I just read these words at The Reaction, about the Roberts nomination: "Bush could have gone a number of different ways, but this one's clearly for the base." Who ever thinks twice about this locution? We're all talking constantly about "the base." And it suddenly hit me that the Arabic translation of those words is . . . Al Qaeda.
That's just as good as Michael over at The Might Middle with his "GOP = God's Own Party = Hezbollah" analogy.
Posted by: sleipner | July 22, 2005 at 03:17 PM
Thanks for pointing this out, Amba. I've been writing a lot lately about "the base". I'd forgotten how that might be translated in a different language! Scary, in a way, although the Dems, too, have their "base". All of which reminds me why I'm happiest in the "un-base" of the middle.
Posted by: Michael J.W. Stickings | July 22, 2005 at 04:17 PM
You guys are the best. Just returned from a trip, relaxing and catching up and you all come up with this stuff to make me crazy.
Posted by: Jack (CommonSenseDesk) | July 22, 2005 at 10:50 PM
Come on over and we'll tickle you too!
Posted by: amba | July 22, 2005 at 11:02 PM
I'm suprised that the MSM hasn't ran wild with this yet.
Posted by: Jonathan | July 23, 2005 at 11:29 AM
Apparently it has not occurred to anyone!!!
And by the way, I didn't particularly have one party or the other in mind. It's both -- it's this whole new strategy of appealing to "the base" and let the center fall where it may.
Posted by: amba | July 23, 2005 at 11:55 AM