Good Old Conservatives

Remember that National Guard guy, Calhoun, whose wife said he would never tell a lie? About a month ago, the GOP trotted him out to say that, without a doubt, Bush served in the National Guard from May to October of 1972.

Except for those of us with a memory longer than a sand flea and the reasoning of an eggplant or above, we remember that the White House itself acknowledged that Bush didn't even report for duty until October 1972. For the full story, check out this Washington Post article on the subject.

Also in the conservative bag 'o tricks is a raging Bush hypocrisy: at the beginning of the Iraq war, he told the media not to use images of flag-draped caskets of dead American soldiers out of respect for the soldier's families. Remember that? Not to mention that if the public saw images of flag-draped caskets, our support for his little oil hunt might waver. So this fine specimin of compassionate conservativism turns around and, in his very first campaign ads, uses an image of a flag-draped casket of a firefighter from 9-11. Don't believe me? Read about it here.

You know, if I woke up one morning and realized "holy fucking shit, the KKK is a member of my political movement!" I think I'd strongly reconsider my political beliefs. I wonder why more conservatives don't do that.

Answer to above: because I think the majority of conservatives are very well meaning but also easily manipulated, which allows a few assholes (like Karl Rove) to pull the strings and play them like harps. Which still doesn't excuse their complacency in these crimes, because you'd think that if they realized "holy fucking shit, the KKK is a member of my political movement!" they might be smart enough to reconsider. Maybe that's giving them too much credit.