Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Ahead on Gestalt [John Derbyshire]
I think JPod makes excellent points in his column this morning. A candidate of course has this or that track record on this or that issue, and it all counts, and it should. However, a candidate also carries with him a kind of generalized single image, a Gestalt; and that also counts.
The reason that Rudy is getting so much support from conservatives, in spite of a poor record on social issues, is his Gestalt. It screams ANTI-LIBERAL! Rudy is the anti-Kerry—the very opposite of a mincing, apologetic, guilt-addled elite liberal. A lot of people like that. Whether you can win a nomination on Gestalt remains to be seen, but it's carried Rudy a good way with conservatives already.
02/27 08:43 AM
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