Oh These Guys

9:03 am EST October 25th, 2008 | News | 10 Comments

So the story on the cover of The Weekly Standard this week is all about how the right is standing with McCain/Palin versus “the juggernaut”. That’s right, kids, the right is now setting itself up as the little guy versus us Democrats. This is a story almost four years to the day after the election where Republicans had created what they said was “a permanent majority”. After November 2004, Democrats were supposed to be heading towards extinction. Now we’re the juggernaut.

Then the story goes on to cite a quote from Abraham Lincoln commenting on the supposed “gimme” election for Martin Van Buren in 1840, which was won by William Henry Harrison. I guess this is Kristol’s version of the now-rampant “don’t count your chickens” argument being pushed by the right right now.

But this argument pretty much falls apart when you consider the “juggernaut” is an anti-war black man named Barack Obama.

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10 Responses to “Oh These Guys”

  1. jr says:
    October 25, 2008 at 10:15 am

    Kristol is the best there was, best there is, and best there ever will be at being a douche

  2. Sanjeev says:
    October 25, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Juggernaut : Used as a title for the Hindu deity Krishna … Kristol is just tired of using “The One” … and winking at the Republican Asian-Americans.

  3. John Palcewski says:
    October 25, 2008 at 10:28 am

    Kristol not just a douche, he’s a fascist swine. A vapidly grinning fascist swine. A simpering fascist swine who writes for The New York Times.

  4. Parthenon says:
    October 25, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    A bottomless pit of self-victimization. War on Christmas, etc.

  5. MrGreyGhost says:
    October 25, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    How is this playing the “victim” card when Obama supporters and their minions in the press have not been talked up having the presidency locked up, but also the possibility of a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate? That’s part of the spin liberals have been pushing for over a year now. And the GOP response is supposed to be what, exactly?

  6. megamoze says:
    October 25, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    “That’s part of the spin liberals have been pushing for over a year now.”

    So losing an election makes you a VICTIM? Is that what you’re saying? Isn’t that the definition of playing the “victim card”?

  7. Sean D. Martin says:
    October 25, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    After November 2004, Democrats were supposed to be heading towards extinction. Now we’re the juggernaut.

    Fortunes change. The pendulum swings. No side should be hubristic enough to think anything will stay in their favor for long.

  8. Sean D. Martin says:
    October 25, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    After November 2004, Democrats were supposed to be heading towards extinction. Now we’re the juggernaut.

    Fortunes change. The pendulum swings. No side should be hubristic enough to think anything will stay in their favor for long.

  9. Parthenon says:
    October 25, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    Exactly what Sean said. That’s why it’s ‘playing the victim.’

  10. COUGAR says:
    October 25, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    THE JUGGERNAUT … I LIKE IT