Congratulations to my dad, who yesterday afternoon became the first BrendanLoy.com blog-child to earn a link from a major blogger. (454 hits directly resulting from the link, and counting!)
Mickey Kaus (who, alas, doesn’t have permalinks) wrote at 3:30 PM Monday:
Psst: When people noticed that Bush only got 85% or 86% in the GOP primary in New Hampshire–the pro-Bush response was to note that this was nothing new, because Ronald Reagan got only 86% in 1984. The only trouble with this argument is that the final count seems to show that Bush actually got only 79 percent, as calculated by Joe Loy from the official Secretary of State results. Maybe New Hampshire actually is yet another sign, if we needed one, that Bush is surprisingly weak at the moment.
This resulted from an e-mail that my dad sent to Kaus correcting his math. See, you can get ahead in life by being uppity. :)
Anyway, congrats! And thanks for the boost, Dad — the combination of the lingering Kaus effect and my weekly election boost made today (Tuesday) BrendanLoy.com’s most prolific traffic day in nearly seven months: 760 hits as of 11:52 PM MST.
Brendan, Andrew Sullivan quotes from an email sent to him by a perceptive right-winger, answering your charges of cynicism in the Bush administration and my chagrin over the spending on Rx and NCLB:
I am as conservative as can be. Not a paleo, not a neo, but bedrock social and fiscal conservative Catholic. I read your piece and numerous other wailing articles about Bush’s non-conservatism and have the following comments:
GWB is not Reagan. He did not campaign on the “goverment isn’t the solution, it’s the problem” platform. He did, however, campaign on his ability to form bi-partisan agreements to address problems. He stressed this over and over in 2000. He also said he would get a Medicare drug benefit passed (which congress had been jaw-boning for 15 years), address illegal immigration with a no-amnesty worker program, appoint constitutionalist judges, push for a ban on partial birth abortion, not pass additional gun restrictions, allow faith based groups to be eligible for federal funds, hold Saddam and other rogues accountable, pursue missile defenses, modernize NASA, restore dignified behavior to the White House, require testing for students, and have across the board tax cuts.
On each and every one of these issues, he has either achieved legislation or is currently working towards the stated goal. Considering he inherited a tanking stock market, corporate scandals, Clinton’s phony economic forecasts, and a recession, its a damn miracle that he was able to stick to his agenda as well as he has. Many conservatives are bitching and moaning about some of the legislation, some of the compromises, and lack of spending control; and some criticism is definitely warranted. But one cannot bitch about the agenda, since he laid it out on the table as clear as day when campaigning.
Nonono. // Thanks, B. and A. — but especially A. It was only at your suggestion, Andrew, that I bestirred myself to email Mickey Kaus about it. I believe I mentioned your name, too. That’s what did it I’m sure.
Yes, Congressman Long, I owe it all to you. // (And you arrrre…?…and this would be in regards toooo…? :) Then again, Governor Long, as your literary dybbuk Gov. Willie Stark said about the Hunt for Dirt on his opponent: “Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something.” :)
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February 4th, 2004 at 2:24:03 am
Congrats Joe!
Brendan, Andrew Sullivan quotes from an email sent to him by a perceptive right-winger, answering your charges of cynicism in the Bush administration and my chagrin over the spending on Rx and NCLB:
I am as conservative as can be. Not a paleo, not a neo, but bedrock social and fiscal conservative Catholic. I read your piece and numerous other wailing articles about Bush’s non-conservatism and have the following comments:
GWB is not Reagan. He did not campaign on the “goverment isn’t the solution, it’s the problem” platform. He did, however, campaign on his ability to form bi-partisan agreements to address problems. He stressed this over and over in 2000. He also said he would get a Medicare drug benefit passed (which congress had been jaw-boning for 15 years), address illegal immigration with a no-amnesty worker program, appoint constitutionalist judges, push for a ban on partial birth abortion, not pass additional gun restrictions, allow faith based groups to be eligible for federal funds, hold Saddam and other rogues accountable, pursue missile defenses, modernize NASA, restore dignified behavior to the White House, require testing for students, and have across the board tax cuts.
On each and every one of these issues, he has either achieved legislation or is currently working towards the stated goal. Considering he inherited a tanking stock market, corporate scandals, Clinton’s phony economic forecasts, and a recession, its a damn miracle that he was able to stick to his agenda as well as he has. Many conservatives are bitching and moaning about some of the legislation, some of the compromises, and lack of spending control; and some criticism is definitely warranted. But one cannot bitch about the agenda, since he laid it out on the table as clear as day when campaigning.
February 4th, 2004 at 11:20:53 am
Rats. Outed from my Spider hole. :)
Nonono. // Thanks, B. and A. — but especially A. It was only at your suggestion, Andrew, that I bestirred myself to email Mickey Kaus about it. I believe I mentioned your name, too. That’s what did it I’m sure.
Yes, Congressman Long, I owe it all to you. // (And you arrrre…?…and this would be in regards toooo…? :) Then again, Governor Long, as your literary dybbuk Gov. Willie Stark said about the Hunt for Dirt on his opponent: “Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something.” :)