tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post7139705106682258907..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: David Weigel reports on LGFRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-46886160573645179282009-04-22T20:15:00.000-04:002009-04-22T20:15:00.000-04:00Your analysis of European politics is quite correc...Your analysis of European politics is quite correct. Another factor is that, esp. in smaller countries like the Netherlands and Belgium, the press is rather small and hence pretty uniform and often ingrained with the political elite. This creates special problems for eg investigative journalists or criticial columnists. If they have a piece that doesn't fit the MSM ''meme', they have three options: post it on their own website (which sees little traffic beyond 'believers'), post it on a 'extremist' newswebsite (eg Indymedia on the left), or not to post it (to prevent 'soiling' one's cv). Really, compared to Europe, the US media is pretty diverse.<br /><br />Obama Bought The PresidencyNetherLandsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-62460405206882460662009-04-22T12:55:00.000-04:002009-04-22T12:55:00.000-04:00Two-party politics is about capturing the center. ...Two-party politics is about capturing the center. Today's center is PC-Multicult-Cultural Marxist. Increasingly economic crypto-Marxist, as well. That means that two-party politics are a dead end for conservatives. If conservatives want to survive they have to push for technical fixes like IRV for Senate, Congress,Governor etc., allocation of Electoral College votes by PR and election of state legislators(say, for one house) by PR would also help. <br /><br />PR, BTW, is the predominant voting system outside the US, Canada and the UK. It's what allows the "fascists" that Johnson deplores a chance to get elected. <br /><br />And, yes, European conservatism(the genuine variety, not the NuTory tripe) is different from what exists in the US: <br />http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2009/04/self-defeat-of-united-states.html<br />(…)<br /><I>The reason that we find a strong conservatism in America and not in Europe is that American conservatives are not at all conservative but liberals to the core; French Revolution egalitarians and PC addicts with fear of “racism”, etc. </I>(...)<br />http://conswede.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-self-defeat-of-united-states.html<br />(…)<br /><I>Due to the very nature of America, and to a lesser extent, Canada, they simply cannot understand why Europeans do not go the propositional route and are deathly afraid of European nationalism, no matter how benign. Nationalism doesn’t exist in America, only jingoism and it is seen as a relatively harmless although most liberals do find it very annoying. Even the furthest of the right in America cannot be accurately described as nationalists (e.g. right wing militia groups) due to their hatred for the government. The majority of nationalists respect the role of the government even if they do not agree with it; they do not entertain paranoid conspiracy theories about what the government may be doing to them like these militia groups. </I>(...)togonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-28185685521420400432009-04-22T11:01:00.000-04:002009-04-22T11:01:00.000-04:00A couple thoughts on LGF:
1. I think he had the ...A couple thoughts on LGF:<br /><br />1. I think he had the better of the dispute over VB in Belgium. He produced some pretty solid evidence that there was a "white power" element in the leadership, and that is a serious problem. Sure, European politics is different, and marginalizes everyone outside the magic circle of the capital politicos and media whores, but that doesn't mean the marginalized are necessarily our friends, especially in an American context.<br /><br />2. He was brilliant on the Dan Rather Memo scandal, debunking it with that devastating Flash program. For that alone, he deserves a place in the blogging pantheon.<br /><br />3. As you say, he's a war liberal, first and foremost. <br /><br />But--he's gotten a bug up his colon about social conservatives of late, especially with his Crusade against Creationism. It would be one thing if he left it to the scientific sphere, but he's conceived a serious hate-on for so-cons in general as a result. His treatment of Bobby Jindal in particular has been irrational and dishonest. <br /><br />I think the problem is that one day, war weariness set in and he realized he was standing shoulder to shoulder with a lot of people he really didn't like and didn't want to associate with. His enlistment expired, and he went home. Simple as that.DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249117106906577345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-17485725723503182452009-04-22T10:41:00.000-04:002009-04-22T10:41:00.000-04:00Those less than Full Conservatives are always at r...Those less than Full Conservatives are always at risk of two things. 1)Going Liberal. 2)Trying to remake the Conservatives in their image.<br /><br />This applies most strongly to LGF, but also to RSM. Robert's got a lot of Conservative in him, but not all the way.<br /><br />And Conservatives should be the ones you define what conservative means. Strong social values, strong national defense, good on limited government and respect of capitalism are the three legs of conservatism.<br /><br />Now there can be differences in judging the best way to get to those values, but in order to be a conservative, you have to be all of them.<br /><br />Single issue anti-jihadi is one strategy for a strong national defense. So is Jerry Pournelle's Maginot Line plus Build a Hundred Nuke Plants strategy.<br /><br />The Neocon method is one strategy. I think it won a lot of people over because it was obviously correct. Sure, it could have been done better. That's war...a collection of catastrophes until victory.<br /><br />The problem with those who critique the neocon strategy is that they don't have a strategy of their own that looks at all viable.<br /><br />By itself, the Paleocon Pournelle Maginot Line is going to suffer the fate of the last Line. Fold it into a Neocon strategy, and yeah, then we're talking. And I think most Neocons would have gladly gone for that, but the Shamnistas got in the way. Maybe if the Paleocons had gone full tilt after the Shamnistas instead of the Neocons we might be in actual possession of a Border Fence right now.<br /><br />And your point about abortion/immigration...thing of beauty.<br /><br />TennwriterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-55524218685073504482009-04-22T09:36:00.000-04:002009-04-22T09:36:00.000-04:00It's nice to see someone else calling out Charles....It's nice to see someone else calling out Charles. From day 1 this guy was never a Conservative. He's one of these "9/11 Republicans" I always heard about. These people identify more with Scoop Jackson than Barry Goldwater. (Think Sean Hannity as a example of this)<br /><br />But I would also say the same thing about Robert and Pam. "9/11 Republicans". Pro-War, Any War folks. Sure keeping a eye on Muzzies is a good thing, but what does it bring to the Conservative movement? Nothing. (Think Daniel Patrick Moynihan, in stead of Robert Taft for a example)<br /><br />All and all, to me this is a good thing. Weeding out the Neo-Liberals out of the Conservative Movement needs to be done. And this is the beginning I hope.<br /><br />Robert..love that you are posting over at Taki's. Keep up the good work.RegularRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943494214247213345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-37574477484507147592009-04-21T23:56:00.000-04:002009-04-21T23:56:00.000-04:00When Charles called Pam Geller "a shrieking lunati...When Charles called Pam Geller "a shrieking lunatic" I realized he had entered full-blown Perez Hilton territory.<br /><br />Either Charles has changed, or his grotesque side has finally come out in the open.McClatchy Watchhttp://www.cancelthebee.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-86901289769739213832009-04-21T23:37:00.000-04:002009-04-21T23:37:00.000-04:00I never got the feeling Charles was a conservative...I never got the feeling Charles was a conservative. So I'm not sure what's new here. And frankly I think he has a good nose for racism/bigotry; I trust his judgement on that.<br /><br />I don't read LGF much any more, not nearly as much as I used to. I'm not really interested in the Creation debate that seems to be Charles' latest cause. I'm a research scientist, but find the whole debate to be a yawnfest.<br /><br />As for the comments section of LGF, it's unreadable, simply because every post gets about 2000 childish comments on topics unrelated. Who is going to wade through that?SteveBrooklineMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-61946855238089115192009-04-21T23:17:00.000-04:002009-04-21T23:17:00.000-04:00The Iraqi insurgents were de facto allies of the D...<I>The Iraqi insurgents were de facto allies of the Democrats, and as the death toll in Iraq rose, so did the Democrats' political fortunes.</I> Not to mention the MSM, Hollyweird, the groves of academicide, and other allies of success. With Rumsfeld putting his trusties like Bremer in charge, Iraq spun into a near-civil war situation. <br /><br />You are right about GWB's failure to use a Repub majority in '05-06 to do anything except Social Security reform, a cause Bill Clinton had advocated, but the Dems mau-maued George Jr. into semi-reclusive Rose Garden strategies---except for Africa, where his humanism did shine forth.<br /><br />GWB was bushwhacked and it's going to be a while before the Republicans can get it back together. The old urban legends like Plamegate are now being recycled by crazies like Excitable Andy into torturegate. Too bad the place they waterboarded KSM into ratting out the terror plot was L.A.!!! <br /><br />It would have been sadly amusing to see celebritards trying to explain away an Islamic terrorist hit on Tinseltown & environs.dave in bocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164227301361227792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-30456243551384952002009-04-21T22:07:00.000-04:002009-04-21T22:07:00.000-04:00Umnnnnhhhh....
The Rovian Strategy was just exact...Umnnnnhhhh....<br /><br />The Rovian Strategy was just exactly this: "50% +1"<br /><br />No more, and certainly no less.<br /><br />Not exactly a comprehensive overall policy book, and he didn't need one--he had Iraq and AlQuaeda.<br /><br />And he didn't really give a rip about the downticket stuff, either, once GWB was re-elected.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-64403441602451361082009-04-21T21:56:00.000-04:002009-04-21T21:56:00.000-04:00I was never a big reader of LGF, one of my rules b...I was never a big reader of LGF, one of my rules being to avoid blogs where you have to register to comment, but from what I have read I don't think he really gives a rats ass about being finished as a conservative. <br /><br />Recently I stumbled across a mention of a guy who <A HREF="http://kurulounge.blogspot.com/2009/04/is-limbaugh-wrong.html" REL="nofollow"> applied game theory to partisan politics</A> and I have been wondering just how correct he was. Mainly because it seems to me that the left has captured the center on a lot of hot button issues, mainly beacuse it is easier to spout feel good platitudes than to actually take a logical approach to things. <br /><br />If the games theory approach is correct conservatives could be out of power for a long time.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083359852310707247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-20305412213853393412009-04-21T20:58:00.000-04:002009-04-21T20:58:00.000-04:00The three satiric YouTubes Pamela Geller posted ar...The three satiric YouTubes Pamela Geller posted are all good; but the second one is the best. I put 'em all up just to keep them close by.<br /><br />But no more, Pam, please; that particular movie meme has become quite stale.<br /><br />Charles Johnson is finished I think, at least as a 'conservative'. Andrew Sullivan, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkEyvhkqpc" REL="nofollow">move it on over</A>!Serr8dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083811545504469815noreply@blogger.com