Posted by
SLW on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:22:12 PM
On Laura Ingraham's show today, she referenced Joseph Bottum's article in the Wall Street Journal's Editorial Page,
"The Conservative Case Against Bush" in which he argues that
social conservatism has suffered under President Bush. He says: "Bush’s heart is in the right place, but he can’t seem to do anything right."
Buttom argues: "By the end of the day the media mostly won and the Republicans mostly lost. Social conservatism is in little better shape now than it was when Bush was first elected. In many ways, it is much worse."
Mr. Bottum concludes: "Again and again, he has done the right thing in the wrong way, until at last his wrongness has overwhelmed his rightness."
He then asks: "How can conservatives continue to support this man in much of anything he tries to do? Iraq is not America's failure and it's not conservatism's failure. We are where we are because of George W. Bush's failure."
I would like to propose to Mr. Bottum that the reason the "media" won and Republicans mostly lost is that people like him have been telling the country for years that Bush is a failure.
Mr. Bottum, Laura Ingraham and many others in the conservative media, in their desire to destroy President Bush, are destroying the Republican Party. Their hearts are in the wrong place because they can't see anything right in our President.
SLW
Bottum’s thesis can be found at: http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature?id=110009778