Hilts on February 23, 2009 at 6:58 PM

I agree that both men are smart but…
Hinderaker is not a conservative so that makes sense, and I was not aware that VDH was a McCain man in the primaries. Hummm… That makes no sense.

Hewitt was Arnold’s number one supporter. How has the worked out for conservatism?

richard_223 on February 23, 2009 at 6:16 PM

Hey two of the smartest guys out there – Victor Davis Hanson and John Hinderaker (of Powerline blog) supported McCain in the primaries as the guy with the best chance of winning in November against the Dems. How did that work out too?

O/T Is everyone aware that Geert Wilder is going to be on Dr. Bennett’s show tomorrow morning?

Cindy Munford on February 23, 2009 at 5:56 PM

:-) Dr. Bennett comes on from 5-9 AM here, but at eight I switch to a sister station for Laura Ingraham.

KendraWilder on February 23, 2009 at 5:50 PM

+1

He still seems to portrait the attitude that Obama can be reasoned with. He refuses to see the guy for what he is. Hugh’s optimism has gone off the radar to the point he has lost touch with fact that the world around him is caving in rapidly.

Anyone who calls Obama out for exactly what he is and what he is doing is conidered a nutter to Hewitt. He’s lost.

“If the GOP adopts and refines the tactics the Democrats have used for the past four years all will be well two years hence, and perhaps even better than well.”

That’s right, Hugh Hewitt himself:

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/dc3a68c3-2554-4e89-a2cb-be5a0e18fbe8

The GOP had already, during their tenuous majority control of Congress and the White House, been acting like Democrats, and now Hugh was urging them to do so when campaigning as well as governing.

We know what happened leading up to election day, Tuesday, November 4, 2008: There was a movement to take the GOP to a more moderate positioning, and Democrat tactics were being used. The GOP candidate chosen was the epitomy of Democrat Lite. And in the end we lost it all, both branches of Congress, and the White House.

Hugh Hewitt and several others, including Bill Kristol, Fred Barnes, and Mort Kondrake, plus several Country Club Blue Bloods, tried to remake the GOP into Democrat Lite. And tried to neutralize the conservative base, especially the Religious Right.

Now we see the disaster this has caused. So to my mind, Hugh has a lot to answer for, as do several others including the Congressional GOP members themselves who abandoned their origins and conservative foundations, on some mistaken idea that the Democrats had the right modus operandi for winning inside the beltway power on all levels.

The Dems have control of everything once again, because the Republicans forfeited their principles and identity when they bought into the notion that acting like Democrats would win them back the Inside the Beltway track back to power.

I stopped listening to Hugh’s show last year, and stopped reading his townhall.com columns as well. He was part of the problem, and I cannot imagine how, given his track record the past two years, he could possibly become, magically, part of the solution.

The GOP must turn away from anyone who swayed them away from their conservative and Constitutional defender foundations, and get back to what’s important: lower taxes, less government intervention into the business world and less government interference in our personal lives.

Electing Michael Steele as RNC Chairman was an excellent start. Rediscovering their principles and fighting the pork laden “stimulus” package was also an excellent start. It will take time to win back the GOP’s base, and trust, but they finally seem to be on the right track.

But it will take a helluva lot longer for me to ever begin to trust Hugh again. Sorry.

MrScribbler on February 23, 2009 at 5:37 PM

Oh, good grief. I’m cut off.

Cindy Munford on February 23, 2009 at 5:34 PM

I figured something like that ;o)

Cindy Munford on February 23, 2009 at 5:26 PM

Would you like to, ummmmm, rephrase that, maybe?

Wouldn’t wanna think ol’ soft-spoken Hugh was gonna go all Bahney Fwank on us….

katy on February 23, 2009 at 5:28 PM

On going joke from the primaries.

amerpundit on February 23, 2009 at 5:26 PM

In what way?

MrScribbler on February 23, 2009 at 5:21 PM

He does a decent interview but it does take awhile because he sucks them in slowly. I think it’s that lawyer thing. He has Mark Steyn on every Thursday.

right2bright on February 23, 2009 at 5:18 PM

I am obviously confused. Basically I am saying whoever he is for, bet on the other team.

Ed, I’ll send you a 100.00 check if you can get him to admit Obama’s a dangerously radical socialist (and mean it)!

katy on February 23, 2009 at 5:24 PM

That would benefit Mitt Romney.

Ed, I’ll send you a 100.00 check if you can get him to admit Obama’s a dangerously radical socialist (and mean it)!

I’ll listen just this once, but he won’t.

Other opponent? I think that’s a double negative.

Cindy Munford on February 23, 2009 at 5:15 PM

You can have more than one opponent, so it’s okay, English-wise.

Hugh Hewitt is too beta-male for my taste. I can listen to him for as much as three consecutive minutes at a time. He is the conservative Bill Press.

Other opponent? I think that’s a double negative.

Cindy Munford on February 23, 2009 at 5:15 PM

Maybe there were three and you were talking about one? You know the “other” one.