Here is a good commentary given emailed to me. It’s thesis are that Conservatives are the real Liberals. I agree, most on the Right are open minded and like to lean new ideas. Progressives are narrow minded and have a set of predetermined beliefs that don’t allow them to change.
I flipped on C-Span 2 at seven this morning to see Nation writer D.D. Guttenplan promote his hagiography of the Soviet agent and Communist camp follower I.F. Stone, to a group of aging Vermont radicals with similar political fantasies. In the break, C-Span advertised its segment at 9 featuring Guttenplan’s boss, Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel, which turned out to be a panel promoting socialism along with a Nation collection of diatribes against the Bush years and the free market economy. In between there was a conservative French economist, Gary Sorman talking about his new book. Every time I watch C-Span I am struck by its fairness and by the fact that only a conservative Republican and private corporations could have created it. C-Span of course is owned by the private cable companies and is the design of Brian Lamb, a Nixon White House operative who was dispatched by Nixon in the early years of PBS to attempt to get its directors to obey the law that created it and make it “fair, objective and balanced” — to use the words of its authorization act. Of course, Lamb failed because liberals are closet totalitarians who can’t stand to have a conservative in the room. Witness the thirty year purge of conservatives from university faculties to just take one example.
Read the rest.
The Left is Totalitarian in nature and thinking. They suffer from tunnel vision and can’t think outside the box. Their blind belief in their Progressive ideas are their weakness. The Right can exploit this against them.
(Hat Tip: Rose)
Tags: Progressive Ideology
The political machine of the ruling liberal progressive fascist democrat party is oiled with the blood of the tax payer!
FIRST!
Watch and you will see examples everywhere – which blogs are most likely moderated? Leftist/Progressive blogs? Which ones ban dissenters? Leftist/Progressive blogs. Time and time again.
It’s also true that the left is using publicly funded airwaves – think “Democracy Now” on public access channels, think PBS – it’s very sad.
“Demockery Now” should have to pay its own way. When you are big enough to buy ads in TIME Magazine, you have outgrown the public incubator.
Orwell was spot on to the tactics of the Left.
MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC: think sheeple…….
“Yes, it was Squealer. A little awkwardly, as though not quite used to supporting his considerable bulk in that position, but with perfect balance, he was strolling across the yard. And a moment later, out from the door of the farmhouse came a long file of pigs, all walking on their hind legs. Some did it better than others, one or two were even a trifle unsteady and looked as though they would have liked the support of a stick, but every one of them made his way right round the yard successfully. And finally there was a tremendous baying of dogs and a shrill crowing from the black cockerel, and out came Napoleon himself, majestically upright, casting haughty glances from side to side, and with his dogs gambolling round him.
He carried a whip in his trotter.
There was a deadly silence. Amazed, terrified, huddling together, the animals watched the long line of pigs march slowly round the yard. It was as though the world had turned upside-down. Then there came a moment when the first shock had worn off and when, in spite of everything-in spite of their terror of the dogs, and of the habit, developed through long years, of never complaining, never criticising, no matter what happened-they might have uttered some word of protest. But just at that moment, as though at a signal, all the sheep burst out into a tremendous bleating of-
“Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better!”
It went on for five minutes without stopping. And by the time the sheep had quieted down, the chance to utter any protest had passed, for the pigs had marched back into the farmhouse.“
selrahC will definitely shit upon learning this truth.
Your comment is spot-on. The founders were liberal in the original sense of the word and the supporters of the totalitarian king were conservative. However, over the years, and particularly following the turn of the 20′th century, somehow the term “liberal” became enmeshed in the statist movements of various groups — Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Truman, Johnson, etc. turned the term on its head by advocating for such things as the progressive income tax (i.e. punish success), the entire New Deal, and Johnson’s Great Society (War on Poverty, guns & butter, etc.).
Now the left doesn’t even like the term “liberal” because of the baggage it carries with it. They now refer to themselves as “progressives” which is just another usurpation of a different term. What they really are is statists — people who believe that the government is the solution to every problem, the best arbiter of societal fairness, and the great leveler of the playing field. At least they believe that as long as they are the ones in power and making the rules. If they find themselves in the minority, then not so much.
