The latest Republican pissing contest
By Michael J.W. Stickings
So you know how McCain has been trying to prove his conservative bona fides lately, running to the right on such issues as same-sex marriage and abortion? And you know how McCain and Giuliani, both of whom have already initiated campaigns for the White House, seem to be the frontrunners for the '08 Republican presidential nomination? Well, Romney, whom I think will turn out to be the main conservative candidate in the race, particularly now that Allen is out, isn't amused.
"We're in a different place on immigration; we're in a different place on campaign reform; we're in a different place on same-sex marriage; we're in a different place on the president’s policy on interrogation of detainees," he said in a recent interview. (Does this mean he wants to deport illegal immigrants and promote the use of torture?) "I'm a conservative Republican, there's no question about that. I'm at a different place than the other two."
Fantastic. He may be right, he likely is far more conservative than McCain and Giuliani, but these pathetic attempts to appeal to the base seem to be what Republican politicking has come down to. It's all a game of one-upsmanship, an escalation of rhetoric to determine who's more ideologically pure, who's more extreme, than the rest. I can't wait to find out who supports the harshest torture for undocumented gay Mexican abortionist stem-cell researchers.
And there's more -- much more -- to come.
Next week: pissing contest!
And the week after that: penis measurements!
My money's on Romney to win both. Although Gingrich, should he choose to sign up, could prove a formidable opponent in at least one of those two competitions.
So you know how McCain has been trying to prove his conservative bona fides lately, running to the right on such issues as same-sex marriage and abortion? And you know how McCain and Giuliani, both of whom have already initiated campaigns for the White House, seem to be the frontrunners for the '08 Republican presidential nomination? Well, Romney, whom I think will turn out to be the main conservative candidate in the race, particularly now that Allen is out, isn't amused.
"We're in a different place on immigration; we're in a different place on campaign reform; we're in a different place on same-sex marriage; we're in a different place on the president’s policy on interrogation of detainees," he said in a recent interview. (Does this mean he wants to deport illegal immigrants and promote the use of torture?) "I'm a conservative Republican, there's no question about that. I'm at a different place than the other two."
Fantastic. He may be right, he likely is far more conservative than McCain and Giuliani, but these pathetic attempts to appeal to the base seem to be what Republican politicking has come down to. It's all a game of one-upsmanship, an escalation of rhetoric to determine who's more ideologically pure, who's more extreme, than the rest. I can't wait to find out who supports the harshest torture for undocumented gay Mexican abortionist stem-cell researchers.
And there's more -- much more -- to come.
Next week: pissing contest!
And the week after that: penis measurements!
My money's on Romney to win both. Although Gingrich, should he choose to sign up, could prove a formidable opponent in at least one of those two competitions.
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