Hero worship
I’ve been seeing a lemming-like increase in hand-wringing articles about the need for a GOP “hero.”
The latest comes from McCain/Bush flack Nicolle Wallace in “The Daily Beast” — Tina Brown’s liberal salon sprinkled with acceptable, non-conservative Beltway Republicans who swallow false premises whole.
Wallace parrots the line that the Republican Party needs an “effective communicator” who can match Obama’s “eloquence.”
Her genius, never-before-thought-of proposal: Get an actor!
Wallace floats Gary Sinise as the next “hero.”
Yes, Sinise is an attractive celebrity who has done fabulous work supporting our military.
But this makes him qualified to run for the highest office in the land and lead the GOP…how?!
The same people who derided Sarah Palin — whose executive experience outmatched the current man sitting in the White House — are now looking to Hollywood actors with zero political experience and unknown commitments to conservative principles?
Ask conservatives in California how the eloquent actor strategy is working out there now. Or ask the architects of the Fred Thompson campaign.
Acting experience and eloquence are not enough. If these party saviors think the lesson of Reagan is to turn politics into a casting call — find a shiny vessel first and worry about the contents later — the GOP is even more royally screwed than I thought.
As for Obama’s “eloquence,” it’s a sign of how out of touch these strategists are that they continue to accept that bogus premise.
What the GOP needs are more in-touch representatives who can communicate to the American people what an inarticulate, gaffetastic, wrong-headed politician Barack Obama really is (see the copious Hot Air archive of Ed Morrissey’s Obamateurisms of the Day).
Mimicking the Left’s idolatry isn’t the path to GOP salvation. It’s the path to permanent ruin.
The rebranders have it ass-backwards. The key isn’t rebranding the GOP. It’s rebranding Obama.
See what others have said
Note from Michelle: This section is for comments from michellemalkin.com's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that I agree with or endorse any particular comment just because I let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with my terms of use may lose his or her posting privilege.
Comments
You must be logged in to post a comment.
 |
More CPAC speeches in 20 words
February 11, 2012 06:53 PM by Michelle Malkin
31 CommentsNancy Pelosi Explains Why Obama Flip-Flopped on Super PACs
February 9, 2012 10:08 PM by Doug Powers
50 Comments
Report: Solyndra Sold Assets Cheap to Entity with Close Ties to Investors
February 9, 2012 10:08 AM by Doug Powers
49 CommentsRomney gets Rick-rolled: Santorum sweeps Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado in 2/7 trifecta
February 7, 2012 07:24 PM by Michelle Malkin
332 CommentsFormer Democrat Rep. Regrets Vote for Obamacare Due to Contraceptive Coverage
February 7, 2012 03:40 PM by Doug Powers
75 Comments
Middle Class Payroll Tax Cut Extension Comes Courtesy of Mortgage Fees on Home Buyers
February 6, 2012 01:36 PM by Doug Powers
35 CommentsSantorum’s got game
February 6, 2012 10:05 AM by Michelle Malkin
184 CommentsNevada Caucuses Open Thread; Update: Romney Wins
February 4, 2012 04:30 PM by Doug Powers
139 Comments
Hiring Spree in NYC
February 1, 2012 02:47 PM by Doug Powers
43 Comments
Categories: Barack Obama,GOP
Riehl World View
» Whitney Houston: If I should stay I would only be in your wayPatterico
» Rick Santorum and the two playbooksGateway Pundit
» Barack The BenevolentRiehl World View
» Romney's Blood Is Blue, Not ConservativePundit & Pundette
» King Barack vs. the Nonconformists
If this is the case then only one can be up to the task. “Kermit” the Greenies would love it and Miss Piggy would be a better looking First Lady.
We don’t need a GOP hero. What we need is for the American people to stand up for what is right.
This is the same Nicolle Wallace that stabbed Gov. Palin in the back after the campaign by airing lies and dirty laundry and who was probably the source for Karl Cameron, I presume?
If the Democrats can put a character in the White House, why can’t we?
