Can’t Do Conservatism

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.afscmeblog.org/category/politics-and-elections/

February 21st, 2008

If the Government is a car that gives everyone a ride to work, then for 40 years the Republicans have been puncturing the tires, pouring sand in the gas tank, stealing the distributor cap, and, whenever they can get their hands on the wheel, driving it straight into the nearest ditch. Then they point to the wreckage as the tow truck backs up to it, saying, “See, this proves that people were meant to walk.”

And they do this so that they don’t have to chip in on gas.

Blogger Lance Mannion gives this apt analogy to explain the strategy of conservatives who want to privatize everything from highways to our national defense. (Can you say Blackwater?)

Economist Paul Krugman wrote about how the President and his allies even oppose efforts to fund the State Children’s Health Insurance Program because it is making a difference in the lives of children. After all, they don’t want you to realize how cost effective and beneficial publicly provided services can be.

Matt Yglesias aptly named this cynical and insidious strategy “Can’t do conservatism.”

As Sen. John McCain courts his base by embracing Bush’s policies and the can’t-do conservative agenda, the American people look forward to November as our chance to get the car back on the road and drive together toward a better future for working families.

3 links inside the post at the link above.

[DinahMoeHum]

1. I call them "RepubliCan'ts"

:evilfrown:

[TahitiNut]

2. Can'tServeAtives

What I called draft evaders during Viet Nam. :shrug: