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Roy Edroso, for the win:
… Try to imagine what a spectacle this presents to normal people: The Loyal Opposition telling them that the President is a dictator, and that non-discrimination laws are the real fascism. Maybe they actually think this is electoral gold. After all, we’re all supposed to be libertarians now, right? And, as we grow weary of repeating, libertarianism is basically conservatism with a brand makeover. At Forbes, Ralph Benko assures us that “Libertarians And Conservatives Must Find Common Ground” to win, and the way he suggests they achieve that is… to turn against gay rights. “Traditional values as vote getter (not just within the party base but with Independents — including ethnics and blue collar workers) violates the meta-narrative of the party elites,” he says. “Still, the conclusion that traditional values is a net, and a legitimate, vote getter is almost impossible to avoid.”
That’ll be news to most people (though maybe Matt Welch will go for it), but conservatives aren’t most people, and decreasingly resemble them. Here’s Ben Shapiro with his own formula for conservative victory:
Ask anybody who’s ever broken up with a girlfriend, no matter what you say to your girlfriend after you break up with her, she’s going to think you’re a jerk. Right? And the same thing is true with the American people.
The American people have broken up with conservativism. You’re not going to convince them that conservativism is the way to go by being really nice. The way that you’re going to convince them that conservatism is the way to go is because this is a two-party system, and we can paint the other side as mean and nasty as they are. And they are. They’re mean and nasty and they’re horrible people. I mean, they truly are.
Maybe Shapiro will get a chance to read that from the podium at the 2016 GOP Convention. You know, in my conspiratorial moments, I think these guys are all plants designed to destroy the Republican Party. Crazy, you say? We’ll see who’s crazy!
Virgin Ben Shapiro’s idea of a winning pitch: Vote for us, America, or we’ll stalk you on Facebook! And tweet threats to release your (nonexistent) sex tape! And call the campus radio station and tell them it’s ALL YOUR FAULT that we’re threatening to shoot up the quad!…
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Apart from mocking the Usual Gang of Idiots, what’s on the agenda for the weekend?
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