Grim's Hall

Fantasies of the Left and Right.

So, Michael Scherer writes this piece for Salon, fantasizing about "religious conservatives" who are basically fantasizing about "blackmailing" Rudy Guilani (or any 'pro-choice' Republican candidate) over their views on abortion by backing a 'third party' anti-abortion candidate.

This is fantasizing on a lot of levels. First, there's the fantasy of clowns like James Dobson thinking that they really have some power to wield. Second, there's the fantasy of left wing writeres like Scherer, creating a boogey man of 'religious conservatives' that can be used to 'build up the hate' as I like to say. And it basically serves both sides. Dobson gets presented as being relevant, and Scherer gets to frighten his readers about this supposed threat from religious conservatives.

I find it ironic how they actually feed on each other.

Update: One of the guys over at Powerline thinks pretty much the same thing.