Maureen Dowd's column on the post-election climate. Free registration required to read the article.
The trouble is, the people who most need to read this stuff have their minds snapped shut. I've heard more than one Republican acquaintance refer to Dowd with nothing but contempt, even though she's the one who wouldn't let the Lewinsky thing drop back in 1997-98. To them, if you disagree with their agenda, even a little, you're quite literally their enemy. There is no middle ground. These acquaintances consider John McCain a liberal because he says Democrats are not the enemy. Never mind the fact that he's anti-choice, anti-environmental, etc. If he compromises at all, if he even talks to Democrats, he's a liberal.
There is going to be no compromising with these folks. They will not be satisfied until they have crammed their agenda down everyone's throats. Even then, I'm sure they'll find new bogeymen to rail against.
Posted by jbuie at November 4, 2004 02:14 PM