Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

Yes, this isn’t exactly breaking news. All politicians and their sycophants live in alternate reality.

I think an impartial observer would say that a big part of this election was a referendum on the Bush administration. And their wars, economy, state of civil liberties, cronyism, etc were pretty much sufficient to sink anyone with an R next to their name.

At least that’s what I would expect people to say when asked “What happened to the Republican party Tuesday? Who’s to blame?”

But here’s what a panel of National Review Online Symposium had to say:

• “The liberal wing of the GOP has caused the collapse of the Republican party.”
• “[Republicans] relied too much on raw exertions of power and too little on the power of persuasion”
• “We lose elections when we cut deals in the name of pragmatism or try to out liberal the liberals.”
• Voters went for “hope’n’change mush” because it’s “the dominant vernacular of the age.”

Wow, those neocons are really in denial.