AZ…
Corrected
In European politics, the term “liberal” means more what “libertarian” does here. “Conservatives” are Monarchical Statists while the Socialists are “egalitarian” Statists. Conservative in the American sense (i.e. free market capitalist, traditional religious, individualistic, etc.) doesn’t exactly exist, but “liberal” would probably be the closest.
(Back to bed)
re: #4 by Macker
Oh come on . . . he can’t learn, because there’s nothing he doesn’t know already. Just ask Sharm or IR or jimmah or any of the faithful remnant.
*spit*
Why all the hand wringing the naive, gullible, hysterical, emotional and in the case of Blacks Racist voters of the USA have elected a completely undocumented Marxist Mohammedan BOGUS POTUS Barrack,you can call me HUSSEIN now I won, Obama so why the surprise when Mohammedans and radical Black communists are crawling out from under their stones and being given posts where they can do the most damage in his administration. This is CHANGE that will kill you USA there is no HOPE.
re: #9 by Pragmatist
i think you are right. this is the MO for socialists, they do so much damage while in power that it cant be reversed.
an example is the massive uncontrolled third world immigration into britain.
who will have the mettle to reverse that.
justin the UK is a basket case and beyond redemption hence all the ‘white flight’. Not only have they allowed a culturally destructive fifth column in to their midst but they have no mainstream Political party at all which is not PC MC moonbat ‘libtard’ and Islamophile and thus no defence against the Mohammedan tide.
Watch out USA the siren voices of the Socialist ‘libtard’ PC MC moonbat left that were voted in to power by a stupid dumbed down electorate and Racist Blacks are trying to tell Conservatives that the ONLY way to get back in to power is to adopt THEIR Socialist America hating principles. That path leads to moonbat oblivion just like happened in the UK and the rest of Europe.
Good morning, y’all! Anyone else around?
re: #12 by goddessoftheclassroom
Yep I’m up,Good morning Goddess!
re: #13 by mary lee
{mary lee}
And now I have to go! Two ships and all that! Have a great day.
re: #14 by goddessoftheclassroom
Yea , better than nothing thought, You have a great day also.
Here in Ma. 52% favor Kennedy’s request for intrum replacement,It makes me sick how they change rules to suit their needs.I was really hoping for a change,Hoping people would wake up!I guess that is not going to happen.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26580.html
Uh-huh, “moral duty” appears to be the new leftist war cry for health care. Not even hiding the fact they want “universal” care, which translates into 100% government controlled.
re: #17 by vagabond trader
OH my God! What the hell happened to us.I begged people to look at that CREEP before they voted for him. Well now they got what they wanted,And WE have to pay the price…..
re: #18 by mary lee
Chin up, they won’t prevail, though it is going to get uglier. Americans don’t like being called immoral, racist, unAmerican or too stupid to think for ourselves.
I’ll take Rev. Manning.
re: #17 by vagabond trader
Two of the last people I want to tell me about my moral duties
re: #19 by vagabond trader
Vagabond,Thanks for the kind words.I am sure you are right. It’s, just that IT never ends,Usually i am pretty relaxed about the outcome, I just have my moments.
re: #21 by spidly
You have that right!
The left do not believe in God, they only believe in themselves. Hence, left wing dogma is their religion and they attempt to force it upon everybody else.
NOW, we are getting “moral duty” lectures from Al Gore…………..AL F***ING Gore, and Bill Clinton. Are you kidding me.
Ted Kennedy is not around, now. I don’t think I could stomach a “moral duty” lecture from Ted. If Ted had had any “moral duty”, then, maybe he might not have waited 9 hours to report his little accident on Chappaquidick 40 year ago.
ROFL ROFL ROFL. That’s a joke right? You can’t seriously believe that statement can you. That just clears the air for me I guess, it’s ridiculously apparent that conservatives LOVE, I emphasize love, to project their indiscretions and faults onto anyone in society that doesn’t agree with them. Nice start to the morning, its healthy to start laughing early, lmao.
In the last election some pundit pointed out that the Stalinists whose nominee was Barack Obama have become Socialists and the Republicans have become democrats.
re: #27 by Speranza
Corrected for you.
re: #17 by vagabond trader
Now who’s legislating morality? But it’s OK. They are Democrats, so they have the correct morality.
