Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Monday, November 13, 2006
More Mythbusting
This is a great post with a simple premise.

If conservatives claim that Bush and his gang lost the election because they "weren't real conservatives", then why did they all support his regime? Glenn details the atrocities and takes no prisoners.

Glenn's central point is that the movement is ultimately defined by those in power. If Republicans thought he was so wrong then they should have spoken up and worked to remove him. But they didn't, because lapping it up at the trough is just too enticing. This is one of the silly aspects of the criticism of Democrats over the past five years. How can they possible "have a position" on anything when there is no central leadership? Even now with a Speakership and Senator majority leader, the party "position" is still somewhat defuse, albeit less than before. It's not until you have a Presidential nominee or a President from your party that the "movement" comes into sharp focus. And like it or not, Bush really focused the world on what it means to be an American Republican. To use a Rove term, it's all branding.
Written at 2:18 PM by Greyhair.
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