Thursday, April 21, 2005

Today's Must-Read; Noah Says Of Nuclear Option, "Not Far Enough"

Far, far left Slate columnist Timothy Noah argues for a complete abolition of the filibuster, then veers into the land of the surreal with the following assertion:
The fact is that the GOP doesn't have an agenda. It has impulses: to cut taxes, to increase Pentagon spending, and to mollify the Christian right wherever possible. Does it act on these impulses? Of course. But what mostly gives the party appeal to the electorate is its ability to scream and yell...
Talk about projection! Worth reading, though, for its bizarre combination of cogency and fantasy (hat tip to RealClearPolitics)...

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