The Crowbar

As I’ve become more familiar with Andrew Sullivan’s blog, I’ve begun to note his left-wing populism and intellectual laziness.  For example, Sullivan has attempted to dismiss Bill Kristol’s recent reasonable but brief analysis stating that Arlen Specter’s defection to the Democrats “may help produce greater GOP gains in November 2010, and a brighter Republican future.” Maybe so, maybe not, but what’s interesting is Sullivan’s response. He entitles his two word post “Losing is Winning.” The two words he wrote would be “Kristol Daydreams.” I’m not a Harvard graduate with a PhD in Government, but Sullivan seems to be denying that political cycles exist. Maybe he skipped out on the American Government class? In America’s two party system, losing is winning and winning is losing. The Republicans are out of power for the moment, but it will last only as long as the Democrats don’t screw up the country too much. With a hard core socialist-leftist & zero executive experience n00b in the White House, Crazy Nancy in the House House, and Dirty Harry in the Senate House – that won’t take long. Duh. It appears that Sullivan’s visceral desire to see the Republican party marginalized has overwhelmed that intellectually superiour British brain of his. It’s all about gay marriage for him – I think he’s mad at the Republicans for not wanting the define marriage HIS way and he’s gonna make ‘em pay DEARLY. Whatever. Specter leaving the Republican party is good for the Republican party because when the Democrats screw everything up (and, oh, they WILL) it will make the Republican party as a whole look more attractive if it lacks leftist baggage. America is slightly center-right, which make the long term prospects of a center-right party quite strong – if that party manages to remain slightly center-right. Specter is a backstabber – let him go backstab the Democrats for awhile; for them, winning Specter to their side is losing.