tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796818.post-1133109396324784932005-11-27T10:35:00.000-06:002005-11-27T10:36:39.613-06:00I haven't blogged for awhile. No real reason one way or the other, but I think it's indicative of a general malaise in the right of center blogosphere. For instance, as of 10:25am Central, there is not a single new post on NR's Corner, and hasn't been one since 2:05pm yesterday (I think that time is Eastern). Powerline, Michelle Malkin, even the crank-out-the-hehs InstaPundit haven't been blogging as heavily as normal. It's not just the holidays; it's been something I noticed for almost two months. I think it was Harriet Miers. Now, I have blamed Harriet Miers for everything from being a terrible SCOTUS nominee to ruining OU's football season (though that truly belongs to their losing to Texas Christian, one of the biggest role reversals in history). But, much like Wal-Mart' head-scratching decision to quit saying "Merry Christmas," the Miers nomination was a pointless attack on the very core of the President's and the GOP's base. While it may be somewhat resolved in that she's <em>gone</em>, the demoralization remains. It's hard to get excited about Alito, when in September we all would have been linking and cross-linking and enthusing on decisions and trivia and school records and 1980s FedSoc articles. Now -- who cares? Really? Barely even NARAL or the People for the American Way. There just hasn't been as much to get excited about, which makes it hard to write about anything. We have political ennui. The President and GOP killed any loyalty and affection I used to have for them. Even formerly pro-war conservatives have started bedwetting over McCain's torture amendment as if a) we actually are torturing people (100,000 people detained, and around a dozen died in custody? People, that's better than the average deathrate in the US. Grow up, for the love of God!) and b) this amendment would do anything to stop torture. The way hate crimes legislation taught us all an important lesson in respecting our neighbors. But when it comes right down to it -- who cares? We care, we ignore, it doesn't matter, we still get a Miers nomination (or an OU loss to TCU) regardless of our faith and effort. Ennui.Deonnoreply@blogger.com