John Connor
Jack Bauer
…just to name a couple.
what the Republican party needs is a real leader, not some idiot who can read off a teleprompter. zero, effective communicator, right, has anyone seen him try to get a point across when his teleprompter is on the fritz, he is a complete embarrassment. like watching an inflatable doll lose air.
If the Republicans try to put an empty suit to run against Obama, they will lose.
The media WILL investigate, note a lack of experience and rip the candidate apart, unlike they did with Obama. We haven’t forgotten the media is a one-way street have we?
The best the republicans can do is put a young, well speaking, strong conservative with a record to back it up.
All you waaant is life beyooond…. the Obamadome.
When you put your faith in only your fellow man, you will forever be disappointed. When did the presidency become an idol to be blindly praised and followed as opposed to the main representative of the U.S.A. and of it’s people. The office of the presidency works for us, by our leave. It’s about time people woke up and voted accordingly.
No no, Rogue.
WE are the ones WE have been waiting for.
We.
Well, he did play the sort-of ‘hero’ in ‘The Stand’. But he played the bad guy in ‘Ransom’. Oh man. Now I’m confused…
Perfect Michelle, I couldn’t have said it better myself! These RINO’s who think they know what to do with the GOP should leave and join the Dems like Specter.
It seems like everyday Megan McCain says things that are just too dumb to comprehend. To coin an Obama phrase, Your Dad lost Megan stop making the talk show rounds, your mindless drivel is hilarious to listen too but it’s creating entirely too much CO2 and Al Gore is calling for a moratorium on your BIG mouth.
All we need are some adults to take to the Hill and weed out the childish behavior of Pelosi, Reid, Schumer and most of all Prompterbama!
EXACTLY.
We need to stop listening to liberals and moderates about how to “remake the GOP brand”. They know that if conservatives “find” a “star” he will never measure up to BHO. The MSM will make sure of that. We need to find and SUPPORT conservative candidates from local elections to the national level. By support I mean NOT staying home on election days in the primaries and generals. Too many of us stayed home and handed the leadership of the House and Senate to the liberal Dems. in 2006 and 2008. I know the arguments against the poor choices we had BUT, leadership matters.
The Dems and Media simply want to be certain that their candidates aren’t slaughtered in 2010. They are on to something with their constant “Remake YOUR party”, aided by the “Ole Guard” [RINOs] that wants to keep the power no matter the destruction. Stay the course, stay true to the principals; leaders will emerge. Conservative principals will win out!
The problem is you continue to delude yourself that the Republican Party is viable. It is not. It is traitorous to your sense of America, to the Constitution and to your sovereignty as an American. What you think of as the ‘Republican Party’ has clearly been co-opted by ideology and powers that are abhorrent to the America of the Constitution.
If you keep bringing knives to these gun fights, you’re gonna keep getting what you’ve been getting … you’ll continue to be the clueless newbie in the showers picking up soap.
The Founding Fathers of this Nation did not go to war against an invading enemy or an alien nation … they went to war against their sovereign and against their mother country.
Until you’re willing to pay this price … http://www.liberty1.org/risk.htm you’re one of the hundreds of millions of clueless droids our enemies thrive upon.
They are taking the marketing approach the Democrats used why do they think all those voters didn’t vote for Obama? Slick Marketing didn’t work on them the base of the Republican Party…so superficial package treatment doesn’t work on people looking for Substance. This is another case of Republicans trying to become Democrats 2.0 why bother voting for Republicans when you can vote for the original brand Democrat. That is why there were so many people at the tea parties….people are tired of 1 party with two different brands looking out for their self interest & power grabbing not to mention their corporate bonding.
Thank you, Michelle. Finally someone else other than Dick Morris gets it. It’s not the style, it’s the substance. In fact, if the substance is internalized and understood by the communicator, the style goes a long, long way in taking care of itself.
Please tell that to Bill O’Reilly: we were so frustrated with him because he would not let Dick Morris get a word in edgewise last week when Dick Morris tries to tell him the same thing!
If the choice is the GOP “leaders” we now have, or Gary Sinise, then GO GARY!!
I like him, and his band.
