Conservatives You Like

Amen to that. Nothing wrong with dissent - what I can't stand is shrill, overheated, purely ad hominem rhetoric from EITHER side of the fence.

I'd start a "Liberals You Like" thread but I can hardly think of any to start with. Oh wait, I do like Jimmy Carter.

that is about 180 degrees away from the Vince Bugliosi I had dinner with. Care to elaborate?

I'm probably as close to a libertarian as you get. But am I conservative as opposed to liberal? Positively, absolutely.

And fuck seatbelts and income tax.

I love how the meanings of things have changed. Arguably, libertarians are as close to the original liberals as anyone. Libéral in French refers to free traders as it did in the time when it was borrowed from the English.

As for 'conservatives', many of today's American cons are really radicals. They're not keen on conserving much if anything of America's traditions regarding individual rights, foreign policy, federalism, or the separation of church and state.

I never read much David Brooks in the Weekly Standard, but his columns thus far in the NYT have been a snooze. Until he pinches MoDo in the ass, I really don't have much use for him. Andrew Sullivan is confused, and while I think he is a lively writer, I don't consider him to be all that insightful. I don't have much use for John McCain--can't really figure out why some people are so enamored by the guy at all. Anne Coulter--not hot, even in a "hate-fuck" scenario. OTOH, Michelle Malkin is hot, and doesn't seem to be a Jesus Freak.

i hate andrew sullivan though, loathe him to peices, loathe is uncle tomming, his religous rhetoric, his assumption that all who dont want to climb onto the marriage truck are evil, and his boredom

But what do you really think...?

i like pj o'rourke, barry goldwater, and richard posner. though all 3 are prob. more libertarian than conservative.

i think that she's nasty, ignorant, and throws off an evil "i've got mine!" vibe -- i.e., i'm the daughter of (nice) immigrants (from a spanish-speaking country), but THOSE immigrants from spanish-speaking countries are wrecking the country. (what's tagalog for "uncle tom" or "tio taco"?) and that's what i could make out -- the rest of her written spiel is illegible ranting.

So Connerly et al. only got their jobs because of affirmative action? How ironic!

I am convinced that Dinesh D'Souza is the spawn of Satan.

Dee. that's it.

As far as his relation to Cochran is concerned - they both seem to be seeking to gratify their own tremendous egos via the court system

TS: The Expendables v.s. this 1994 Kelsey Grammar-hosted episode of SNL (Sandler, Spade, Norm, Lovitz, Jay Mohr)

xpost -- Morbs, even bigger axe to grind if it was his friend's parents who were "socially liberal, financially conservative"

good lord

http://larison.org/2005/03/01/the-hegemonists-thomas-woods-and-the-league-of-the-south

American "liberals you like" would be about as tough for me.

at least you're willing to have beers with us

I didn't know you had a column! Talking about pols mostly, not sure I read any actual libs anymore... Krugman, I guess.

i don't know whether Matt Taibbi qualifies as a liberal, or he only appears that way b/c he hates Goldman Sachs.

surely downey jr is partly rebelling against the countercultural radicalism of his dad?

i'd say matt taibbi is to the left of a liberal, where he should be.

I like listening to Michael Savage, he has a pleasant voice and at least makes time for real creeps like pedophiles and anti-Semites.

whoa that larison post is grim. i knew he was an old right kind of guy but damn.

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Whiney?

you like that site?

or do you "like" it

I just discovered the Caiden Cowger program

rootless society

??? The whole history of non-natives in N. America is largely rootless.