Wednesday, September 13th 2006
Losing to win
The progressive Washington Monthly magazine has published an issue full of articles from conservatives. The feature is entitled “Time For Us To Go: Conservatives on why the GOP should lose in 2006.”
Bruce Bartlett says: “Bring on Pelosi.” Joe Scarborough sighs: “And we thought Clinton had no self-control.” Bruce Fein demands: “Restrain this White House.”
My favorite came from Christopher Buckley, son of anti-Bush conservative hero William F. Buckley of the National Review, and brain behind the recent movie Thank You for Smoking. His essay is entitled “Let’s quit while we’re behind.” Allow me to excerpt the great conclusion:
What have they done to my party? Where does one go to get it back?
One place comes to mind: the back benches. It’s time for a time-out. Time to hand over this sorry enchilada to Hillary and Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden and Charlie Rangel and Harry Reid, who has the gift of being able to induce sleep in 30 seconds. Or, with any luck, to Mark Warner or, what the heck, Al Gore. I’m not much into polar bears, but this heat wave has me thinking the man might be on to something.My fellow Republicans, it is time, as Madison said in Federalist 76, to “Hand over the tiller of governance, that others may fuck things up for a change.”
(Or was it Federalist 78?)
Can’t deny the logic.
