The Conservative War On Aesthetics: Never Ending

Shorter Bobo and Ann Althouse: “Millions of people enjoyed Silence of the Lambs, and yet if a Republican were caught engaging in murder and cannibalism, you can only imagine how the hypocritical liberals would react.”

I suppose I should note that it’s also ridiculous to claim that the Vagina Monologue in question is an uncritical celebration of the actions described, but as Roy says this is already taking the argument more seriously that it deserves. As Jon Swift said about a previous clown show, mentioning The Vagina Monologues has an effect on conservatives “not unlike the phrase “Queen of Diamonds” had on Raymond Shaw in The Manchurian Candidate.” (Christina Hoff Summers will be talking about it for decades yet.) Like Bill Clinton’s penis and Dan Rather, it’s just a free-floating signifier that immediately strips the Republicans these hacks relentlessly shill for of any responsibility for anything.