We Aren't Crazy About Bush Either

From the August 30th issue of The Weekly Standard comes the surprising news that not even the Republicans are really that crazy about their candidate.

"Republicans are supporting a candidate that relatively few of them find personally or politically appealing."

I wish I were Jon Stewart at this very moment! I can see his mouth dropped open in shock.

It seems Republicans are pining for war heroes, George H. W. Bush or Bob Dole. The article claims that Republicans are faced with the difficult task of voting against a war hero this time. In order to do this, the easiest way is to convince themselves that the war hero isn't a war hero. Then voting for Bush won't seem so wrong. The cognitive dissonance will be easier to bear. This anti-Kerry campaign is not designed to win undecided votes. It's designed to reassure uneasy minds.

[Click on the blog title to get to the Weekly Standard article by senior editor Andrew Ferguson.)