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The right wants special treatment


• March 24, 2005 | 1:05 PM ET | Permalink

That the Republican Party is tearing itself to shreds over its internal contradictions is no secret.  In fact, it’s rather fun to watch those who are at least willing to acknowledge it twist and turn in its foul winds.  Is the party that exploded the deficit the party of fiscal responsibility?  Is the party that overturns doctors' orders and tramples on state constitutions the party of limited government?  (Watching Malkin flail over the Schiavo polls isn't pretty.)  Is the party that cries “racism” for those who vote their honest disapproval of an Hispanic attorney general who defends torture or an African-American Secretary of state who displays an uninterrupted record of clueless incompetence leavened with dishonesty?  Is the party that complains of special treatment for “victims” the same one that demands it for true believers?  The right-wing demand for all forms of affirmative action is one that has received insufficient attention in light of all the above.  Where, to quote the guy who wrote the lyrics to “Love Story,” do I begin?

The Cry for Conservative Affirmative Action I
Did everybody read Todd Gitlin’s piece here?  Did I mention it was about The New York Times and appeared in The American Prospect?  (Yeah, I thought so.)"

NY Times Op-Ed: Maureen Dowd: "Oh my God, we really are in a theocracy.
Are the Republicans so obsessed with maintaining control over all branches of government, and are the Democrats so emasculated about not having any power, that they are willing to turn the nation into a wholly owned subsidiary of the church?
The more dogma-driven activists, self-perpetuating pols and ratings-crazed broadcast media prattle about 'faith,' the less we honor the credo that a person's relationship with God should remain a private matter.
As the Bush White House desperately maneuvers in Iraq to prevent the new government from being run according to the dictates of religious fundamentalists, it desperately maneuvers here to pander to religious fundamentalists who want to dictate how the government should be run."