I don’t know enough about him to know how good a leader he would be, but I’m certainly not going to rule him out because he is a celebrity.
Anyone remember Ronald Reagan?
That’s right. The entire GOP is bending over. Never realizing there is no honor amongst thieves…
Eloquence is of little use when you have nothing worthwhile to say, and I think the current occupant of the White House is all the proof of that anyone should need.
If I had to pick one person to trust the future of the party to it wouldn’t be some random Hollywood pretty boy. It’s be Bill Whittle.
The best advice to the GOP came from Ann Coulter. She told them to tattoo these words on their foreheads “Never Take Advice From Your Enemies”. They haven’t done that , but are still taking advice from the enemy.
Or at least equal to that of Bill Clinton, who NEVER had her approval numbers as governor of Arkansas….
I am a guy who makes persuasive arguments to courts and juries.
I LOVE Sarah Palin, and find her quite articulate and able to communicate the conservative message effectively.
A lot of us have short memories, but I remember Bill Clinton making a pivotal speech that was considered one of the worst yawners in the history of political discourse. He came back…
So, now Gary Sinise for President.
And Tom Selleck for Vice President.
They’re both good Conservatives. And, as actors, they would be eloquent and comfortable speaking in front of a crowd.
But, as is only too apparent now, more is required than just good public speaking ability.
I’d rather have someone who has actually had to run a company or a state.
I believe that anything left of Ronald Reagan conservatism is just another shade of liberalism. Someone please remind me again – how did John McCain win the primary? My bumper sticker: Don’t blame me – I voted for Palin and whats-his-name.
Jack Bauer in 2012. I like the sound of that.
The GOP simply needs to learn how to collect political capital and use it. The Obama NYC flyover.. Why isn’t this being exploited? We can talk about it amongst ourselves and, with a few exceptions, agree that it was stupid and unthoughtful (maybe). But, the fence sitters that make the 4% difference that elects presidents probably aren’t reading conservative blogs. The RNC has to get of thier fat, Democrat controlled butts and use the ammunition that the left provides every day.
I know someone fro the RNC is reading this. You can win fence sitters over by pointing out the obvious. It doesn’t even cost anything.
Just get the will to fight.
The face of the GOP is a collage. Unlike our liberal friends who need the symbolism of a face, like Che or Lenin, the face of the GOP needs to be one of all the various citizens of this country. There does not need to be identity politics or group think involved in the branding. The Republicans are trying to sell an idea not a product like Pepsi. No fancy slogans, no iconic symbols, just a confederation of clear thinking, common sense everyday American. You know the kind that the liberals love to rip to shreds.
We need to chum the water with as many Prejeans, Joe “The Plumber”, Sarah Palins and others to really drive home the point that the liberals and Dems are the party of hate and destruction while the conservatives, while certainly sqwabling amongst ourselves do hold on to a core set of beliefs and while we will not destroy you as a person we will remain true to our conservative core and try to convince you to see our way of thinking and argue against your positions, at the end of the day we will not ruin your life.
The GOP needs to put the emphasis on the real issues that government should be concerned with like national security, fiscal responsibilty and deemphasize the social issues. Not to say they aren’t important but they serve to drive a wedge amongst people for most social issues 33% are going to be with you, 33% against you, and the remaining third could care less.
The problem with having a central leader is that at some point they are going to disappoint you. Don’t set yourself for failure and don’t play by the rules dictated by the liberals, they just don’t have any capacity to think outside of their group identity box.
The one thing that the Republican Party is missing and the one thing that would boost the party? A spine.
John Bolton.
This is the whole point, right here! We allowed the msm to pick our last presidential candidate and they picked a sure loser! Why listen to anything they say? Or anyone else who doesn’t have the interests of conservatives at heart? Didn’t Dick Cheney just say last week about Colin Powell…”why should republicans take advice from him? He is for big government, high taxes, and he voted for Obama. That makes him a democrat.” (paraphrase)Any advice from these phoneys is to be ignored!
By the way, I have been off-line for days…computer problem! We had to get Quest out here to figure out why! Still having some issues, so I don’t know how much I will be writing. But after suffering serious MM withdrawal, it feels so good to get back in here!!
