Don’t Blame Me, I Voted For Phillip II
Say what you will about the merits of paleoconservatism, but at least its adherents tend to be quite well cultured and funny. Take, for instance, John Zmirak’s paleoconservative bumperstickers. A few of my favorites:
For pessimistic Protestants: “In Case of Rapture This Vehicle will Be… Just Fine.”
For really disillusioned conservatives: “George III was Right.”
For neocons: “America First.” (written in Hebrew.)
For tenured Straussians teaching at Christian colleges:
“God Bless America.” (then, in Attic Greek:) “Except that He Doesn’t Exist.”)
Hat tip to – who else – Helen Rittelmeyer.
One somewhat serious note: it makes sense that paleocons would be well cultured and have a cultivated sense of humor: there hasn’t been a nationally prominent paleocon politician since Robert Taft. If I were in such an anachronistic political movement, I’d be cracking jokes all day too. (Much the same can be said of libertarians, except even more so)
