Soccer Mom: Unplugged

From the first time I heard Fred Barnes shriek the word "cult" on Fox News Channel, I knew he'd never be a Romney supporter.  Still, I expected better than the condescension he heaps upon conservatives in his article over at the Weekly Standard.  In "Let's Grow Up, Conservatives" Barnes argues that McCain is the inevitable GOP nominee and that we need to support him because after all, he's better than Hillary or Obama.  He makes the most flawed suggestion I've heard that if conservatives support McCain, we can retake the party. Hmmm.  Ever heard that old fable about the camel slowly getting into the tent, one inch at a time, to avoid a sandstorm.  Before Abdul knows it, the camel is in the tent and Abdul is outside with sand in his eyes.  Barnes thinks that if we invite the camel all the way in, he'll back right out the minute we ask. NONSENSE.  Our government is a tangible manifestation of the sad truth that when conservatives compromise, we end up outside the tent.

I responded to the article and this is the essence of what I wrote:

The inevitability argument is what Planned Parenthood uses when they say kids are going to have sex so we may as well give them condoms.  The idea that since McCain is going to be the nominee, I might as well support him is ludicrous. If my child has premarital sex, then they had better be able to afford either their own condoms or a lot of diapers and burp cloths.  I certainly won't be handing them a bottle of bubbly and a hotel key for their after prom activities. 

In the same respect, I won't aid and abet John McCain in hijacking the GOP by handing him an ballet box prophylactic.  Every vote in favor of McCain, is an endorsement of his non-conservative policies and frankly, I don't see the difference between a Republican who doesn't represent me and a Democrat who doesn't represent me.  Do you really think that a McCain in the White House is going to be thinking, "How do I reach out to conservatives?"