Comments on: Spare Us the Elite Populism

By: Trudy B. Taylor

Trudy B. Taylor — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:10:57 +0000

Say what you will regarding a McCain-Soros connection, but it is comparatively easy to follow the path of commonality between those two. And that is, I think, the crux of most issues for McCain–transparency. It is fairly easy to identify what connections there are (apparently) between the two. It looks to me like that is a prime factor in calming ourselves down about the dreaded Soros.

By: Brian H

Brian H — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:59:50 +0000

John & Joe.

By: Brian H

Brian H — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:54:52 +0000

The one allegation that I’ve heard about McCain that truly scares me is that he’s in Soros’ pocket, partly through the agency of the Research Institute. This would amount to Soros hedging his bets, since the Dem candidates are already bought and paid for.

Do your have any thoughts or information about this?

By: David Farkas

David Farkas — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:38:38 +0000

A friend sent me this article, knowing I am one of those wavering on whether to hold my nose and vote for McCain, or send the party a message by not voting at all. Your article does much to pull me in the former direction, but two things still bother me:
1) How does the word “repeal” continue to be absent in articles of this sort? Your article seems to reinforce the immature idea that the litmus test for conservatisim is guns and abortion – why not start talking about REPEAL? People say it’s impossible to repeal such monstrosities as the ADEA, FMLA, and all the other social legislation pieces. Yes, it is impossible, if even conservatives like you refuse to begin talking about it.

2) Romney was too cowardly to refuse to enforce his own split supreme court’s order to force homsosexual marriage on his state. To me, that showed real weakness. How do you consider him a conservative that would balance the ticket, if he failed to do this?

By: linda skountzos

linda skountzos — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:58:16 +0000

Sorry, I just submitted a comment w/o identifynig myself –the one making you ag secretary. hope it went through.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:55:37 +0000

Too bad you don’t want a federal position, I was thinking of Ag Secretary. I’m reading field w/o dreams at the moment. I was hoping you might write about the current grain situation. I’ve heard about a shortage of wheat and that we are actually buying back wheat that was sold to other countries by us. I know grain prices are going through the roof–good for farmers I hope –except the ones like like me growing livestock on purchased grain—but I’m not sure about the effects on the rest of the economy. Can you shed any light on that?

By: gs

gs — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:13:03 +0000

Of course Obama and Clinton worry me seriously but…

VDH writes:

There were four developments that got conservatives into this mess…
…
How then to recapture the base? I don’t think the attitude “they have nowhere else to go” or “we don’t want to lose moderates by moving right” will work, especially if Obama is the nominee.

I’m an independent who until recently has routinely voted with conservatives and Republicans. (Bush got my vote in 2000 and the Swift Vets got my donation in 2004.) If VDH’s four developments had been handled competently, I would have forgotten that my anger with the GOP goes back to the Clinton impeachment and, before that, to the Read-My-Lips pledge. I’ve watched the condescension (or sometimes viciousness) with which this administration’s partisans treated those who expressed concerns. I saw the GOP respond to the 2006 loss of Congress by restoring Trent Lott to the Senate leadership.

IMO the Republican establishment has concluded that the pickings are richer as a minority big-government party than as a majority limited-government party.

This is the twentieth anniversary of the Read-My-Lips race. If the GOP tries to win by presenting itself as the lesser evil, it deserves to be blown out.

By: Don Schuster

Don Schuster — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:00:06 +0000

McCain sans scandal? – for 25 pts……. What is The Keating Five? …… What is Cindy?

Romney as VP? In what universe would that work? He hasn’t an ember in his entire body……

By: frieda

frieda — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:43:54 +0000

I agree with you about Obama/Michelle,

As an American by choice (born in Iran in an Armenian family and grew up in kuwait), I don’t recognize the America Obama keeps preaching. His America is so dark and depressing and he wants to change it to ever a darker. I have become very successful here because no other country offers as much opportunities that America does.

Obama is promoting a lazy America, an America where government will provide, Obama’s slogan should be changed from “yes we can” to “yes, we will provide”, there is not inspiration in that.

There is no inspiration in wanting a defeat in Iraq, there is no inspiration wanting to meet with Mullahs in Iran and spit on the brave university student who are trying to change the government. There is no inspiration in wanting to meet with dictators around the world just so the world will love us more.

No, we can’t afford Obama

By: Bowden Russell

Bowden Russell — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:19:32 +0000

After calming down from my anger with McCain, I now wish to express my support for Sen. McCain for President. Mea culpa.

Its about the Supreme Court and nothing else.

Sen. McCain maybe a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch, to quote FDR.