The Current Election
10th September 2008
Jerry Pournelle is rather crochety when he talks about politics, which of course makes him a favorite with me.
Full disclosure for those few who haven’t figured it out: I am no fan of McCain and I detest the Country Club Republicans who took over when Newt Gingrich left the Speaker’s Office. I was one of Newt’s advisors and while he and I have and had our differences, I think the country is very much worse off without him as Speaker, and we wouldn’t be in the mess we are in had he remained. But while I have disdain for the the Country Club Republicans — to put a fine point on it see Exeter’s speech to the Dauphin — I have even less regard for the anti-Clinton establishment who have taken control of the Democrats. And no, that doesn’t make me an admirer of Clinton and the New Democrats; it does mean that I think the New Democrats (who have been thoroughly defeated) are more likely to pay attention to realities than crazy theories; and this isn’t true of those who are now running things. I’m a lot more afraid of the Daily Kos than I am of Bill Clinton.
And that says pretty much all that needs to be said on the subject.