“Sex and commerce are fine things, but man cannot live by Viagra and the Dow Jones alone. A life led collecting things and experiences in pursuit of happiness is not necessarily a bad life, but it's not a good life either. Too often, the Democrats act like the Party of Lust, and the Republicans the Party of Greed. Both are deadly sins that eat at the soul.” MenSoulSexSinPartyFineRepublicanDemocratGreedPursuitLustLive ByGood LifeCommercePursuit Of HappinessCollectingFine ThingsDeadly SinsViagraBad LifeCollecting ThingsDow Jones Book:Crunchy Cons: The New Conservative Counterculture and Its Return to Roots Source: Crunchy Cons: The New Conservative Counterculture and Its Return to Roots
“As both a conservative and a Republican, I confess that we deserve to lose this year. We have governed badly and have earned the wrath of voters, who will learn in due course how inadequate the nostrums of liberal Democrats are to the crisis of our times. If I cannot in good faith cast a vote against the Bush years by voting for Obama, I can at least do so by withholding my vote from McCain.” IfsYearsI CanCoursesLosesRepublicanDeserveVoteCrisisDemocratCastsConservativeDuesOur TimeVotingVotersWrathInadequateMccainGood FaithWithholding Author:Rod Dreher
“Watch the speech. Really, watch: if this man gets his party's nomination, he's going to be the next president. By a landslide. And he is going to transform this country. If I were a Republican, I'd be very, very afraid. Oh wait, I am a Republican.” IfsMenCountryNextWaitingPresidentPartyWatchesRepublicanSpeechNominationsLandslides Author:Rod Dreher