Comments on: Taking A Stand (Sort Of); The Silent, Ineffective Minority http://larison.org/2007/04/29/taking-a-stand-sort-of-the-silent-ineffective-minority/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Wed, 23 May 2012 10:39:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Maximos http://larison.org/2007/04/29/taking-a-stand-sort-of-the-silent-ineffective-minority/#comment-6359 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:06:37 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/04/29/taking-a-stand-sort-of-the-silent-ineffective-minority/#comment-6359 <I>Could war support among constituents of the GOP’s rump House caucus actually be substantially higher than the national Republican average? Such a thing would be almost as baffling as it would be horrifying.</I> Prepare to be horrified. Not only the GOP, but a substantial percentage of the vaunted 'base' seem willing to ride the War straight down into the electoral abyss, projecting failures that they rightly own upon the now-victorious opposition. The template has already been cut, the arguments formulated, the rhetoric, well, not honed, but blunted to a requisite degree of crudity. In fact, the script was written before the War even commenced, so predictable are these folks. Could war support among constituents of the GOP’s rump House caucus actually be substantially higher than the national Republican average? Such a thing would be almost as baffling as it would be horrifying.

Prepare to be horrified. Not only the GOP, but a substantial percentage of the vaunted ‘base’ seem willing to ride the War straight down into the electoral abyss, projecting failures that they rightly own upon the now-victorious opposition. The template has already been cut, the arguments formulated, the rhetoric, well, not honed, but blunted to a requisite degree of crudity. In fact, the script was written before the War even commenced, so predictable are these folks.

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