Penny Stocks, Part II -

Penny Stocks, Part II - In yesterday's bit about the Broder Op-ed, there was one idea I wanted to develop, but missed in my hurry to get to work.

As I said - the article is set, in the beginning, at the birthday party for John Anderson, the pseudo-Republican senator who ran as an independent in 1980. The parallel is interesting - and were it not utterly intentional, Broder would not have put it in. It's as if to say:

"The only good Republican is a Republican that acts like a Democrat"

Which is how many on the left (and the "Center" that the Independence Party claims to be) seem to see it. See the spin against Pawlenty? Not only is he "not moderate enough", he - a rather moderate and ecumenical conservative at best - is portrayed as "one of the "Taliban".

Here's the part I love; on the one hand, Independence Party flacks say "there's no choice between the major parties". Then, when conservatives give you a choice between parties, with a coherent conservative approach...

See the pattern here?

Tale of Two Police Departments - Jack Dunphy on the Runnion and Jackson cases.

Counting the Hours - til September 30.

I can hardly wait.

I'll do a big honking article soon to explain why I'm so jazzed about this Springsteen tour.

Posted by Mitch at July 23, 2002 06:43 AM