In Other Words

Enemy of my enemy?

Andrew Sullivan came back from a month’s vacation in Europe and I think his stay in more liberal climates has effected him. His previous middle of the road semi-conservative stance of previous months seems to have a turn for the well, other side. Or maybe his opinions about what he believes haven’t changed, but his perception about who shares his beliefs has changed.

If you want to know what I’m talking about read this recent essay by him. It should give you a decent idea of how a man that tried to be middle of the road for the longest time (and was in fact pro-bush) has voiced what looks to be a condemnation of the current Administration.

I imagine he will get a lot of flack for that, especially considering moderate and even serious conservative Republicans read his site. Bad for him, good for those who believe that Bush shouldn’t have another term, as the conservatives refuse to read the liberal sites. At least this way they get to hear some of the arguments.

Something that struck me as interesting was the fact that Andrew hat tipped Joshua Marshall’s Blog Talking Points Memo not only that, but Joshua tipped right back for something else. For those of you that don’t follow these two blogs that will mean very little, but let me try to explain. These two had some animosity towards each other. The few times they did interact they would cut down the other on their own blog what the other had said on their Blog. This was because Joshua was a critical liberal while Andrew was a critical conservative. They rarely agreed.

Now, however, it seems that they have started to share more of the same views (or at least, if not views, the same objectives). So maybe we’ll see a potent ‘alliance’ between these two blogs that together get more hits than the vast majority of newspapers. That would be good as the Washington Post’s Poll suggests that Bush is ahead, alive and kicking Kerry’s ass. Lets hope that manages to even itself out. It might, the Kerry campaign has announced that it’s no hold barrels now, after the Swift Boat smear campaign.

About time. Lets hope that the Democrats can dig up a nice tid bit of dirt on the Bushies & Co.

posted by Symbol @ 31.8.04