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“Republicans: Think Like Kirk!”

When an NRO blogger uses that as a title for one of his posts, guess which Kirk he is referring to: is it Russell or Jim?  Of course, as long-time observers of the once-worthy NR know only too well, serious references to great conservative minds (except as throwaway lines) are long gone, and Star Trek […]

When an NRO blogger uses that as a title for one of his posts, guess which Kirk he is referring to: is it Russell or Jim?  Of course, as long-time observers of the once-worthy NR know only too well, serious references to great conservative minds (except as throwaway lines) are long gone, and Star Trek trivia and other frivolous topics are the order of the day.

Amusingly, the topic of the post in question is the GOP’s ever more likely political misfortune at the polls this November with new predictions confirming the picture of a loss of the House.  Perhaps if the GOP had spent more time thinking like the other Kirk, they would not now need exhortations to think like the fictional captain of the 23rd century.  It is perhaps fitting for the GOP this year that the exchange Mr. Pitney cites as an example of Kirk’s spirit of adventure in adversity comes from one of the weakest Star Trek films (and it has some solid competition here), Generations, in which the selfsame Kirk dies.  That seems strangely appropriate as a symbol of the GOP’s approaching reckoning.

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