Tag: "David Harsanyi"
Two Great Articles by Two Fine Writers
Here are a couple great quotes from what’s turning out to be a banner day for a blogger looking for good stuff to link. First up, David Harsanyi, on being dressed down by professional panic-monger Ray LaHood: In his best Illinois tough-guy form, LaHood was in the middle of grandstanding about the need for new [...]
If the Left is Winning, Then Why is there Fear in Their Eyes?
David Harsanyi has an excellent column today on the Tea Parties and the capriciousness of politics. Were I a Republican staffer, I’d make sure my boss got a copy of it, pronto. It was a mere four years ago that the Republican Party governed — and I assure you I employ the word “govern” reluctantly [...]
Shut Up and Save the Earth, You Evil American!
Today is Earth Day (and Lenin’s Birthday, which I don’t see as a particular coincidence as well as the birthday of St. Francis of Assisi, which is more what I think our enviro-happy friends intended for the day) which means that we will again be harangued with lectured from our betters about what a bunch [...]
“Republican stupor is not a result of lack of moderation; it’s about a lack of purpose.”
Says David Harsanyi: For the past eight years, we have had a Republican Party that was neither excessively conservative nor too moderate, but a party that employed no principles to speak of — unless securing power for power’s sake is now a creed. After all, what exactly did Republican candidate John McCain stand for? The [...]
That’s What You Said