Look! They Killed PJ! -

Look! They Killed PJ! - Fascinating piece by John Tabin in TechCentral about "South Park Republicans" in the "Blue States".

Two issues here:

First - there obviously needs to be some rapproachement between red-state conservatives, who come from environments where social and economic conservatism go hand in hand, and blue-state conservatives who may not toe the red-state line on social issues, but speak the gospel when it comes to the economic issues that, I'd argue, are what draw most of us to conservatism in the long run.

"It's been argued here at TCS that there exists a constituency of culturally liberal South Park Republicans. It's clear that in the Blue States, there exist politicians with corresponding attitudes -- and equally clear that they succeed by sticking to the economic principles that characterize the GOP at its best. "

Perhaps. But this brings us to the second point:

South Park? Give me a break. PJ O'Rourke christened this group, the "Pants Down Republicans", twenty years ago.

Some perspective, please.

Posted by Mitch at September 26, 2003 06:00 AM