Absinthe & Cookies (a bit bitter, a bit sweet)

Phooey!

Particularly liked Jonah's column over at NRO today:

All of the Democratic contenders say that George W. Bush "divides" Americans like never before and that they — and only they — will be able to unite Americans. John Kerry says Bush uses "wedge issues" like the Defense of Marriage Act to divide the American people (even though it was Bill Clinton who did that). Howard Dean, before he imploded like a vegan soufflé, was fond of declaring, "I am tired of being divided by race in this country. I'm tired of being divided by abortion, by gay rights."

John Edwards has a whole shtick about how the country is divided into "two Americas": There's an America for people of "privilege," and then there's an America for "the rest of us." Meanwhile the editorialists — liberal as well as many conservatives — wring their hands about the terrible fissures in American life dividing Americans. Former Clinton pollster Stanley Greenberg, in his new book The Two Americas, also says America is divided into, uh, two Americas. He writes: "Our nation's political landscape is now divided more deeply and more evenly than perhaps ever before."

Phooey. Well, half phooey.

Amen! As if there were a Dem president, we'd all be like happy little Smurfs, singing and holding hands, with nothing to divide us. Like hell! I promise you, if one of those guys is our next president, I shall be the most unhappy and divisive person you know. And be damned proud of it in the process.

This is my personal pledge to you, my gentle and beloved readers. See if you can get that kind of love from the InstaDude! :)

Posted by Ithildin at February 5, 2004 5:26 PM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE