See the previous entry. You will note I did not name Republicans who are out there bashing conservatives, and what conservatives believe. That is not because I am too partisan to do that I have done it consistently in the past, and will continue to do it. The previous entry was not primarily about Republicans, and so I did not name any. I will mention names her, however, wiht the exception of these unknown ankle biters trying to make a "name" for themselves with the mainstream media by attacking Sarah Palin. To mention those people by name only accomplishes what they want. Those people deserve to disappear into the obscure slime pit out of which they crawled. Here are some names:
1. John McCain. Yes, as I have said before, McCain made a career out of ingratiating himself with the mainstream media by bashing conservatives. He is still much more cofortable bashing conservatives than with bashing Obama. McCain's problem is that the media is not going to support him as a Republican running against Obama, and McCain has little else going for him--except Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Obama himself is probably the most dangerous man ever to run (as a nominee) for President of the United States (with the possible exception of Gen. George McClellan, who ran against Lincoln in 1864). If you combine Obama with Nancy "Total Failure" Pelosi and Harry "Drity Oil" Reid, you have a triumberate to scare anyone but a leftist kook.
2. David Brooks. Brooks is the New York Times "tame" "conservative". Enough said.
3. Bill Crystal. Bill Crystal is one of that "new breed" of conservatives who believe in "Big Government" conservatism. You could put President Bush in that group. The only problem "moderate" Republicans ever really had with Bush was with his socially conservative rhetoric. Otherwise, from immigration to spending to the Wall Street bailout, Bush has pretty much sabotaged conservatives. Further, the rhetoric has translated into no real advance of social conservatism, except maybe on the Supreme Court. Even there, Bush tried to nominate Harriest Myers, but Democrats stupidly blocked her, giving conservatives time to do her in.
4. Fred Barnes. A cohort of Crystal, and mainstay on Fox, Barnes has insulted conservatives on immigration and the Wall Street bailout. He considers people like me hicks. I consider people like him as intellectually dishonest fools. I guess that makes us even.
5. Hank Paulson, Larry Kudlow, and Republicans and Democrats on Wall Street and in Big Business (Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, et. al.). The dirty little secret here is that, as the socialist demands of Wall Street escalated in response to this financiall crisis, there is no eal difference between Democrats and Republicans on Wall Street. They may differ slightly on taxes, but they are all Big Government, and Big Empire (corporate or government) people in terms of government action they want. I never realized just how socialist they were willing to become until this baiout of Wall Street, and embrace of socialism. But you may have guessed that I was never a Wall Street Journal conservative. I am a free market conservative. Those two things are almost total opposites of one another, although in a slightly different way than the way that far leftists and conservatives are opposites.
The above should give you an idea. The Republican Party is being almost totally supported these days by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Laura Ingram, and all of those other conservative talk radio hosts out there. Those are the intellectual leaders of modern conservatives, with more intellectual consistency, depth, and honesty than the "establishment" Republicans. But the "establishment" Republicans look down on these people, and their audience.
How can a party coninue to exist this way, with its "establishment" having contrempt for the people who are the party's base of support (contempt I reciprocate)? It can't. Until Rush LImbaugh/Reagan conservatives fully take over the Republican Party, or start their own, the Republican Party is not going to stand for anything other than Wall Street and Democrat "light". Democrats, of course, now also stand for Wall Street, and Wall Street now appears to be running the country.
We will regret turning the country over to these people. But there appears to be no way to stop it. Electing McCain, superior as he is to Obama in isolation, is not goingt to stop it. I would much prefer McCain to lose, and Republicans to win the House (the situation under Bill Clinton, when conservaitves did well). That seems impossible. So an Obama victory probably means the unholy trio of Obama, Pelosiand Reid will run the country.
At least conservatives may then get to pick up the pieces, tough as it may be on the country.
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