And in the “Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease” Department, the Girlfriend sent me this from Politico:
Experts see double-digit Dem losses
We can only hope.
re: #30 by Iron Fist
Yeah, that’s what I’m hoping for at least, a repeat of 1994.
re: #30 by Iron Fist
From the article:
“Some of the most prominent and respected handicappers can now envision an election in which Democrats suffer double-digit losses in the House — not enough to provide the 40 seats necessary to return the GOP to power but enough to put them within striking distance.”
It’d be interesting to see the GOP pick up a ton of seats, but not quite enough to take back the Congress. That would, I think, be worse for the Dems in 2012 than losing Congress in 2010 would be.
Back in 1994, the GOP took both houses of Congress, and I think this enabled Clinton to hang onto the White House in 1996. The Republican victory in 1994 forced Clinton to moderate, to move back to the centre from the far left, and after two years of welfare reform, etc. people forgot what a radical nut he’d been his first two years in office, and re-elected him (of course, nominating Bob “It’s my turn” Dole didn’t help the GOP, either).
This time around, if the GOP makes significant gains but doesn’t quite take Congress back in 2010, the Dems and 0bama won’t have as much of an incentive to change their ways. They would still try to ram through their radical agenda, and continue to alienate more of the American people.
Obama is both less intelligent and more arrogant than Bill Clinton, so he’d be more likely to consider a near-loss of Congress to the GOP to be a fluke, rather than a genuine message from the American people. He’d just keep trucking along, as would Pelosi and Reid (assuming he manages to squeak out re-election, which doesn’t look likely right now), and they’d set themselves up for a complete sweep by the GOP in 2012.
Drudge has more good news developing today, as well.
President Retard is now down to 46% approval – and word on the street is that this comes partly as the result of Rasmussen’s latest end-of-month adjustment to bring his partisan mix into line with nationally-reported Party memberships.
re: #32 by tqcincinnatus
Back in 1994, the GOP took both houses of Congress, and I think this enabled Clinton to hang onto the White House in 1996. The Republican victory in 1994 forced Clinton to moderate, to move back to the centre from the far left, and after two years of welfare reform, etc. people forgot what a radical nut he’d been his first two years in office, and re-elected him
The GOP victory in 1994 was the best thing that ever happened to President Clinton. It forced him to move to the center (which was his natural DLC political base) and made him into an underdog. Then the whole disaster about shutting down the government worked to his advantage. The Gingrich congress eventually forgot why they were elected.
of course, nominating Bob “It’s my turn” Dole didn’t help the GOP, either).
My biggest complaint about the stupid GOP primary voters is their obsession with primogeniture, that is why we wound up with Bush I, Dole, Bush II and McCain.
re: #33 by tqcincinnatus
THAT’S what we’re looking for.
re: #31 by Morgan
That may be the only hope the USA has got. Although the democrats seem to have learned not to touch the “third rail” of gun control (if they were really smart, they would try and do away with some of the stupider laws already on the books. The Republicans would shit themselves), we still have the fartherest Left Administration in US history. While Obama hasn’t announced his Leftism in a firey paramilitary assault on US civillians, he has set his dogs on the “evil” CIA, attempted to ram through the largest tax increase in history, and, of course, take over one sixth of the national economy. His plans are so far Left he may not be able to get them through a Democrat Congress.
This time. But if the Democrats pay no price for his adventurism, then who is to say what will happen? The only hope is that the Republicans are returned to power, and that they learn to resist Obama and the Left more effectively than they have in the past. Obama might, as Bill Clinton did, track towards the Center, and a great many evils may be adverted. If not, we can hope that he is a one-term failure, and that he does as little damage as possible to the nation.
re: #28 by Champion692G
Here’s a correction for you douche nozzel
Fuck off and climb back into the LGF cesspool, or as the articulate MandyManners likes to say “Go piss up a rope”.
re: #37 by Speranza
+1
re: #34 by Speranza
My biggest complaint about the stupid GOP primary voters is their obsession with primogeniture, that is why we wound up with Bush I, Dole, Bush II and McCain.
