tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post7017486938006428127..comments2024-03-28T21:32:41.763-05:00Comments on driftglass: Today In Strategic Forgettery: Ross Douthatdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-78779417846704758482015-12-18T08:20:12.377-06:002015-12-18T08:20:12.377-06:00I laughed out loud when I read his reconstruction ...I laughed out loud when I read his reconstruction of the three "tendencies" that he extracted from the otherwise incoherent ravings of the GOP Presidential candidate field. But then to go on to say that he sympathized with all of them despite the enormous inherent contradictions in doing so simply confirmed my existing feeling that Chunky Bobo really is a rather stupid person who should confine himself to writing apologia for conservative Catholic cardinals. Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891331049535299222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-90628486372282134652015-12-18T04:41:51.586-06:002015-12-18T04:41:51.586-06:002012: corporations are binders full of women, my f...2012: corporations are binders full of women, my friend, 47% of whom pay no taxes whatsoever.JDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385434976791599640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-86696780635785870292015-12-17T23:34:48.204-06:002015-12-17T23:34:48.204-06:00I guess Popehat Frank's STFU to Douthat was to...I guess Popehat Frank's STFU to Douthat was too narrow, by suggesting that His Chunkyness was merely deranged on Catholicism and not on secular issues like politics,reality and any attempt to convey a pretense of sanity.<br /><br /> What is the most recent date that any conservative pundit from the NEW Idea Movement Conservatives actually had a new idea?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575110723273932535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-35465695532601099482015-12-17T22:31:37.364-06:002015-12-17T22:31:37.364-06:00Douthat and his ilk are the modern equivalent of M...Douthat and his ilk are the modern equivalent of Medieval Theologians - arguing about shit that nobody cares about in the real world. Oh, but they are very serious people! Just look at the numbers on their W-2's.bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-51530938512022614492015-12-17T21:05:49.410-06:002015-12-17T21:05:49.410-06:00Just to be fair to Goatee Boy, I think he meant th...Just to be fair to Goatee Boy, I think he meant that before Trump sucked all the air out of the 2016 Republican primary, it might have been possible to imagine a 2016 contest that contained actual ideas, unlike the one in 2012. That is, it might have been possible for HIM to imagine such a thing. I couldn't imagine it myself, since we're talking about Republicans here, for Pete's sake. Wichitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814792098989484882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-60644471441306030132015-12-17T20:30:35.254-06:002015-12-17T20:30:35.254-06:00Off topic:
Jedi Master Breathed says, "May T...Off topic:<br /><br />Jedi Master Breathed says, <a href="http://s26.postimg.org/5avg6o2l5/Bloom_County_Dork_Wars.jpg" rel="nofollow">"May The Farce Be With You"</a>Ivory Bill Woodpeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318699512583970467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-9826622071531569652015-12-17T18:03:10.212-06:002015-12-17T18:03:10.212-06:00@Professor Fate
Ah, but Professor, did you forget ...@Professor Fate<br />Ah, but Professor, did you forget Maureen Dowd? And Friedman? The NYT Op Ed page is an Embarrassment of Twitches, er, Glitches, er - never mind. It's just an embarrassment. Except for Krugman, of course.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141640791663745884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-1514236802938981162015-12-17T16:29:29.560-06:002015-12-17T16:29:29.560-06:00And of course, when Douche Hat says "reform m...And of course, when Douche Hat says "reform minded conservatism," he basically means "same fetid shit we've been shoveling since Reagan, just larded up with fancy, polite-sounding words and a token gesture towards the middle class we can use to blow smoke up Villager centrist dolts like Ron 'Severe Dementia' Fournier's asses while we let the rich steal everything that isn't nailed down." <br /><br />and "hawkish internationalism" mean "tell the rest of the world to eat shit, let braindead scumbag neocons run the show, and bomb everything that moves."<br /><br />Gee, it's a wonder that agenda isn't selling. Even the GOP's knuckledragging base knows better than to fall for that shit again. Trouble is, they're falling for something even worse instead.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368238520998130967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-26335967283372675582015-12-17T13:59:31.581-06:002015-12-17T13:59:31.581-06:00So why can't these candidates (and the fake pl...So why can't these candidates (and the fake platforms he makes up) get within 20 points of Trump? Many can't even get double digit support within their own party. <br /><br />Where exactly are all these Republican voters that want "...reform-minded conservatism in domestic policy and a hawkish internationalism abroad" verses "a more libertarian domestic agenda and a noninterventionist posture overseas"? The pollsters missing them? <br /><br />Or is this, like 2012 (hence his mistake), when conservative media realized they had nothing but a crop of losers in the clown car and it was getting too embarrassing defending idiots that had already lost the election before even the convention? <br /> trgahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10830124404306531933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-32284578483568656352015-12-17T13:50:42.894-06:002015-12-17T13:50:42.894-06:00"I have sympathy for all three of these tende..."I have sympathy for all three of these tendencies" <br />in other words I agree in my heart with all of these angry yahoos with hearts full of hate, I just wish they were more civilized about being yahoos.<br />If Brooks wasn't writing for the same paper Ross would easily be the most loathsome creep on the NYT opinion page. Professor Fatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05108986924433403691noreply@blogger.com