By Owen Paine on Wednesday March 15, 2006 04:42 PM
This from arch-Prufrock prog
David Corn --
a man turned lily-pale
at the bad November vibes created
by Conyers' impeachment rumbles.
Calling for impeachment -- given... most everything we know about human nature and politics -- cannot escape the obvious slap-down: impeachment is a dream; it is so far-fetched a prospect that it raises questions about the sensibility and political judgment of anyone who suggests it be adopted as a real-life goal....Dave does allow us to have a little fun, though:Bush's approval ratings are indeed in the tank. Yet is the public clamoring for impeachment--say, in the way it clamored for port terminals that are not owned by Arabs?
One need not champion impeachment to whack the president. Consider Senator Russell Feingold..... There is no chance that this resolution will be adopted by the Republican-controlled Senate But Feingold has taken a stand and provided a rallying point for those (in and out of the Senate) who share his belief that Bush trampled the Constitution by okaying warrantless wiretapping....So lemme get this straight -- neither impeachment nor censure can possibly pass, but the admittedly, explicitly inoperative gesture is nevertheless preferable?
The Master gives us a little koan to ponder in this connection:
There's a realistic way to defy political realities and an unrealistic way to do so.After dumping that bowl of eels, and with a flick of the unbowed chin, he adds
It's no sellout or surrender to recognize the difference.
Comments (4)
Corn really annoys me with this "share his belief" thing. It's not a question of belief; it's a fact. He's always had an aversion to a statement of fact, even when something is as verifiable as his name on the roster of Pajamas Media. Strategic dithering and a will to fecklessness are not the same thing as level headedness and restraint.
Posted by J. Alva Scruggs | March 15, 2006 8:19 PM
Posted on March 15, 2006 20:19
Wow! I haven't seen that much waffling, equivocation and outright incoherency since Richard Gere avered that he was a giraffe.
Posted by AlanSmithee | March 16, 2006 9:13 AM
Posted on March 16, 2006 09:13
j a s:
"Strategic dithering and a will to fecklessness.... "
analytic
definition of a prufrock prog
Posted by jsp | March 16, 2006 9:34 AM
Posted on March 16, 2006 09:34
Corn can be very decisive when he wants to be. Bring up the flag or let a few Marxists organize your march, and suddenly he's the Man of Steel. :p
Posted by alsis39.75 | March 16, 2006 9:45 AM
Posted on March 16, 2006 09:45