I would tend to agree, but one thing to say about McCain is that I don’t think he won on the basis of GOP voters as much as he did on crossover voters who really didn’t have any business voting in Republican primaries to begin with. The GOP didn’t really even have a closed primary until after it was pretty much already decided – with Dem and Indie votes.
The GOP needs to get serious about primary reforms. All primaries, on one day, closed to registered Republicans only. Decertify the results of any state that doesn’t play ball.
re: #26 by Champion692G
I thought you lefties were supposed to be tolerant and open minded. You come across as a hate filled, self righteous asshole.
re: #39 by tqcincinnatus
I’ve stated for many years that the GOP needs to close their primaries to Republicans ONLY. Had they done so, the resulting nominee would not have been McCain.
re: #41 by Macker
Exactly. And the big question is, how are we going to dodge the Mitt Romney bullet the next time around?
re: #40 by tunnelrat
See, more projecting, I knew I was on to something, because there was nothing hate filled about that post. I just call it like I see it.
re: #39 by tqcincinnatus
If you are too lazy to not register as a Republican, you should not be allowed to vote in the primary. The GOP is supposed to be conservatie yet they keep winding up with Bush’s, McCain’s, Dole’s – D.C. insiders and Rockefeller Republicans.
re: #43 by Champion692G
Yes we know, nothing you type is hateful, and everyone here is a racist. Just ask you, right?
re: #44 by Speranza
I don’t understand how you guys take this stance when these guys are not in office or in the spotlight. When they were in office, when they were campaigning, these were your GOP champions that could do no wrong. McCain could do no wrong in Limbaugh’s eyes until he lost then he disowned him.
re: #45 by My5princesses
Who said anything about race……today. Stop living in the past.
re: #46 by Champion692G
McCain is a RINO, I voted for him because he was the lesser of two evils (I hold my nose every time I go to the polls),
BTW on this blog you can speak your mind and not get banned unlike some progressive (liberal) blogs out there.
re: #46 by Champion692G
I seem to recall that Limbaugh’s stance was that McCain was the lesser of two evils. Once the primaries were over he urged people to vote McCain because there was, in his eyes, no other choice.
There’s that nuance you lefties are so fond of.
re: #47 by Champion692G
So, all of a sudden you’ve determined we’re not racists? Did you have a road to damascus moment this weekend?
BTW, Rush Limbaugh mocked McCain many times before the election, and said he wasn’t voting for him.
re: #39 by tqcincinnatus
The GOP really stepped on their dick by not persuing election reform in the wake of the 2000 debacle. Illegal votes help the Democrats in every election. There was a chance to try and weed them out, and the Republicans let it slip away.
I keep saying it, because it is important. The Democrats realize politics is a knife fight. It is brutal, dirty, mean, and nasty, and all that matters is winning. The Republicans think it is some kind of Marquis of Queensbury match where decorum and politisse are significant.
That is why the Republicans keep losing, or, if they win, they fail to exploit their victory.
re: #39 by tqcincinnatus
Actually, I disagree with this. I feel as though I have as much to say about a DNC candidate as a GOP one, as they affect my life.
Also, states like Virginia don’t have registered voters – period.
One thing I would like to see changed is the winner take all policy. I don’t like seeing someone get all the votes of a state when they win by 1 vote.
re: #46 by Champion692G
I was not a Bush fan, ask anyone here.
re: #43 by Champion692G
Then all you see is the red haze of anger and hate.
re: #51 by Iron Fist
+1
You’re right, that “compassionate conservative” junk doesn’t work.
re: #55 by davehm
Compassionate conservatives have us more welfare programs.
*spit*
re: #51 by Iron Fist
That is why the Republicans keep losing, or, if they win, they fail to exploit their victory.
True. Time to break out the brass knuckles.
Electoral reform is a huge need. If/when the GOP ever gets back in power, there needs to be a federal picture ID requirement for elections in all 50 states (the 14th amendment provides the justification for not relying on federalism in this case). If you’re not a citizen, you don’t vote. If you don’t live in the precinct, you don’t vote there. If you’re dead, you don’t vote. Seems simple enough, eh?
The Democrats routinely defraud the vote and steal elections. They nearly did it in 2000 in Florida, even going so far as to have a partisanly packed state Supreme Court flat out overturn settled state law when it wasn’t convenient for them (did this in New Jersey too….that’s how Frank Lautenburg got back in). The Dems are just a dirty, dirty, dirty party, and it’s time to take the garbage out.
re: #57 by tqcincinnatus
I have a new post up that relates to this.
re: #51 by Iron Fist
Another thing the GOP needs to do is to bring a GUN to said knife fight.
re: #42 by tqcincinnatus
This is not because he’s Mormon, is it?
re: #46 by Champion692G
You really are a dumb douche nozzel – there was a distinct lack of enthusiasm for Juan McAmnesty McCain and his lover Miss Lindsey Graham (RINO of South Carolina). We voted for him because for all his faults, he was infiniteley more qualified then Blunder Boy who is now sleeping in the White House. Also McCain loves America while The Won despises it. McCain would not have shipped all those millions over to Gaza and gone on the Islamic world apology tour.
re: #60 by Macker
This is not because he’s Mormon, is it?
No, it’s because I don’t trust him to be truly conservative. He seems rather, ah, lizardesque in a chameleonish sort of way.
re: #57 by tqcincinnatus
Same playbook was used to steal Washington state and Minnesota
Ah, this is nice. The new Rasmussen poll has Obama tanking. Overall, there’s a 41% strong disapproval rating, while there is only a 30% strong approval rating. That means Obama is holding his base, but even independants are getting tired of his shit. The more complete breakdown in the report backs this up.
Another interesting tidbit is that 57% of the voters would throw all of Congress out and start over from scratch. you can count me in the 57%. I can’t think of one “leader” from either Party that I’d really want to keep.
re: #64 by Iron Fist
I can’t think of one “leader” from either Party that I’d really want to keep.
Michelle Bachmann? She drives selrahC nuts.
re: #46 by Champion692G
I know a lot of Republicans (after all, I live in Colorado Springs). I don’t know a single person who voted for John McCain.
I know quite a few who voted against Obama, however.
McCain was foisted upon Republicans by the media and the exploitation of the open primary system.
re: #61 by Speranza
I can’t understand your muffled words when you talk out of your ass.
re: #65 by Speranza
Bwah ha ha ha. Bachmann? You probably want Palin to run with this psycho as her VP huh? OMG let’s just forget about elections in 2012 and go right into Obama’s second term, that’ll save you wack jobs some embarrassment, lol.
re: #64 by Iron Fist
I can’t think of one “leader” from either Party that I’d really want to keep.
I can think of a few. DeMint, Bachmann, Pence, Inhofe, Coburn, McClintock, McCotter to name a few. I think most of the GOPers are decent – it’s just that we always hear about the bi-partisan, reach-across-the-aisle types like McCain, Graham, Snowe, etc. and they help to tar the GOP with the same brush rightfully reserved for the Dimocrats.
re: #67 by Champion692G
The way your candidate and minions are tottering from one fug up to another we could put the local dogcatcher up against them and win.Independents are deserting the sinking ship like vermin.2010 is going to make 94 look tame.
bwhahahahaha!
re: #69 by vagabond trader
At the rate they’re going, I wouldn’t be surprised if 2012 turns out like 1980 did, with one or more serious challengers for the Democrat nomination.
re: #70 by lobo91
How sweet it is!!
The Obama and friends can take their vaunted ivy league diplomas and send them to Comrade Castro. I hear they have a toilet paper shortage in the workers paradise.
lololololol!
re: #70 by lobo91
Let’s face it, because of his race, they will be reluctant to challenge him. everyone knows that.
re: #67 by Champion692G
Hey douche nozzel – I don’t give a rats ass what you and your master (selrahC) think!
re: #67 by Champion692G
I can’t understand your muffled words when you talk out of your ass.
It must be tough cribbing your talking points from selrahC!
re: #75 by Speranza
Since the majority of you retards seem to hate this guy, maybe this is somebody I need to meet, lol.
re: #76 by Champion692G
The racist called us retards, lol. Nice.
re: #76 by Champion692G
Douche nozzel the politically correct term is “mentally challenged” which is what you loozards are. Now go kill yourself and make the world a slightly better place.