Commenting on this piece from The Nation, Jon Henke from QandO makes the following observation:
That's funny, The Nation condemning Republicans for abdicating their principles, because, previously, The Nation felt differently about the whole State's Rights issue. When Thomas Jefferson had the idea for State's Rights, it was a pretty swell idea. When Republicans advocate State's Rights, though, it's almost always portrayed in The Nation as an excuse for racism.
Until now, of course, when The Nation trots out that noble principle of State's Rights. You'll forgive me if I'm less than impressed at their sudden concern.
I think Henke is exactly right. You heard similar complaints about the legal aftermath of the 2000 election. "Oh now they see an "equal protection" argument! Republicans never saw one before!" But, of course, that also cuts the other way. Democrats saw "equal protection" claims in everything, except when it was politically disadvantageous for them. At those times they found good old time state's rights religion. Yeah, I don't buy the conversion story either.
Here is a shocker, Democrats are neither better than nor more principled than Republicans. And vice versa.
It's a damn shame.
No comments:
Post a Comment