Jay Nordlinger, by far my favorite NRite, had an extended whine today over the results of the recent election. A couple of my favorite parts include:

12) I’m sorry, but the treatment of Bush — the demonization of Bush — is appalling. Absolutely appalling. And it says something rotten about our political culture. Think for a second about Katrina — the hurricane. I have no doubt that the federal government made mistakes, and no doubt that Bush fumbled the PR aspect. But this was a huge natural disaster — and people acted as though Bush had caused it.

Right. All complaints about Bush and Katrina amounted to blaming him for causing the hurricane. Nobody made any actual substantive criticisms of the president.

Also, Nordlinger writes:

14) I learned something in this election — maybe you learned the same thing about yourself. I learned that I’m a knuckle-dragging moron, because I admire Governor Palin. Used to be, people considered me rather sophisticated — what with the languages, the larnin’, the music, and all. Vincent Persichetti wrote me about a piece of mine when I was eleven, I think! But come to find out, in the fall of 2008, I’m just a drooling hayseed. Funny old world. (emphasis added)

Hey, he said it.