You have to hand it to Obama’s teleprompter. It not only recognized the narcissicm of the current electorate, it exploited it extremely well.
The big disappointment with Fred Thompson wasn’t that he was an actor who failed, but rather he was an *experienced politician* who also had all of the other attributes that we’re talking about – and he turned out to be completely inept at running a national campaign.
If we fail to accept the fact that looks matter, we are missing the boat. Looks matter. Fox News is living proof of it. So is Anne Coulter and, dare I say it, Michelle.
You need to have the goods, this is true. If Fox paraded a string of imbeciles, or if Michelle and Anne weren’t brilliant, they would all fail. This is what we will see with President Chauncey, soon enough.
But to reject out of hand the Reagan formula is simply dumb.
He was handsome. In his youth he was VERY handsome. He was eloquent, and charming, and disarming.
And, yeah, he also had the goods. He wasa brilliant conservative. If we can find someone else who meets all of these criteria, why not go that route?
What we need is a solid movement of people working for the common purpose of restoring our Constitution, our liberty and our culture. We need to select our representatives from within our ranks. If any heroes arise they’ll come from within.
We need to articulate which of our conservative principles will not be compromised, and which ones we will “debate”. For example, we will not compromise on abortion, big government or high taxes. There are other issues that perhaps can be more bi-partisan. Compromising our moral values or the principles of our founding fathers is not an option! If we don’t get back to that, we are lost. There is a HUGE difference between liberals and conservatives. We should be able to get that message across more effectively.
With the exception of a very few, the whole lot in congress makes me sick.
I’m not sure if we can ever get it back no matter who we nominate. The lamestream media is so blatantly in the tank for the democrats, I’m worried that we may never be able to get our message out again. People I speak to that read the local paper everyday and watch the evening news have no clue what is really happening because of the carefully orchestrated campaign to shine a positive light on all that He does. Whoever we find will be ripped to shreds like McCain and Bush were. Since the media isn’t even trying to hide their partisanship anymore, I not sure we will ever be able to recover. (especially with what they’re preparing to do with the censis and the illegals)
There are supposed to be all sorts of “key” qualities a successful presidential candidate “must” possess.
For instance, the taller man will win.
Bald men need not apply. Facial hair is a killer.
Blah, Blah, blab-blah-blah.
Unfortunately, there is some truth in a lot of those observations, and it is simply true that marketing is a HUGE factor in winning a presidential election.
But, from my point of view, there is a threshold of commitment to sound conservative ideology that has to be present for me to support anybody I would consider voting for.
I think, and I vote according to my thinking, not some extraneous BS.
Unhappily, we can’t ignore remainder of the electorate, that DO…demonstrably…vote on the extraneous BS.
A good example of our differences is watching Obama telling his “jokes” at that Press Dinner last week. What a low-class moron he is! When he thought it was so funny to say Rahm Immauel couldn’t say the word “day” after Mother…implying that he always used another word instead, I almost puked. That was so demeaning to the office he is in!! But he is so morally bankrupt that he thought it was funny to make a joke about one of his key players saying MF all the time. Ha-ha. So funny. And joking about the fly-over as if thousand of NY citizens being totally terrified and in danger of heart attacks, etc. was to laugh at…he is scum.
OMG! I was beginning to think I was the only one aware of this. Thank you Michelle for posting the obvious. [Zero sarchasm intended]
Well said. We are indeed a nation of sheep and the communists are exploiting that fact to full effect. Short on memory… even shorter on character and conviction.
Our problem is in the moment, and in the moment it is getting VERY much worse.
THE ONE is benefiting from rank hero worship, which derives in great part from his racial identity.
He is currently WORKING HARD to destroy our culture and economy. His policy is madness, and utterly disjointed from reality.
http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/05/obamas_magical_mystery_tour_of.php
He has to be stopped, and we have very little in the usual quiver of civic responses with which to stop him.
The San Fransisco Chronicle thinks Meghan McCain is the hero the GOP is looking for.
The idea of “Ein Volk, ein Fuhrer” never goes out of style with people who have no tolerance for opposing opinions.
