Comments on: Quote Of The Day http://donklephant.com/2009/03/14/quote-of-the-day-76/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Thurston http://donklephant.com/2009/03/14/quote-of-the-day-76/comment-page-1/#comment-437893 Thurston Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:25:53 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14001#comment-437893 Brooks is almost Wm F Buckley-erudite. No intelligent, highly educated person who reads and writes can be a true Bush Conservative or a neo-con. Anyone with an appreciation for complexity and nuance would find that impossible. We have but to listen to two minutes of Limbaugh to know that. Bush Conservatism was about simple solutions and appealing to widely held, unexamined assumptions about how the world works -- especially the other 95% of it that lies beyond American shores, which Bush never visited until he took office. As for being a "true Conservative," well, mercifully that term is still being redefined, isn't it? Brooks is almost Wm F Buckley-erudite. No intelligent, highly educated person who reads and writes can be a true Bush Conservative or a neo-con. Anyone with an appreciation for complexity and nuance would find that impossible. We have but to listen to two minutes of Limbaugh to know that.

Bush Conservatism was about simple solutions and appealing to widely held, unexamined assumptions about how the world works — especially the other 95% of it that lies beyond American shores, which Bush never visited until he took office.

As for being a “true Conservative,” well, mercifully that term is still being redefined, isn’t it?

]]> By: Chris http://donklephant.com/2009/03/14/quote-of-the-day-76/comment-page-1/#comment-437873 Chris Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:00:58 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14001#comment-437873 I would say that Bush threw the GOP under the bus lol.... I would say that Bush threw the GOP under the bus lol….

]]> By: ExiledIndependent http://donklephant.com/2009/03/14/quote-of-the-day-76/comment-page-1/#comment-437850 ExiledIndependent Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:17:49 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14001#comment-437850 But as long as the administration can say, "Hey, some of my best friends are conservatives!" they can still propagate the bipartisan meme. But as long as the administration can say, “Hey, some of my best friends are conservatives!” they can still propagate the bipartisan meme.

]]> By: Smooth Jazz http://donklephant.com/2009/03/14/quote-of-the-day-76/comment-page-1/#comment-437848 Smooth Jazz Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:55:16 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14001#comment-437848 How does being critical of Bush make one not a conservative? The GOP has totally thrown Bush under the bus. Is the GOP not conservative? How does being critical of Bush make one not a conservative? The GOP has totally thrown Bush under the bus. Is the GOP not conservative?

]]> By: Alistair http://donklephant.com/2009/03/14/quote-of-the-day-76/comment-page-1/#comment-437846 Alistair Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:34:56 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14001#comment-437846 I don't know if I would consider David Brooks as a true conservative, even though he supported some of Bush's policies in the war Iraq he was at times critical of Bush and many of his cabinet members. I don’t know if I would consider David Brooks as a true conservative, even though he supported some of Bush’s policies in the war Iraq he was at times critical of Bush and many of his cabinet members.

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