War on reality

by | Mar 31, 2014 | 2014 Elections, NC Politics | 7 comments

As I wrote a few weeks ago, some insights are timeless. The 2012 North Carolina elections reawoke another pearl of wisdom. When Karl Rove quipped that liberals “believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality” while conservatives “create our own reality,” he defined the conservative culture that haunts our politics.

This culture was on full display at Civitas’ Conservative Leadership Conference, an event to “educate and empower” right-wingers. What an education it was. According to the N&O, attendees received dubious lessons on everything from the Kochs to Kay Hagan. Dan Forest set the tone by urging them to “stop believing” what disagreeable media “write and say.”

It was clear they already don’t. Forest boasted of an economic boom. The Wall Street Journal, which despises conservatives, writes “North Carolina led the nation in job losses last month [February].” Right-wing “journalist” John Fund thunderingly foretold a 2010-esque Republican wave. Yet the Real Clear Politics polling average shows Democrats ahead. Ann Coulter was a keynote speaker; need I say more?

One could write off their bluster as mere chest-thumping, a Republican specialty. Even so, the conservative war on reality matters for this state–a lot. It’s why McCrory says, with evident credulity, that HB 589 didn’t shorten early voting. It’s why Common Core may get axed, to kill off socialist indoctrination. It’s why we’re in trouble until the Reality Based Community reassumes control.

And that’s why we’ve got to hit the campaign trail.

7 Comments

  1. Mick

    You are right; too many Mike’s out there. I am the “Mike” whose post began with the words “Warped reality.” and not the Mike whose post started with the words “Karl rove.” I’ll try to remember to use another name in the future.

  2. Mike

    Mike, for almost twenty, was the most common boys name. There’s more than one Mike if that’s understandable?

  3. geek49203

    HEY MIKE! How many signed up for Obamacare per Pelosi? Who is in touch with reality again?

  4. Mike

    Warped reality is also why McCrory touts his so-called economic successes as the “Carolina Comeback,” while the state has lost 64,000 jobs over the last year.

  5. Mike

    Karl rove stated the liberals own reality. Nice try geek.

  6. geek49203

    Seriously, liberals claim the ultimate sense of reality? Seriously?

    You wanna see what happens when liberals are shown HadCRUT global temp graphs? It’s the closest I get, I think, to what an atheist feels when he’s stuck with God-believers.

    You ever try to talk some sense into people about GMO’s, organic food, and modern farming practices? You know, having grown up in rural areas and having worked on farms while a teen and enjoying the ability to eat cheap food?

    And I can’t tell you the people who, upon seeing screen caps of my Obamacare Bronze Plan bills, are sure that I can’t be correct. I mean, do I believe them, or my lying eyes?

    No, the problem here is that BOTH the Dems and the GOP seek to create realities that they can exploit. And they do have their hard core rabid dogs who believe every word, and attack even friendlies who doubt a single dot or tittle of a line of dogma. And then they wonder why stuff doesn’t work, and people think that Congress is less popular than cockroaches, and why the “middle” won’t vote for them.

    • Thomas Ricks

      Everything a conservative says is a lie.

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