Why am I weirdly happy? I’m a conservative. Many people I know and admire lost
tonight. And yet somehow this strikes me as a good night for the country.
First, there would be something wrong for the country if the Republicans got to act this way in the House and then keep their majority. That would be a sign we’d become a one-party state. But more than that, the voters have voted for change, but they haven’t gone overboard. They did not choose the Ned Lamont wing of the Democratic Party.
Brooks is a happy conservative
Wednesday November 8, 2006
I share this sentiment with David Brooks:
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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.
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Simply saying there may be a window of opportunity to listen to what the voters were saying -- sick of people in power overreaching, sick of corrupt leaders who have different standards for themselves than they do for "the common people" whom they apparently believe are all 'boobs,' sick of the incompetent prosecution of the War in Iraq, sick of the arrogant triumphalism of Left and Right...
Personally, I grew up in a liberal household, swung to the Left in my 20's, and now consider myself a "passionate moderate." I don't have any illusions about the Congressional leadership of either Party, but people in positions of power, even Democrats, do occasionally rise to the occasion. Congress did for a few moments on 9/11 -- Remember?>
Just to elaborate a bit on what I said above, I'm not giddy about the results of this election. But I am happy because I believe our country truly needed this change.
Naturally, I believe that the Democrats, having gotten control of Congress after so many years in the wilderness, are going to want to hold on to that power.
It is not a question of whether the Party in power strives to hold onto power, it is a question of how they do it. If they do it by making good decisions that benefit the public good, then bully for them.
If they do it by trying to demolish the opposition, and creating and exploiting social and cultural and religious divisions, then, "throw the bums out!">
a "passionate moderate." Ooo! Is that anything like being extremely luke warm?>
Any political party exists to keep that party in power. Dems can point at Foley and go ooooh... Republicns can volley back with Gerry Studds and Barney Frank (who didn't resign)
Scandals? both parties have 'em. (altho at times either side will cry foul over coverage)
I used to be a Democrat, the Carter presidency cured me of that.
Anyone remember AbScam? or Wilber Mills?>
How far back do you have to go to find Democratic scandals?
And they were small peanuts compared to Iraq War theft, the Marianas Islands sex-trade, outright bribery and egregious corruption.>
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