Blogcritics: Comments on MY CONVERSION TO CONSERVATIVE ALMOST COMPLETE

Comment by Schopenhauer

Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:21:50 EST

So what took you so long? The case against liberalism has always centred on their prejudice against prejudice -in the broad Burkean sense of the word. Your evident addiction to irony implies a continuing reluctance to face this fact. How many 9-ll's will it require to finally bring liberals down from their conceptualist high? Also - have you considered the role of the internet itself in shaping your disaffection with the left ? The "new underground" (Richard Poe) is slowly, ineluctably burying the left.

Comment by Dirk Deppey

Sat, 1 Feb 2003 20:55:23 EST

This thread is further proof of the old adage: "Liberals look for heretics, conservatives look for converts." If you're looking for clues as to why modern liberalism seems so impotent in today's political climate, just scroll up. Incidentally, I voted for McCain twice when I still lived in Arizona (and would gladly do so again). Does this make me a member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy or not? I've lost track.

Comment by mike

Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:15:56 EST

McCain's an exception; and furthermore, he doesn't serve in the Administration, where Perle,W, Cheney, Rove, and the rest of the civilian War Criminals-In-Training sit, planning to send ordinary teenagers off to do their dirty work, cheered on by the witless Olsens, among others.

Comment by andy

Sat, 1 Feb 2003 16:27:33 EST

You mean like John McCain?

Comment by mike

Sat, 1 Feb 2003 13:00:36 EST

Clinton dodged the draft, yes, but so did Bush. He went into the Texas Guard to avoid service, and then went AWOL from THAT. The rest of the so-called chickenhawks took similar cop-outs when confronted with actually having to fight for their country. The typical Republican behavior: they exempt themselves from the behavior they demand of everyone else.

Comment by andy

Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:17:54 EST

Um....wasn't it Clinton who DODGED the draft?

Comment by Dawn

Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:17:12 EST

And the intelligent point you wish to make Slim is.....? I am waiting.

Comment by slimshady

Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:35:18 EST

So Dawn, what you're saying is you've become a conservative because it will help you replace lost income due to being an underemployed toilet scrubber? Your belief system is scrubbing bubbles clean!

Comment by Conservatives Against the War

Fri, 31 Jan 2003 00:47:38 EST

And this: http://www.amconmag.com/10_21/iraq.html And this: http://www.amconmag.com/11_4/bushs_grand_strategy.html And this: http://www.amconmag.com/11_4/militarism_and_the.html IF YOU SUPPORT THE WAR, YOU'RE BASICALLY JUST ANOTHER LIBERAL!!!!!! REAL CONSERVATIVES OPPOSE THE WAR!!!! READ THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE MAGAZINE AND LEARN THE TRUTH!!!!!

Comment by Real Conservatives Oppose the War

Fri, 31 Jan 2003 00:40:46 EST

Try this: http://www.amconmag.com/10_7/the_road_to_folly.html

Comment by Dawn

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 23:30:45 EST

Well Chickenshit, I mean Chickenhawk, are they as spineless as you who uses a fake name and email. Oh, Jeebus people. Some of you whiny ass Liberals make me embarrassed to have ever been so dogmatic and unrealistically inflated with self-righteousness. I have yet to see ONE intelligent refute to why we shouldn't be removing Saddam from power. Not one.

Comment by ChickenHawk Republican Scum

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:20:26 EST

I'm A ChickenHawk Republican, A Coward and a Hypocrite. My name is Rush Limbaugh, George W. Bush, Richard Perle, Paul Wolfie, Bill Kristol, and so on and on. When it came time to fight for my country back in the 60s, I didn't actually do that. What I did was chicken out, get a deferrement, all sorts of other excuses. Nope, didn't fight. But I feel perfectly comfortable sending young men to fight in a war. That's because, like most pro-war Republicans bullies, I'm a basically a spineless coward. Also, I cheat on my taxes. Chop off my head and watch me run!!!!!

Comment by : Yet Another Conservative Against the War

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:12:31 EST

Yet Another Conservative Against the War! Thanks, Jude! You're the best "Take a sad song and go out and get 'em........" http://polyconomics.com/

Comment by Yet Another Conservative Against the War

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:08:37 EST

Supply Sider Jude Wanniski comes out against the slaughter. Hey, Jude, you were made to go out and get'em! http://polyconomics.com/

Comment by The Theory

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:17:31 EST

^and that sums it up really good. I like that mentality. peace.

Comment by Dawn

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:05:21 EST

Color me sell-out ya'll, but my priorities are the following: feeding, housing, clothing my family. Then paying extra bills, then perhaps the occasional luxury item, like shampoo and dishsoap. I scrub floors and toilets to pay my way. Don't call me anything but hardworking or I will bust your ass.

Comment by andy

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:32:09 EST

Wow Slim....you must be outraged! It would be really funny if that was the real Slim Shady calling someone a sell out haha

Comment by slimshady

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:52:15 EST

The alleged former bleeding heart liberals turned compassionless conservatives posting seem to have burned their membership cards because they could get a few more shillings back from Unkkkle Scam. You sold your souls to the man for love of the green! For shame!

Comment by JP

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:36:43 EST

Stop confusing liberals with Democrats. If you're expecting coherent left-wing criticisms of Bush from Democrats, you're bound to be disappointed. The Democrats' move to the center-right has left this country without a mainstream liberal voice. Contending that conservatism is the only recourse because Democrats have not inspired you reveals the superficiality of your own "liberalism". If you can't come up with your own principled criticism of Bush from the left, maybe you were never a liberal to begin with.

Comment by Phillip Winn

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:06:13 EST

Bravo, Dawn! Yours is an unpopular view among this crowd, though I believe a common one. I, too, did not vote for Bush, but I've been impressed overall. I think anyone without a raging hard-on for the man has, too. Like you, I received a nice check two years ago from the Republicans, and paid less taxes last year, too. Now I'm looking at paying even less. Bush's tax plan looks like it will save me $1592 on my taxes from here on out, while the Democrats appear to be pitching a plan just like the one they criticized Bush for last year. I would get either $600 or $1200 (reports vary) from the Democrats, this year only. Let them argue about the average (mean) versus the median all they want to. I've done the math. I'm not rich, and I stand to save some serious bank. Anyway, Bravo for listening for yourself and making up your own mind. I wish others could do that too, but I fear that we are hearing more of the same from the crowd that supported a Democratic president as he sent troops to fight in Rwanda and Bosnia/Herzegovina and Somalia and so on, but suddenly, with a Republican in the White House, they're anti-war. Guess what, I'm anti-war, too. Almost as much as I'm anti-genocide and anti-dying-a-miserable-death-at-the-hands-of-terrorists-with-nerve-gas and anti-let-the-harmless-dictator-wipe-the-jews-off-the-map. War isn't the best option, but it's the best option left.

Comment by BIG AL

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 08:38:42 EST

A few posts up, it mentions something about Bush believing in people taking care of themselves? Are you doing lines with the prez, Buddy? Monkey boy is the beneficiary of a lifetime of entitlement. He is a scoundrel of below average intelligence who has been bailed out of everything from failed business dealings, to going to war himself, and being busted for his prolific drug use, basically getting a free ride all of his life. You shouldn't risk nuclear war if you can't pronounce it.

Comment by Conservatives Against the War

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 00:16:33 EST

Conservatives Against the War Party Anyway, our mission is in great part to counter the disastrous projects of the War Party. We have titled our magazine The American Conservative – and stand ready to initiate a campaign within conservative ranks to keep the country from being led off the cliff by the War Party. http://www.antiwar.com/mcconnell/mc-col.html

Comment by mike

Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:01:09 EST

as a leftist, i used to be outraged, but now i'm just amused. I'll be sure to share your, uh, thoughts with the tons of conservatives, Republicans, and libertarians who are showing up at the anti-war meetings I go to. it's sad you've been seduced by pro-war "conservatives." I suggest you read a real conservative magazine before you sign off on the U.S.'s transition from republic to Empire. http://www.amconmag.com/

Comment by Jim Carruthers

Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:56:49 EST

I don't think the speech did much for union members, and I think this Bush guy is actually a goon. But I did like his theme song. Oh, you mean the other left?

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:00:31 EST

I think you are more of a hawk liberal, as am I. The words "conservative" and "liberal" have been drained of much of their meaning anyway - many of us, maybe most of us, take a cafeteria approach to politics and policy.