How the Conservatives Qvetch
I’m with Mariel in having a certain semi-detached bemusement about the Republicans (Belicheck like (sorry Chris) ) stealing the Democrats signals and forming the traditional circular firing squad. Listening to Rush diss McCain as a liberal is pretty funny. Having him smear in a truly homophobic slur Sen. Lindsey Graham is even more ridiculous.
Now great sport that he is, Romney is qvetching that McCain played a dirty trick by throwing his support to Huckabee in the West Virginia caucus. No hardball for Romney—might muss his hair.
McCain will probably carry the day based on character. I do understand why movement conservatives find him flawed; he is not a great team player and doesn’t follow party line. He does have an independent streak. It’s called integrity, and it can indeed be annoying.
On the other hand, it is really hard for me to fathom why the conservatives trust in Romney. His political philosophy is such a moving target that it is hard to hold him in ones sights long enough either to approve or disapprove. He has governed as liberal, run for Senate as a super liberal, moved to the right of Rudy as a born again conservative and now seems to be moderating.
He might make a wonderful president. It’s really hard to know. He doe not make a credible candidate. So, how smart are the hard line conservatives for believing in him and trusting him to be more constant than McCain? In my view, not very.
Jonathan,
Far be it for me to question your Yiddish, but I would have thougth that qvetch is spelled with a K, not a q, ie, "kvetch." Something about the Q spelling makes it look, I dunno, too Arabic. No?
Best,
Chris
Chris:
Either is correct or both are correct. As you prefer, and you are the editor.
The joys of transliteration. I use the "Q" because it seldom yields the hideous mispronunciation of kaaa-vetch.
Cheers!
Going to be an interesting evening!!!
Jonathan