Lt. Freaken Dan? I sure hope I don’t let him down.
The MSM was for John McCain before they were against him. That’s because they wanted him to run against the Democratic candidate because they felt he would be the easiest to beat. Once it was official, they really turned on him.
The MSM would like to make Megan McCain more than she is as a spokesman for the Republican Party. Actually, why would anyone listen to her? What does she bring to the table?
Beware the liberals telling the Republicans what’s good for their party. Any advice is in their best interests.
There are two platforms that cause me to vote Republican. Pro Life and their stance against homosexual marriage and/or condoning the homosexual lifestyle. If they drop or compromise either one, I’ll be looking for another party or group to align myself with. Sarah Palin already has my interest.
Remember how the liberal media routinely leveled accusations of “the empty suit president” and “Chief Executive-by-committee,” against Presidents Reagan and GW Bush for their appearing to make decisions based on the advice of various cabinet members and underlings?
Well why aren’t they making those same claims against Obama, when it’s perfectly clear that David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel have far more influence and authority in this administration than both James Baker and VP Cheney could have ever wielded in their respective administrations?
Could it be that Obama’s glaring lack of executive experience nearly dictates that he receive and attend to all the advice he can possibly get, and from any source?
It is laughable that the MSM is trying to push Megan McCain on us! Remember what Bush said once…”Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…well…you’re not going to fool me twice”. Or something like that! Anyway, Megan McCain??? They really do think we are stupid, don’t they? And as for conservative values, gay marriage and abortion are very big issues and can’t be compromised, no matter what the MSM tries to push down our throats. Other social issues are important too, but the means of achieving some things can be debated. As for size of government and taxes, those are also issues that should not be compromised. They are an integral part of the Republican platform (believe it or not!) We just need to elect someone who will follow the rules and not just promise the moon and do a complete 180 as soon as their feet hit the floor or the White House (like Obama did). Will we ever trust a politician again? That is the question.
The answer to that question is yes…yes…yes. Plus, he owes so much to so many…his policies reflect that. Soros, Unions, etc.
Jeff Sessions, Jim DeMint, Sara Palin, can’t think of Ok. senators name, Ryan, Pence. We have plenty if they would just let them speak.
Meghan McCain will be the next “hip young voice” of the GOP until the inevitable nude photos of her show up on the internet.
B_I_N_G_O!
It certainly would…were he at all uncertain about what he wants, and how he wants to do it.
Is there ANY evidence he listens to anyone who is not a fellow traveler…???
All evidence points to the opposite conclusion…he seeks to silence anyone who poses a bump in the road to fascist economics.
There are plenty of “good guys” in Congress; but they probably figure that the process just isn’t worth the personal sacrifices.
(The Senators from OK are Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe; both Republican)
…and if looks matter, why not Marsha Blackburn (TN), or Michele Bachmann (MN) …
Yes, please push her as a presidential candidate. Pretty please? Come on, she has rock solid conservative bonafides. She will never drift to the center on you. What can you conservatives do as a collective to make this happen? Make it so.
What Republicans call “hero” really just means someone with more positives than negatives. Can you name one? Racist Jeff Sessions? Abstinence only Mom Sarah Palin? Flip-flopping Mitt Romney? Switch hitter Arlen Specter?
It turns out that radical conservative orthodoxy is like bone cancer to the party. Slowly but surely it weakens from within.
Jeff Sessions has racial equality chops that Teddy Kennedy never dreamed of having.
Leftist lies to the contrary. Lies as to both men, BTW.
But being “death only” Barack doesn’t seem too bad to the likes of you, does it?
I think that John McCain is the only Republican (in name only) that can match Obama in “eloquence.” ……. ooops, sorry…… I meant “B.S.”
Amen.
But we won’t make that mistake.
Sessions is being Alinsky’ed.
That just lets us know how big a threat he is to the Communists’ agenda.
The Program of the Communist Party USA, mentions variations on the word “race” (racial, racism, racist) 124 times and variations on the word “oppress” (oppression, oppressed) 116 times. The theme of their entire program is that white male capitalists are racist oppressors and the system (capitalism) must be dismantled.
