Friday, January 20, 2006

I Love This Essay

By Stephen Green.  The highlights:

"Look. I voted for George Bush because I felt I had to, and not because I have any deep attachment to the man or his party. Had the Democrats been smart enough to nominate Joe Lieberman, he would have gotten my vote with little hesitation – and that much only because of the natural reluctance to change horses midstream. I didn't write this response to defend Bush – far from it. In fact, I wish we had a President more serious than Bush, not less.

And I want the Democrats to know that. I want them to know that I'm a hawk first, and a Republican voter second, maybe fifth."

But that's really defining victory down quite a damn lot, isn't it?