Nothing turns me off like partisan anger. I know a lot of people like to get wrapped up in the false fury propagated by certain partisans, but I try to keep my irrational outbursts focused primarily on my beloved Dallas Cowboys. I don’t really understand those who feel the need to bring the gladiatorial spirit [...]

… when rightwing blogs have to start defending Obama over scurrilous rumors.
The once well-oiled rightwing machine has collapsed into the kind of rumor-mongering and dissociated, random attacks that marked the lefties back in their darker days.
Looks like the vast rightwing conspiracy has fallen on hard times.

First Christopher Buckley and now Wick Allison.
From D Magazine:
THE MORE I LISTEN TO AND READ ABOUT “the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate,” the more I like him. Barack Obama strikes a chord with me like no political figure since Ronald Reagan. To explain why, I need to explain why I am a conservative [...]

Would the late William F. Buckley approve of his son throwing his support behind the most liberal Senator EVER!!!?
Something tells me the answer to that would be: possibly.
Why? Because I think this has less to do with Obama and more to do with how far McCain has fallen.
From The Daily Beast:
I have known John McCain [...]

“Those who press this Ayers line of attack are whipping Republicans and conservatives into a fury that is going to be very hard to calm after November. Is it really wise to send conservatives into opposition in a mood of disdain and fury for the next president, incidentally the first African-American president? Anger is a [...]

During the Vice Presidential Debate on Thursday night, Senator Joe Biden had this to say about John McCain’s health care plan:
… do you know how John McCain pays for his $5,000 tax credit you’re going to get, a family will get? He taxes as income every one of you out there, every one of you [...]

Daniel Larison tears his fellow conservatives a new one over Palin, but ultimately it’s for their own good…
I … implore conservatives to stop ignoring reality just because they happen to like a candidate’s personality and biography. Besides being bad for the quality of conservative thought, it embraces the caricature that conservatives are indifferent to knowledge [...]

Despite criticism from several quarters, the Sarah Palin pick is being received very well by core Republicans.
Palin, say conservative activists, has instantly changed how they feel about [John] McCain’s campaign and spurred them to go to work for the Republican ticket.
First, though, they’re expressing their newfound fondness for McCain with their checkbooks. Since tapping Palin, [...]

In nature, fires serve a purpose, clearing away the old and deadened and giving space for new growth. The same can happen in politics. Even before the November elections, the Republican Party is already burning. The GOP looks headed for quite the whipping this Fall.
But if there’s any good news for conservatives it’s that new [...]

Not so long ago, “Big Government” was so out of favor that Democratic President Bill Clinton announced its era had come to an end. A decade later and it seems there’s no end in sight to the swelling of our federal government. The Republicans proved themselves greedy and incompetent and did little to rein in [...]

The blogosphere can cough up a lot of interesting controversies. This week’s revolved around a Dunkin Donuts’ online ad featuring Rachel Ray in a scarf similar to the Arab keffiyeh which has come to symbolize Palestinian militantism. The company pulled the spot after conservative commentators, most notably Michelle Malkin, harshly criticized Ray’s clothing choice, claiming [...]

Robert Novak is bemoaning Republican support of the most recent Farm Bill, noting that majorities of Republicans in the House and Senate voted for this pork-laden mess. Criticizing Republicans is the new conservative sport and, let’s admit, it’s a bit like shooting fish in a barrel. Novak’s point is well taken but is he really [...]

I am not a big fan of Barack Obama.
Yes, I am African American. But since I tend to be center-right and he is more center-left, I don’t tend to agree with him.
That said, it would be foolish for me not to listen to what he has to say, especially on a subject that both [...]

Heh, the fatigue of the campaign trail…

I do hope the debate is respectful, as he promises.
Fingers crossed.

One of America’s preeminent conservative thinkers and one of the most influential intellectuals of the last half century has died. Through his work at The National Review and elsewhere, William F. Buckley Jr. helped revitalize conservativism and champion limited government. Unlike so many pundits of today, Buckley was never entirely predictable and kept thinking and [...]

In a column about the difficulties the Republicans find themselves in, Mike Rosen asserts:
Two-thirds of voters may reliably support either Republican or Democratic candidates, but the other third goes either way. Most of them have no loyalty to parties, coalitions or philosophies. They just want nice outcomes and they want them now! And it’s they [...]

Dennis Sanders is liking what he’s hearing, and I am too…
He does go after the Democrats, but he seems to express what is wrong with their ideas instead of saying that they are evil. He expresses a desire for small government, stating that government isn’t the answer to every problem, but without all the anti-government [...]

One word: conservatives….
Nearly seven in 10 voters in Virginia’s Republican primary called themselves conservatives. Mike Huckabee won half of their votes, including two-thirds of those who called themselves “very conservative.” Four in 10 Virginia Republican voters were born-again evangelical Christians, and they strongly supported Huckabee over John McCain. Huckabee won the votes of two-thirds of [...]

Rush Limbaugh, who has always had an abusive relationship with reality, has completely lost it. This from The Weekly Standard’s Michael Goldfarb quoting a piece in The New York Sun:
On Mr. Limbaugh’s program today, he said people should not be rushing to back Mr. McCain over issues of national security. The talk host said America’s [...]