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September 28, 2005
Why I avoid the appearance of caring about certain things . . .
I've never cared for Tom DeLay, and I don't see why I am supposed to be jumping up and down over his indictment. The way some people are carrying on, you'd think the fabric of the Republic were at stake. Yet from what I can see, he's accused of some conspiracy to commit campaign finance violations. If he's guilty and they have a case, I suppose it'll be the end of him politically. If the whole thing is as bogus as DeLay contends, he'll gain in strength, a la Karl Rove. It all sounds so typically political that I'm afraid I can do little more than yawn. To illustrate how much I care, I'll switch to someone I loathe on the other side. The gun-grabbing Charles Schumer will do. Were Senator Schumer facing the same type of charge (say, a Republican prosecutor got him indicted for campaign violations), I might be relieved at seeing an enemy of the Second Amendment hobbled, but I'd hardly jump up and down screaming that it was a vindication of all America stood for, or all I believed. Besides, if it all turned out to be nothing, I'd have had my time wasted, and precious energy levels depleted unnecessarily. posted by Eric on 09.28.05 at 02:03 PM |
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I agree with you. I have opposed Tom DeLay ever since he vociferously sided with Santorum. And I oppose Schumer's gun-grabbing as well. But I want to see them defeated on the plane of their ideas, not this trivial ad hominem nonsense. That's one of the problems with our culture today, people in the media (and too many in the blogosphere) would far rather wallow in rumors and trumped-up petty scandals than debate ideas. As Judge Robert Morris would say: "No wonder we are losing!"