In Michael Medved's almost comically brooding, Waugh-like dispatch from the Daily Beast, one finds from him only one hopeful note:
[T]here is one small scrap of encouragement for GOP loyalists who actually hope to win elections in November: the "Ron Paul Revolution" looks less and less relevant and, therefore, less and less threatening to the future of the party.
I wasn't sure at first if this was satire or not, but after a rereading or two, I've ruled it dead serious.
The remainder and indeed majority of Medved's screed is a muddled, laugh-out-loud defense of Mitt the Reaganite and is decidedly anti-"Santo" -- Medved declares party moderates to be banished but welcome; and I kid you not -- and it concludes in a seemingly genuine reference to "the Republican big tent," and, again, I kid you not.
I have an idea for the Daily Beast. Perhaps its editors would consider hiring Mr. Medved as a regular contributor (maybe he already is, I don't really know, or care), a position in which he could wax eloquent and often about the native habits of the increasingly extinct critter of feral Republicanism: Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole ...
-- Evelyn Waugh, 1937, for the Beast
For some reason when I read Medved's piece I was reminded of a certain pharmaceutical ad that addressed the horrors of toenail fungus. The list of life threatening side effects of this drug are truly impressive. But at least the fungus sort of goes away. Always a siver lining if you look hard enough.
Posted by: Peter G | March 15, 2012 at 04:54 PM
According to a post by Steve Benen on the Maddow Blog, it seems that Ron Paul had a reason for not attacking Romney the way he attacked Santorum and Gingrich--he wants Rand Paul to be Romney's second. Medved is in deep denial, that is, unless Ron Paul is suddenly NOT a member of the Republican Party. Ron Paul was never going to be a major factor in the GOP primary, and only someone who has had his head in his posterior believes Medved's tripe.
Posted by: majii | March 15, 2012 at 05:07 PM
The column would have to feature Santorum as the Great crested grebe.
Posted by: proterozoic | March 21, 2012 at 08:52 AM