Both by new literary hero Terrance Heath
"Drop Dead" Conservatism, Part OneDrop Dead. That's the best answer that some conservatives have been able to offer to a country in teeth of the worst financial crisis we've faced in a generation. When the Wall Street crisis loomed and the bailout was being debated: let the market fail, and risk another Great Depression, "for the sake of the altar of the free market." Now, the economic downturn having worsened -- and in ways that are more deeply felt in parts of the country far from centers of financial or political power -- their response to rescuing the largest remnant of our manufacturing sector? "Drop Dead," and devil take the hindmost.
"Drop Dead" Conservatism, Part Two
Two phenomena define the "Drop Dead" conservatism that's arisen in response to the current financial crisis -- a failure of vision that distorts the reality in front of us, and an anger that is not merely destructive, but self destructive. Contemplating the abyss, "Drop Dead" conservatives respond by flinging themselves --and the rest of the country -- into it.
A lot of the motivation for opposing the auto bailout on the right is based on wanting to have the automakers go bankrupt. Then, the union contracts can be torn up and the workers can be mistreated.
same old same old...I've noticed that "blame the unions" is as in style as ever among the conservative pundits. Tenacious little pyschos aren't they?