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Noonan: conservatives are divorcing themselves from Bush
I know it sounds egotistical of me to be constantly repeating that the mainstream conservatives are just catching up with things I was saying years ago, but I can’t help it, because it’s true. Thus Peggy Noonan in today’s Opinion Journal is saying what I was saying all through 2004: that the only way the conservative movement and the Republican party have any chance to win back their principles (such as they are) that they gave up through their association with President Bush is through the defeat of Bush, through the purging of that liberal succubus from the Republican party. Peggy also notices—for the first time—that Bush carried out his liberalization of the Republican party without telling anybody he was doing so—a massive act of deception and bad faith. I first noticed this Bush modus operandi during the 2000 presidential campaign when he said in a speech, “For years our nation has debated this change [the spread of the Hispanic culture and Spanish language in America]—some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America.” Now, did Bush tell the Republicans beforehand that by nominating him they were committng themselves to a Hispanicized America and the ending of all debate on the matter? No. Bush shows a dictatorial contempt for the people he ostensibly leads. It’s cheering to know that a professional GOP pundit like Noonan is now seeing at least some of this.
So, grassroots Republicans are unhappy with Bush, and so is Noonan. Problem is, Bush is not up for re-election this year, Congress is, and, says Noonan, Republicans disenchanted with Bush are taking it out on the Republicans in Congress. Which, we should all understand, will lead to a Democratic majority in Congress next year and the passage of Bush’s nation-killing amnesty and “guess-workers” bill. So, if we want to stop Bush, we must keep the Republican majority in the House.
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