Ethics

Goldberg vs Parker

By Ed Brayton

Things are getting uglier and uglier over at the National Review. Ever since Kathleen Parker and Christopher Buckley refused to jump on the Palin bandwagon, there's been open warfare coming from their offices. Parker writes in the Washington Post that having to please the religious right is what is afflicting the GOP at the moment:

As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit.

Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D.

I'm bathing in holy water as I type.

To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on November 21, 2008 (boomark / email).