Christopher Buckley on Republicans, Obama

[hookalakah]

"The Obamacons — that’s to say, conservatives hot for Barack- – justify their decision to support a big-spending big-government Democrat with the most liberal voting record in the Senate by “hoping” that he doesn’t mean it, by “hoping” that he’ll “change” in office...

The “change” we’ll get isn’t hard to discern: An expansion of government, an increase in taxes, a greater annexation of the dynamic part of the economy by the sclerotic bureaucracy, a reduction in economic liberty.." --Mark Steyn

[helanmatiu]

No way out man Asian women #lushfmlk.info#

[SteamboatPolar]

States rights my ass. states rights was an excuse - not a reason. It was the only excuse ever given for continuing slavery.

Just like Religion -- God's will -- was the only excuse for starting slavery.

Get rid of excuses and bullshit, the world would be much better off.

[openyourmind678]

I wish the republican party still represented the souther states rights platform, then at least we would have less strengthening of a federal government and less wars abroad.

[idicula1979]

The Republican Party is nothing more then a southern strategy carried out on a national level.

John McCain you are a very good man, but the Republican party is nothing more then mass paranoia and mass arrogance massquarading as a national platform and you are not an idealouge. As President Raegen used to say you did not leave the Republican party the Republican party left you.

[TedMichaelMorgan]

Well said.

[cmovbe]

That should be "well said Ronald Reagan". The rest is typical libiot hyperbole.

Southern strategy. Gimme a break. Its the same party now as when Lincoln joined to align with principles over the usual libiot remedy and hasnt changed, no matter what unprincipled loser feds inhabit it. And McCain, whatever he was in the past, is no defender of the Constitution. Everyone in DC are oath betrayers.

Oh dear. The whole pointless vid is over. Not that his whole life is worth 5 mins of his dad's.

[sfafasfasfsa]

@cmovbe Lincoln was a Hamiltonian. the republican party now stands for states rights Lincoln did not. Lincoln stood for infrastructure spending even during war, the republicans do not. Lincoln stood for central banking, raising tariffs (taxes, republicans do not.

democrats were jeffersonians but adapted their populism for the industrial revolution

the orginal republicans hated the excessive government joined with the southern Jeffersonian, and now the few Hamiltonian left are called RINOS

[billionaireby16]

Ah yes... Still... You know what... You're not even worth it kid...

Obama 08!!!!

[billionaireby16]

Jitpring, keep your shit to yourself... Make your own damn argument, but stfu about mine...

[Jitpring]

Ah yes, spoken with the full vulgarity and bile of a lefty. No, friend, you're no conservative. By the way, neither are many who bill themselves as conservatives.

[humanist7117]

Taxes are easy villains. Let's face it. Taxes fund the government and all those programs people want. They provide jobs not just for government employees but for many suppliers to the government. The government employees, the suppliers and their employess all pay taxes and when those employees buy necessities and luxuries they pay sales taxes and their expenditures put money into circualation in the economy. Objection to taxes is nothing but persoanl greed.

[eirefrance]

Objection to taxes has become a sort of ideological mantra. I hear the taxes are theft chant so oftenI wonder if the speakers even know what they mean. For myself, I'd be perfectly delighted if all taxes are cut, but there must be a way to fund our society, especially in the age of the $55trillion deficit. Real solutions are pragmatic, not ideological.

[humanist7117]

Right!

[Redfingers]

Yes, because Republicans look at a 72 year old war veteran and cancer survivor and his wackaloon running mate and say "You know, that's my pick. I have nothing else to say."

Please. Don't ruin conservatism further by suggesting that it's not a thinking enterprise that can transcend petty ideology.

Genuine? A genuine conservative must not transcend party lines? Ever?

[CognosSquare]

Another one i thought of (variant of anti-skepticism) -intolerant to ambiguity in the group. There has been BIG condemnations for very minute deviations from the agenda.

Just general deviations (or propositions) that seems to be potentially positive OR negative but nevertheless different.

It doesnt seem to take much wordage to be labeled non-conformist or "anti-american". The notion is of course fantastically ridiculous.

[billionaireby16]

I am a Conservative and I'm voting for Obama!!!

Obama 08 BABY!!!

[Jitpring]

A genuine conservative would never, ever vote for Obama.

[eirefrance]

A genuinly intelligent citizen would put pragmatism before ideology.

[Jitpring]

A genuinely intelligent citizen would never embrace pragmatism at all, which is entirely vacuous, sterile, and insidious. A genuinely intelligent person would also know that conservatism is not an ideology.

-Jitpring, Ph.D. (in political philosophy)

[eirefrance]

Really? Thinking about the best approach to a problem is vacuous? Sounds like an ideologue to me.