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Comment on Viva la Capitalisme! by Fred

Fred — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:38:19 +0000

Define socialism. Define capitalism. And come join us at my retirement party when you’ve finished.

Comment on Does Tobias need to add another candidate to our categories list? by Fred

Fred — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:36:08 +0000

Heh, heh. I hear you. By the way I love the coffee blog.

Comment on Does Tobias need to add another candidate to our categories list? by coffee

coffee — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:40:09 +0000

i’d vote for Jeb Bush if it wasn’t for this intense, sick feeling i just got in my stomach

Comment on If Only… by Fred

Fred — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:16:07 +0000

If he meant lowercase-p “process,” as in, “the horse race,” sure, I guess. (I can’t say that I’m Huckabee’s biggest fan, although he doesn’t make my skin crawl, either.)

If he meant capital-P “Process,” as in, “the civic process,” he needs to go to work flipping burgers in a Wendy’s somewhere and let the grown-ups talk.

Comment on If Only… by J. Tobias Reuel

J. Tobias Reuel — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:42:22 +0000

I could be wrong (only the Huckster and his campaign manager know for sure), but I’m almost certain that all he meant was voters shouldn’t triangulate before pulling the lever. If that’s what he meant, I’d be inclined to agree with him.

Comment on If Only… by Fred

Fred — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:41:00 +0000

I’m afraid I know exactly what this excerpt means, although I hope not: “Christians should never involve themselves in politics based on the process. It ought to be the principles.”

Comment on New GOP Strategy: Pander To Horndogs? by Fred

Fred — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:46:02 +0000

I’d be interested in hearing which specific provisions of the Violence Against Women Act are offensive to the values voter.

Comment on New GOP Strategy: Pander To Horndogs? by khankrumthebulgar

khankrumthebulgar — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:49:27 +0000

Amazing the nonsense that the Conservatives want to regulate Male behavior, while giving Women a Free Pass. It is a double standard, only the inverse of the old paradigm of “Boys will be Boys”. Now it is promoting Slut Feminism or Raunch Feminism as good for the American Republic.

In case you have not been paying attention as a result, along with the egregious treatment of Fathers in Divorce. Young Men are noticing what has happened to the older Males in their Lives. As a result they are bailing on Marriage.

How long will this Republic last with no coherent Family structure? When our children are Bastards? When Men are reduced to Wage Slavery supporting a Gynocracy? The GOP voted for the reauthorization of VAWA, including the Values Voter Candidates. They have abandoned the Values Voters. As a result the Men folk are walking.

Comment on New GOP Strategy: Pander To Horndogs? by Jim Peterson

Jim Peterson — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:45:15 +0000

Religion is welcome but not government. The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church just died and there are candles lit in my bedroom in Russia now.

Seriously…it would be in all of our interests, except the Democrats, if we got a Constitutional Amendment passed in two out of three states that allowed third parties to secure proportional representation in Congress of some sort and/or coalitions to form of the kind where George HW Bush would have shared power with Ross Perot in 1993-2001 instead of Clinton.

Almost all other world governments behave like that and it takes the stress out of the fact that all countries have their liberals, libertarians and socons who would never get along inside just one particular party.

Comment on New GOP Strategy: Pander To Horndogs? by J. Tobias Reuel

J. Tobias Reuel — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:19:54 +0000

I can see the point both of you are trying to make. The GOP is walking a tenuous tightrope trying to appease both Christian conservatives and the so-called country-club Republicans who are fiscally conservative but more moderate on social issues.

As a Christian conservative, I assume that all of the GOP coalition will see things my way. Of course, even though I know that’s a mistake, I have to stick by my guns. Maybe we have to take a look at other parties besides the GOP. Maybe it’s time to look for other coalitions.

I do know this: my constituency is a powerful one. I also know that we can’t gain power by ourselves. As far as I’m concerned, the GOP has walked all over Christian conservatives in recent years and has assumed that we will remain loyal. That may or may not be coming to an end. Something definitely has to change within the party.

That said, I don’t see a coalition comprised of Christian conservatives and free-love, single, male backpackers who think that religion doesn’t belong in the bedroom, not in a million years.