By Emmett Tyrrell
Thursday, November 14, 2013
WASHINGTON -- They are at it again. They are again
telling Republicans and conservatives how dreadful their political condition
really is. I am speaking, of course, of the voices of the Kultursmog, and to
hear them tell it we are in a hell of a heap. We lost the governorship of
Virginia. Even worse, we won the governorship of New Jersey. What dreadful
news.
Of course, in Virginia the Republicans lost to a
congenital liar, backed by the most famous congenital liars in American
politics, the Clintons. It is only a matter of time before he is in deep do-do.
Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe's campaign was an amalgam of lies as flagrant as
his lie in his memoirs. There, for no reason whatsoever, he lied claiming The
American Spectator charged Bill Clinton with ordering "the murder of
political opponents." When I asked him about this lie he did not simply
shut down or ignore my inquiry. He actually initiated a series of puckish
letters to me never admitting that he had lied but constantly caviling with me
on some obscure point that he raised. The upshot of our correspondence was that
he could never identify where it was that The American Spectator said Clinton
had asked people to commit murder. McAuliffe performed similarly against
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, and if it were not for the fact that he had
the funding to outspend Cuccinelli by two to one I have no doubt he would have
lost. As it was, once Cuccinelli began tying him to Obamacare, McAuliffe's lead
dwindled from double digits to just a margin of 2.5 percent.
In the New Jersey race the Republicans won and with 61
percent of the vote. Yet, according the Kultursmog, they really lost because
the victor, incumbent Governor Chris Christie, is a "polarizing
force." He offends the tea party, and that means he can never win higher
office, for instance, the presidency. But wait a minute. Is not the tea party's
major concern the fiscal health of the Republic? It was in 2009 when the tea
party was getting started. Back then if a candidate brought up the social issues
that candidate was doomed with the tea party, according to the voices of the
smog. Well, as Christie told the New York Times this week, "I've cut
taxes, cut spending, reformed pensions and benefits. ... My record is my
record. I'm proud of it. And it is a conservative record, governing as a
conservative in a blue state." As for the dreaded social issues, he is
opposed to abortion and to gay marriage, though he called off a legal challenge
to gay marriage in October perhaps seeing it as a futile fight. President
Barack Obama might do the same with his monstrosity, Obamacare.
Doubtless there are people who do not like Governor
Christie and think his star has risen far enough. Yet I will tell you he is as
conservative as he says he is, and that it is a winning combination with
funders, ordinary citizens, and even with journalists. Back in 2010 when I had
him to a large American Spectator dinner in New York City he was a hit with
just such a crowd. He was the complete gentleman, suave and amusing. He talked about
economies in government, lowering taxes, and balanced budgets. He is not
polarizing at all. Once again the Kultursmog is in the dark about Republicans
and conservatives.
Yet we are told he cannot beat the Kultursmog's
"inevitable candidate," Hillary Clinton. In the New Jersey exit polls
she trounced the governor. So let me give you another set of polls. According
to the Rasmussen poll,Hillary polled highest when a sampling of Democrats was
asked "which candidate they would least like to see with the nomination."
A WSJ/NBC poll found that she had fallen from an April favorable rating of 56
percent to 46 percent and her negative rating was on the upswing to 33 percent.
Doubtless, there will be more. She was the least popular first lady in history.
I do not know if Christie is going to run for the
presidency. Nor do I know if he could win, but I believe he is a contender and
if he runs he will be contending for the nomination in a very competitive field
of Republican candidates. As for the Democrats, they have Hillary right now
and, possibly, Joe Biden. The Kultursmog is desperate.
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