The Communists currently control the Legislative and Executive branches. They want to control the Judicial branch, and Sessions is a threat to that agenda, so of course the Communists are going to call him “racist”.
False charges of racism are beyond cliche at this point. We’re on to you, your program, and your Alinsky methods.
It’s been said of presidential candiates that “Donks fall in love; Republicans fall in line.”
Donks “fall in love” because they’re sheep: largely brainless, incapable of forming or defending their own opinions, and reliant on the herd mentality and external approval/affirmation to tell them what to do.
That’s why they swooned over Hope-a-Dope: A smooth-talker who blew hopey-chaney happy smoke up their collective asses and they bought it without question.
Small wonder that they see the Republicans’ problem as not having a charismatic “shepherd.” They’re looking at matters solely from their own perspective.
The problem for the Republican party is that it’s so squandered the goodwill of its base that hardly anyone is “falling in line” anymore. To wit:
Republicans, not being sheep, don’t need a Teleprompter Jesus like the donks do; but they do need a party apparatus that stops slapping its own base across the face while wondering why they stay home on election day.
Do that first, and then get to work on getting others to realize that no, their eyes aren’t lying and yes, that really is Hope-a-Dope’s wanker swinging from side to side as he smugly parades around in his “new clothes.”
I have begun to wonder, as I watch the GOP in “action” lately, if there can be a viable GOP in the future. I don’t say that it could not be viable, but I sure don’t see the party…as opposed to its voters…showing any signs of vitality.
We may be looking at the need to hold a funeral for the old party, and form a new Liberty Party. We would need to do both, and the former first.
We don’t need a third party to dilute power in the voting booth.
Maybe that is too pessimistic, but I’m damned if I see any trends in the right direction in the GOP. Good people, sure, but that is never enough.
LGM,
The difference is that we don’t have to do a made up “roll call” like the one you just spewed. Oh, let’s do one anyway:
No one in your list has ever been in the KKK. How many Dems can I name.. Not enough space.
Lets look at 20th century Presidents.. Who got us in to wars?
Wilson – Democrat (originator of the thought police too) WW1
FDR – Democrat WW2
Truman – Democrat Korea
Kennedy – Democrat Bay of Pigs/Vietnam
Johnson – Democrat Vietnam
Regan – Republican – Grenada
Bush – Republican – Panama and Gulf War 1
Clinton – Democrat – Somalia, Bosnia, Sudan (counting the Monica deflecting missiles).
Bush – Republican – Iraq, Afghanistan (21st century but I will throw them in and still make my point.)
So, for warmongering, it is Dems 9, Repubs 5. The ratio is much higher if you include body counts..
Let’s see who got us out of wars:
Wilson Democrat – WW1
Truman Democrat – WW2
Ike Republican – Korea
Nixon Republican – Vietnam
Reagan Republican – The Cold War
Bush Republican – Gulf War 1
I won’t include the smaller conflicts – almost all resolved by Republicans.
Dems 2, Republicans 4.
Do I have to get in to the Democrat/Lefty business of using class to keep poor people poor? I won’t but it would take very little effort.
When Dems start promoting an agenda of self sufficiency, less dependence on Government, the ability to earn, create and retain wealth and, above all else, freedom to succeed and fail, then you can truly say they are a party of equality. At this point in time, they don’t. Pointing out Republicans you dislike and making up accusations based on your own imagination, well, that’s stupid.
BTW, you love to call Trent Lott a Racist. The accusation stems from his comments at Strom Thurmond’s retirement. So, by extension, you label Mr. Thurmond, a Democrat, racist. If you aren’t a racist bigot, you need to step back and reexamine your party.
The dim-dems count on the public having a short memory. The dems can get away with lying about what they did in the past if it makes the GOP look bad. As far as I’m concerned, both parties are pathetic. The dems may have won, but they have yet to show any leadership or ability to govern. Instead, we are treated to the latest vocab manipulation in an effort to get us to believe that they actually know how to improve things.
I fixed this for accuracy.
So, by extension, you label Mr. Thurmond, a (former) Democrat turned Republican after a Democrat signed Civil Rights legislation that would never have been passed without Republicans voting for it while Dimocrats voted against it, racist.
Yeah. Like Al Gore’s daddy, or Bill Clinton’s mentor.
There…
Absolutely.
Yeah, you know I have this wacky theory that both parties have had racist leaders over the years. Both parties have also had crusaders for racial equality and justice. Pretty crazy belief, huh? I guess I’m nuts that way.
I’m backing away in my chair, yawning, and rolling my eyes now.
If we’re going for accuracy…
What I find odd is how selective certain posters here are about being able to disassociate a political party with a certain ideology that they feel the party has abandonded (read: Republicans and conservativism) if that serves their needs, and how unwilling they are to do so, how whatever members of that party may or may not have done 40, 50 years ago still hangs around the party today like a 100 lb chain, when THAT serves their purpose.
Surely, you aren’t opining that a white racist wouldn’t impregnate a black woman. You better take a better look at your history, even going back to the plantations. Sex is sex. It doesn’t mean viewing the partner, or her race as equal. I’ll listen to an argument that Strom became less racist, (black aide, voted for MLK Day, voted for extention of Voting Rights), but knocking up a black woman is not an example. Not at all.
Chaps;
I find it odd that liberals (i.e., undersiege) have this very reasonable position they voice when forced to in this thread, while remaining silent (I have to suppose) when their party falsely tars the opposition as a bunch of racists in every election cycle I can recall.
How about you?
I wonder if undersiege and you would like to distance yourselves from Ms. Grrr-Buffaloe’s recent comments regarding TEA Party participants being nothing but racists.
I am not familiar with the quote nor who the heck you are talking about, but in general I think this incessant desire or need to “disassociate” oneself from someone else is rather silly.
I think I know what you’re trying to say, and I might agree with it, if it were translated into English.
Very well.
You can rest assured that I would publicly repudiate a conservative who said something as bigoted and stupid as Jeanne Garafalo very prominently did quite recently.
But that’s just me…
Ohhhhhh.
Do you read Red State?
Any comments on some of the things Erik Erickson said about Souter recently?
Any public disassociation?
We convervatives don’t really do the whole “collective” thing real well. You see, we’re more about rugged individualism and personal responsibility.
As you are happy to compare a Twitter quote…
with a statement on a nationally televised program on a major cable network…
I repudiate the comparison.
I also think the Twitter comment by Erickson was stupid, vile, and counter-productive.
I repudiate it.
I hope (but don’t know) that he has apologized for it. I know that GrrrBuffalo has refused to modify her statement.
BTW, I had to look the issue on Erickson up in order to find what the hell you were referring to. I am not a reader of Red State.
I did then, and I do now. See, how easy that is. I know it makes your life easier if you think all liberals think like Ms. Garaofalo, or even LGM, but that’s simply lazy. It’s not that blacknwhite. Try to deal with the commenter here, than the cliched stereotype in your head. I’ll continue to try to do the same.
I appreciate your information, and I don’t do what you accuse me of. I am guilty of not hanging on every post in every thread. Forgive me if I have not read everything you have written. Call it a weakness.
I’ve always laughed off the comments from Leftists about “who’s your leader?” (sounded too much like “who’s your daddy?!”).
As if Obama were in any way a leader.
If that’s what they call it, we certainly are well advised not to follow suit…
…if anything, just do the opposite! Contrarian I am, let’s see what “wallflowers” grow over the next few years…ehh?!
Times of extreme need seem to summon up people to fill vacuums of leadership.
I hope that will prove the case now.
Glenn Beck for president. He would go off on everyone, and really clean out Washington.
*First off they need to be from outside of D.C., no matter the party; Secondly, they should be a presently serving Governor; Most successful will be those that are fiscally conservative and socially center-right; Sanford, Jindal, Perry, Palin have enough cred to lead a charge if they want it; A Pawlenty path leads to a dead end.
As a Texan, I can assure you Perry is a non-starter. We call him “Gov. Goodhair” here, and he is not considered a reliable conservative at all.
