A “Daddy Long Legs” spider
Heck, I already wrote this on March 5th, 2009 — precisely 60 days ago. If you care to read it, you only need add Sen. Arlen Specter’s defection to the mix. The conclusions remain the same:
Look: the blogosphere is abuzz with speculation that the GOP is, as currently constituted, dead. At my friend Joe Gandelman’s blog, The Moderate Voice, TMV coblogger Dennis Sanders (who is a center right Republican) writes:
Is the GOP Like GM?
May 3rd, 2009
By DENNIS SANDERSIn the days following the defection of Senator Arlen Specter to the Democrats, I’ve been thinking about what to write about in the wake of all of this. As a moderate Republican, I can say that it has been a hard week and more than once, I’ve thought of just ending my relationship with this party.
As I thought about and read through all the articles by moderate Republicans like Christine Todd Whitman and Olympia Snowe, as well as conservatives like Peggy Noonan, and their calls for change, a thought started to emerge… [MORE]
I think you’ll find Sanders’ analysis fascinating.
But, like I said: I wrote this in March. All of which means that I have a good sixty-day pad before the blogosphere catches up. So, let me finish this book and get back to you.
“Catholic Bigotry Rides Again” ended up featured on Crooks and Liars over the weekend, and I’d like to thank the thousands of new visitors to the blog, and assure you that if you read the past few weeks’ worth of blogs, you’ll still be ahead of the game.
I expect to return in June.
[In case the title confuses you, Dear Reader, (Ms.) Blakely St. James is one of the 50+ pen names I've written under.]
Courage.
1 Comment
14 May 2009 at 2:20 am
Oh, he’s a smart fellow all right, the GM he tossed for a Toyota was a better product than the GOP he’s sticking with.
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