One, two, three... two?

[solarbird]

Predictably, movement conservatism is looking for a scapegoat for the economic downturn and credit implosion. Andrew Sullivan doesn't take long to figure out who that might be. Not that the clowns at National Review aren't already on the case. Mark Ambinder at The Atlantic says that whatever the GOP reforms into after the election will have to have the theocrats along.

Severe economic downturns usually instigate religious revivals, usually conservative or fundamentalist. I have unlinkable but somewhat reliable reports of a lot of this going on already on Wall Street. But will that happen generally this time, given the downslope of the theoconservative movement? Or if it does happen, will it have a completely different form?

Comments

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know of the guy brought the lawsuit. He's apparently been difficult to work with lately.

[solarbird]

Since losing?

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

Since his wife died earlier this year, which honestly is understandable.

He used to be chair of the 41st district dems before R got involved; they occasionally butt heads.

[solarbird]

Oh jeez. Yeah. Ouch.

[wrog]

actually, you're conflating a couple of people. He only moved to the 41st in the last few years (though I think he was chair of the 48th for a while...)