On May 12th, 2009 at 4:31 pm, bjc said:
I agree with all of that except they don’t have to be presently serving, but they do need good name recognition.
Fiscally conservative and socially right
We need a hero? Hmmm, Well then, I must again suggest a dream ticket for 2012. Malkin/Palin, or Palin/Malkin.
swmntman said:
That’s easy. Democratic states got to pick the Republican primary winner. Did you know that of the 12 states that put McCain over the top in the primary, 8 of them ditched him in the general and went for Obama? (One of the four states that actually stayed with McCain was his home state of Arizona, and another, Missouri, was a virtual tie.)
So, the real question should be:
“Why does the Republican Party allow North Eastern and other liberal states to go first in the GOP primary and pick their nominee?”
In other words, why do they have a death wish?
States have been moving up the dates of their primaries in a fight to be first. If the states that were the most “Red” in the last election got to hold primaries first in the next, it would solve this problem. States could actually EARN the right to be first by how well they turned out the Republican vote on Election Day. It would also give Red states the chance to build strong early momentum for a nominee who is a REAL conservative instead of a RINO. That would be a win-win in my book.
Heard Meg Whitman, former eBay CEO running for Cal Gov., on Hugh Hewitt’s show last week. She sounds impressive, but I don’t know much about her yet. Might be one to keep an eye on…
Several days ago, an LGM comment used the post script “Goldstein’s Agents.”
He says he is a college math instructor. Does this mean he is enlisting his students to post for him?
If so, isn’t this a violation of the site’s terms, as he would be circumventing the registration process for any number of unregistered posters to comment?
Just curious -
He/she/it/them can use all the help they can get.
It ain’t working….
***
The “heroes” are here already. Their actions stand out in their public and personal lives. They respect our Constitution, our taxpayers, and will fight to defend our country and it’s principles.
***
SARAHCUDA for president and JOHN BOLTON for V.P. in 2012!
***
John Bibb
***
…and grow a brain…before 2010.
It’s a rotten darn shame that Cheney isn’t interested…IMHO.
Cheney 2012
Darth Vader for President
I wish
How come the retired VP is the only one with guts enough to fight back?
Without a complete takeover and makeover by conservatives, the GOP is worse than worthless. The current RNC and staff are working against conservatives seeking Constitutional government. They are trying desperately to figure out how to hoodwink you into voting for more of the same old crap. They have no interest in reducing government spending, enforcing borders, upholding laws, or stopping socialism.
Time to convince the remaining elected conservatives to jump ship before the GOP Titanic sinks under the weight of its own corruption.
By the time 4 years rolls around, this 21st century Nazi Goverment, led by Der Furhrer Adolph Obama, and Vice Furhrer Pelosi, will have made America a Dictatorship with one party rule.
Big a Christian, Conservative, Tax paying, Fully Employed, Heterosexual, English Speaking America who think for themselves will be illegal, and probably lose their right to vote.
DBNinKY said (#88):
That’s a reference to the book 1984 by George Orwell. Anything that went wrong was attributed to agents of the mythical bad guy Goldstein (not coincidentally a Jewish name). During a “hate rally” the speaker announced a change of hatred. But why were there all those posters hating the old guy? “Goldstein’s agents have been here!”
MM style conservatives seem to me to act like this. For example, Bush proposed social security “private accounts” (their term) which were criticized. Republicans tried to rebrand the idea as “personal accounts” and blamed Democrats for the term “private accounts”.
I do all my own posts.
Another MM tactic: fantasize about something then get angry about it.
Damn straight!
I read 1984 in 1986 and recall much of it vividly, and I did not draw that analogy.
Of course you do-
Isn’t that why you post here, to put out the most hateful of the Left’s talking points in order to draw commenters out in defense of what’s right?
The GOP just might want to be reminded what happens when REAL conservatives are placed on the ballot.
http://tinyurl.com/q85h5j
Ya never know.
There was a Cheney-Valdemort bumper sticker 08 sticker. That brought my hopes up, but they were soon dashed. All we got was an antichrist.