tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post2885694203494060184..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: What Passes For "Conservative" At HuffPoAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-71076040429019052872010-08-13T16:23:29.309-04:002010-08-13T16:23:29.309-04:00rlaWTX, Thanks! No, I don't think any of us e...rlaWTX, Thanks! No, I don't think any of us expect consistency at Huffpo. It would be nice, but we know better.<br /><br />And I like your analogy. Just because you say you are something doesn't make it so.<br /><br />Have a great weekend! :-)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-89592702422076315392010-08-13T16:14:23.104-04:002010-08-13T16:14:23.104-04:00no one is seriously expecting consistency at HuffP...no one is seriously expecting consistency at HuffPo, are they?<br /><br />and can I be a millionaire just because I like the color green and think that money is cool and have written out a million with all the zeros a few times? if so, can someone let my bank know?? :-)<br /><br />Good job, as always, Andrew. Y'all have a great weekend!rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-567942529862805182010-08-13T12:08:20.140-04:002010-08-13T12:08:20.140-04:00Ponderosa, LOL! I agree wholeheartedly with your ...Ponderosa, LOL! I agree wholeheartedly with your sarcastic response.<br /><br />I think you're right about conservatism. The 1930s-1950s were the peek of the "government can do everything" crazy (with a last hurrah under Johnson in the 1960s). Even the Republicans were on-board with that. So describing himself as an Eisenhower Republican really takes him out of the realm of being a conservative.<br /><br />Also, being an anti-communist is pretty meaningless as (1) communism has failed around the world and the Soviet threat is gone (as you note), and (2) even socialists are often anti-communist.<br /><br />Being pro-capitalism also is a rather generic description because even many socialists around the world have begun to accept the merits of capitalism.<br /><br />What I find interesting is that where these things count, that's where he gets soft. In other words, he's pro-capitalism, but doesn't support the people who want to put in place the pillars of capitalism. He's anti-communist, but seems even more anti-American. And he seems to take at face value everything that any dictator or terrorist or leftist groups says.<br /><br />That's not a conservative by any definition.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-48062503651241051552010-08-13T11:31:15.598-04:002010-08-13T11:31:15.598-04:00Eisenhower conservative?
I did a little digging ...Eisenhower conservative?<br /> <br />I did a little digging - so he's pro-capitalism, umm...duh. <br /> <br />And an anti-communist - that is just fantastic. <br />He'll fight the USSR tooth and nail. Great timing.<br /> <br />Ike left office in '61 and I would argue conservatism was at low ebb, perhaps even its nadir (between FDR & LBJ) - pre-Goldwater, pre-Reagan, pre-Tea Party and Buckley had just started NR.<br /> <br />Perhaps 1976 or 2008 were worse.<br /> <br />Either way...<br /><br />/sarcasm on <br />Great to have him aboard!<br /> <br />He has inspired me to annouce right here and NOW my opposition to King George!<br />/end sarcasmPonderosanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-89716235469990941442010-08-13T10:49:15.395-04:002010-08-13T10:49:15.395-04:00Thanks TJ, but I can't take credit for the ima...Thanks TJ, but I can't take credit for the image. Sometimes I can, I often make my own images or manipulate them. But this one I took from some leftist site.<br /><br />As for the Huffers, I think they've gone insane. There's no other explanation for the multi-year temper tantrum they're throwing.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-45504297334136312612010-08-13T09:54:39.113-04:002010-08-13T09:54:39.113-04:00The loons at HuffPo think Nancy Pelousy is too con...The loons at HuffPo think Nancy Pelousy is too conservative? That truly is scary.<br /><br />By the way, I love the B-52 Andrew. TJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-70107167475743312202010-08-12T23:33:33.038-04:002010-08-12T23:33:33.038-04:00Lawhawk, That explains a lot. It really does!Lawhawk, That explains a lot. It really does!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-71867044595614489062010-08-12T23:27:21.505-04:002010-08-12T23:27:21.505-04:00Andrew: The HuffPo thinks Nancy Pelosi is too con...Andrew: The HuffPo thinks Nancy Pelosi is too conservative. Does that help? Eeeek!LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-42736943213060897172010-08-12T22:16:32.438-04:002010-08-12T22:16:32.438-04:00Ed, I think that goes without saying. The Huffers...Ed, I think that goes without saying. The Huffers would be all over this story of the evil National Review pushing horrible things. . . thing that they themselves believe. Hypocrisy is a liberal trait by now, after all.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-69401379366285315462010-08-12T19:39:22.855-04:002010-08-12T19:39:22.855-04:00Let me state the obvious, if this had been Nationa...Let me state the obvious, if this had been National Review posting this guy's article, they would be accused of all kinds of racism, antisemitism, and lunyism. But no, it's Huffington Post, so it's all good. Sickening.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-62402032186192950002010-08-12T16:47:51.771-04:002010-08-12T16:47:51.771-04:00Bev, Normally, I would leave Huffpo to you, but I ...Bev, Normally, I would leave Huffpo to you, but I stumbled upon this guy. So I'll take your word for it that he's pretty typical. Yuck.<br /><br />I'm honestly not sure what he thinks makes him a conservative? I know that he claims that he was an anti-communist at one point, but that doesn't exactly make one a conservative. Lyndon Johnson was also an anti-communist.<br /><br />Margolis apparently has also flirted with being a Ron Paul supporter, though it sounds like he only liked Paul's anti-war stance.<br /><br />I suspect that he's like Weigel from the Journolist scandal -- thinks of himself as "a relatively conservative libertarian" but mistakes "libertarian" for "libertine" and has nothing but disdain for all things conservative.<br /><br />On the one hand, it would be interesting to see why he thinks he's a conservative. On the other hand, I'd rather he just went away back to whence he came.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-49206858709828821022010-08-12T16:40:39.188-04:002010-08-12T16:40:39.188-04:00He's pretty typical for HuffPo, though I can&#...He's pretty typical for HuffPo, though I can't imagine why he would want to call himself a "conservative". Maybe he means "conservative" as in conserving natural resources. Or maybe he's willing to brand himself a conservative to make HuffPo appear as if they are fair and balanced like Faux...er...Fox News.BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-74223015661474537902010-08-12T16:31:12.904-04:002010-08-12T16:31:12.904-04:00Joel, I have no idea what they would consider a tr...Joel, I have no idea what they would consider a true liberal to be? I suspect that Lenin and Marx themselves would be seen as capitalist-exploiters over at Huffpo.<br /><br />As for Margolis, he actually thinks of himself as a "true conservative". But when you see that he hates the <i>citizen</i> military, thinks ill of America, hates the Republican Party, AND hates the Tea Party which is trying to bring the Republican Party to its more conservative roots, I just don't see anything "conservative" about him -- not by any definition that I know. To the contrary, he seems to fall nicely into the paranoid-left camp.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-77170369856856351832010-08-12T16:22:59.569-04:002010-08-12T16:22:59.569-04:00Andrew,
Wow, Hillary Clinton is more conservative...Andrew,<br /><br />Wow, Hillary Clinton is more conservative than Eric Margolis!!!<br /><br />I'ld hate to see what they consider a "TRUE LIBERAL".<br /><br />She did back the Iraqi war.Joel Farnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.com