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Why Did Kristol Go to the NYT? Now We Know.

Well, we now understand why William Kristol got hired at the leftist rag, called the New York Times [1] He seems willing to tow their party line… and their endorsements.

This is an important moment for the conservative movement. Not because conservatives have some sort of obligation to fall in behind John McCain. They don’t. Those conservatives who can’t abide McCain are free to rally around Mitt Romney. And if McCain does prevail for the nomination, conservatives are free to sit out the election.But I’d say this to them: When the primaries are over, if McCain has won the day, don’t sulk and don’t sit it out. Don’t pretend there’s no difference between a candidate who’s committed to winning in Iraq and a Democratic nominee who embraces defeat. Don’t tell us that it doesn’t matter if the next president voted to confirm John Roberts and Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court, or opposed them. Don’t close your eyes to the difference between pro-life and pro-choice, or between resistance to big government and the embrace of it.

Kristol ignores, of course, that while McCain’s perspective on Iraq is somewhat better than the Democrats, it should be said that none of the Democrats have stood up and stated they’d leave the place hanging, right away, and indeed that none of them has stated a specific date at all; pretty much ending up with the same timeframe GWB placed on our efforts there a few years ago. Therefore it seems logical to assume that they’re not going to cut and run, for fear of being tagged with having lost a war. The likelihood, therefore, that Iraq gets lost with either of the cuirrent Demorat leaders, actually in the White House seems small at least… and certainly smaller than it did some months ago.

It should also be said that, as regards Supreme Court nominees, McCain has stated flatly he wouldn’t appoint an Alito, because he was too obviously conservative.

Sorry, Billy… no sale.  You’ve still not convinced anyone that McCain would be better than either Hillary Clinton or Obama on any major point.

Ask yourself, people… why would a liberal rag like the NYT endorse McCain? You KNOW why, don’t you, really?

Some conservatives can close their eyes to all this. They can choose to stand aside from history while having a temper tantrum. But they should consider that the American people might then choose not to invite them back into a position of responsibility for quite a while to come.

That’s OK, Billy. You are herewith disinvited from your former position of responsibility as regards conservatism. It evens out.