GOP Contempt: What This Election Is Coming Down To

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Submitted by pmcarpenter on Sat, 09/13/2008 - 6:39am. P.M. Carpenter

THE FIFTH COLUMNIST by P.M. Carpenter

Is the Republican well of contempt for the American voter bottomless? I'm not asking about mere tactical cynicism. In politics, that's a given, it seems to me. No, I mean contempt -- a profound, institutional contempt that knows no final depth.

This is no idle speculation or query, of course. With every passing day of this presidential campaign the GOP pushes one more Democrat, one more independent, one more thoughtful conservative to ask the very same question and for damn good reason. The GOP is daring us in so many ways and on so many fronts.

I almost didn't even ask, principally for the simple reason that the affirmative seems so bloody obvious. I mean, who isn't asking the question and drawing the same conclusive answer?