November 11, 2006


IMPEACH BUSH


IMPEACH CHENEY


MOVEMENT CONSERVATISM GOES DOWN

Paul Krugman calls the last decade or so of rotten right-wing government "movement conservatism." It has been a marriage of big business, politicians, and the religious right. During that period we've seen a disregard for the Constitution, trashing the Bill of Rights,ignoring the needs of the middle class, abandoning the victims of Hurricane Katrina, ignoring the perils of global climate change, and a disaster in Iraq. This column by Paul Krugman is at www.welcome-to-pottersville.blogspot.com:

But we may be seeing the downfall of movement conservatism — the potent alliance of wealthy individuals, corporate interests and the religious right that took shape in the 1960s and 1970s. This alliance may once have had something to do with ideas, but it has become mainly a corrupt political machine, and America will be a better place if that machine breaks down.

Why do I want to see movement conservatism crushed? Partly because the movement is fundamentally undemocratic; its leaders don’t accept the legitimacy of opposition. Democrats will only become acceptable, declared Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, once they “are comfortable in their minority status.” He added, “Any farmer will tell you that certain animals run around and are unpleasant, but when they’ve been fixed, then they are happy and sedate.”