OK, so he doesn't quite use those words, but its there nonetheless. Check this out:
| The current reaction is not simply to President Bush's low poll numbers. It's also a response to the failure of conservative policies and to the declining appeal of conservative rhetoric. Conservatives are trying to save themselves by offering progressive-sounding criticisms of the status quo, much as liberals offered ersatz conservative critiques two decades ago.
If Rick Santorum wants you to look at his record in a way that makes him a paladin for the poor and if Dennis Hastert wants you to know that he's suspicious of the oil companies, the political weather is changing. When one side starts making the other side's argument, you don't need to be a pollster to know which belief system is in the ascendancy. |
It is our movement. Our time. And there is no way in hell they are taking this from us. For 26 years they have run this nation into the ground. Enough is enough.
And for those of you out there still doubting, remember this: No one declared a "Reagan realignment" until 1984. In 1979, even 1980, no one saw it coming. But I'm telling you... Its coming, and its coming hard. Hang on tight kids.... Hang on....
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