December 16, 2003

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Nelson Mandela Republicans

Orson Scott Card of “Ender’s Game” fame sounds a little over-Zell-ous in a recent article for OpinionJournal, Roy Edroso notes at alicublog. He sums up:

So what have we got? A guy who claims to be a Democrat, but whose main expressed belief is that Democrats are evil traitors for whom decent people should never vote.

And then responds, tongue firmly in cheek:

Taking Card’s example, I am repositioning myself:

I, Roy Edroso, am a loyal Republican. And I’d really like to vote for a Republican someday. But how can I, with the current batch of greedy, stupid Republicans? They are not at all like the real Republicans with whom I grew up — men like John Lindsay and “Fightin’ Bob” La Follette.

Today, I consider myself a Nelson Mandela Republican. By which I mean, until the Republican party returns to its roots and embraces abortion rights, national health insurance, legalization of drugs, gay marriage, and doubling the budget of the National Endowment for the Arts, I will by God vote for the Democrats, difficult as that is for an old GOP loyalist such as myself.

That is too funny. Thanks to Jeff for the link.