https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/08/02/the-big-tent-perplex-updated/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 03:24:55 -0400<![CDATA[When reading Tom Maguire&#8217;s continued perspicacious coverage of the Affair Joseph C. Wilson, I found myself wondering about the nature of our Big Tent political parties and how they dumb us down to almost farcical degrees. Consider this, two recent Democratic Party heroes &#8212; Michael Moore and Wilson &#8212; are in reality diametrically opposed to each other. Moore goes on to anybody in the solar system who will hear him about Bush&#8217;s ties to Saudi Arabia, how bad the Saudis are, etc., while Wilson, an Arabist, has spent much of his life doing business with, frequently being supported by, those same Saudis. The only thing these gentlemen appear to hold in common, other than a seeming disinterest in facts, is a disdain for Bush. And yet the faithful applaud both. Big Tent indeed &#8211; how about humungous and eventually meaningless? This is politics as a quasi religious sport at its purist. &#8220;Our team is red hot. Your team ain&#8217;t diddly squat.&#8221; Maybe it&#8217;s time for some kind of evaluation of our two party system as we know it. Nothing lasts forever&#8230; not even Classic Coke.]]>Mon, 02 Aug 2004 07:48:03 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2004/08/02/the-big-tent-perplex-updated-n204200