rashness, overconfidence, an unwillingness to consider contingencies and tradeoffs, the certainty that any bad decision can be shrewdly spun as genius, the willingness to direct phony outrage toward critics, the pathetic kowtowing to the nut job wing of the party, and a general disregard for the stewardship of the country or its policies.

[BurtWorm]

2. That one really struck me too.

Really captures the insanity of the post-Reagan Republican world.

[BurtWorm]

3. kick

[underpants]

4. Needs a kick

[BurtWorm]

5. Thank you!

[underpants]

6. You are welcome

:hi: