Comments on: Compassionate Conservatism’s Last True Believer http://donklephant.com/2006/06/16/compassionate-conservatisms-last-true-believer-2/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:53:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brian in MA http://donklephant.com/2006/06/16/compassionate-conservatisms-last-true-believer-2/comment-page-1/#comment-36525 Brian in MA Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:21:25 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/06/16/compassionate-conservatisms-last-true-believer-2/#comment-36525 McCain's idea of conservatism appears to be "no borders, no language, no culture", meaning he is not conservative at all. I've heard that he is pro-life, but the way he sold this country out to immigration and can't seem to identify the menace of activist judges already plaguing us, I'm wondering how sincere his convictions are. His only strong point with me right now is that he won't sell us out on Iraq given his family history and his statements. However, I'm hoping no Republican would do that and am thus looking for a decent alternative. Forced to choose between him and some super left-wing nut, I'll take McCain. Also, having a Clinton Aide talk about conservatism, Bush, or Rove is laughable. I'm surprised Reed didn't state the Republicans were responsible for generating hurricane Katrina. But lets quote him shall we: "But Gerson's flourishes turned out to be just grace notes in an otherwise conventional composition. Far from a brave new doctrine, Bushism became merely the second coming of Reaganismâ€â€?tax cuts for the wealthy, photo ops for the poor, favors for narrow interests, and deficits for the rest of us." Now here's a man you can trust to know anything about conservatism, a former Clinton aide, a left-wing Slate writer, and a dyed in the wool liberal who hasn't studied economics but probably has a degree in it. I'll hold my breath waiting for a shred of truth to come from this guy regarding this topic. We'd be better off asking Saddam what Democracy is like now that we've captured him. McCain’s idea of conservatism appears to be “no borders, no language, no culture”, meaning he is not conservative at all. I’ve heard that he is pro-life, but the way he sold this country out to immigration and can’t seem to identify the menace of activist judges already plaguing us, I’m wondering how sincere his convictions are. His only strong point with me right now is that he won’t sell us out on Iraq given his family history and his statements. However, I’m hoping no Republican would do that and am thus looking for a decent alternative. Forced to choose between him and some super left-wing nut, I’ll take McCain.

Also, having a Clinton Aide talk about conservatism, Bush, or Rove is laughable. I’m surprised Reed didn’t state the Republicans were responsible for generating hurricane Katrina.

But lets quote him shall we:

“But Gerson’s flourishes turned out to be just grace notes in an otherwise conventional composition. Far from a brave new doctrine, Bushism became merely the second coming of Reaganismâ€â€?tax cuts for the wealthy, photo ops for the poor, favors for narrow interests, and deficits for the rest of us.”

Now here’s a man you can trust to know anything about conservatism, a former Clinton aide, a left-wing Slate writer, and a dyed in the wool liberal who hasn’t studied economics but probably has a degree in it. I’ll hold my breath waiting for a shred of truth to come from this guy regarding this topic. We’d be better off asking Saddam what Democracy is like now that we’ve captured him.

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