Sunday, February 22, 2009

Angry White Pussies

...donning amulets and dancing around the tribal phallus flaccidus totem to ward off evil Radical Socialist Communist Fascist Marxist Nazi Liberal Totalitarian Anarchist Stalinist Hitlerian African Hawaiian juju. But let Glenzilla tell the tale.

Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
They're the same people who believed that Bill Clinton's use of the FISA court to obtain warrants to eavesdrop on Americans was a grave threat to liberty, but believed that George Bush's warrantless eavesdropping on Americans in violation of the law was a profound defense of freedom. In sum, they dressed up in warrior clothing to fight against Bill Clinton's supposed tyranny, and then underwent a major costume change on January 20, 2001, thereafter dressing up in cheerleader costumes to glorify George Bush's far more extreme acquisitions of federal power.

In doing so, they revealed themselves as motivated by no ideological principles or political values of any kind. It was a purely tribalistic movement motivated by fear of losing its cultural and demographic supremacy. In that sense -- the only sense that mattered -- George Bush was one of them, even though, with his actions, he did everything they long claimed to fear and despise. Nonetheless, his mere occupancy of the White House was sufficient to pacify them and convert them almost overnight from limited-government militants into foot soldiers supporting the endless expansion of federal government power.
I have it on good authority that the secret Conservative playbook is titled, "The Principles and Practice of Paleolithic Politics," by Og.

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