Dark Thoughts from Lars Walker

Of course there's no shortage of Internet commentary concerning the recent election. If you read blogs, you know that, and you don't need me to provide the links. Instapundit does a fine job of that, and of course many others. But perhaps you missed this commentary from novelist Lars Walker of Brandywine Books. Lars speaks with clarity what had been nothing more than foggy intimations in my own thoughts.

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People keep asking me my political opinions. No, wait a minute, nobody asks me my political opinions. Nevertheless, I have thought all along that this new blog of mine should include some of everything that interests me, including politics.

And, hey, it's election day, for crying out loud. In any case, if someone somewhere really did want to know what I think about such matters, well, they should probably just keep tabs on Mark Steyn. Man's a genius. Of this election he is one of the few optimistic conservative out there. Over at NRO he writes,

If I’m wrong, of course, it will be a sobering moment: The American people will have chosen to reward a September 10th party mired in sour oppositionism and cobwebbed boomer pieties. Don’t get me wrong. Both wings of the political class have underperformed since 9/11, and this unlovely election is the consequence. But even a narrow Dem victory will embolden the media: Unlike 2004, they’ll have succeeded in dragging the dead horse of the Democratic party across the finish line, and they’ll be even more audacious in two years’ time.

Mark it down.