That's My Bow Tie!
Tucker Carlson:
Q: I could swear that I heard you say that the Bush administration is
moderate to liberal. Tucker, I think your bowtie might be too tight.
-- Nancy
A: Open your mind. I know that MoveOn.org and the New York Times continue to describe Bush as a ferocious right-winger, but the evidence doesn't support the claim. Would a conservative apply strict affirmative action quotas to government hiring and contracts? Would a conservative defend the Harriet Miers nomination by accusing his opponents of sexism? Would a conservative have nominated Harriet Miers in the first place? Do conservatives believe in government's ability to build utopias, in Iraq or elsewhere? I could go on, but it's too depressing. The point is, it's important to see through the fog of clichés that obscures the real identity of most political figures: Reagan as doddering warmonger, Clinton as horny bumpkin, Bush as budding John Bircher. In each case, the truth is far more complicated, and interesting.
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