Quotes of the day

posted at 9:40 pm on August 9, 2009 by Allahpundit

“Everyone seems to ignore that Pelosi started this, saying town hall participants were showing up with swastikas, etc. That’s calling them Nazis, as Dick Durbin referred to our Gitmo interrogators from the Senate floor. I’ve been listening to the left compare George W. Bush to Hitler for eight years. I’ve been listening to Democrats and the left compare conservatism to Nazis my whole career. This time I responded. In kind, by comparing the radical left policies of the Nazis to today’s radical left leadership of the Democrat Party. I’m not surprised they don’t like it.”

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I’m not sure the base knows how to spell imigr8.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:21 PM

It goes like this i-n-m-i-g-r-a-c-i-ó-n….

Ozprey on August 9, 2009 at 10:27 PM

Rush’s audience nearly doubled during the last attempt to isolate him. You think tools like Blinky will negatively impact Rush? Think again.

OneVision on August 9, 2009 at 10:13 PM

That’s why he should start the show tomorrow with Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism. He should have an even wider audience than usual.

FloatingRock on August 9, 2009 at 10:27 PM

Too bad Michelle wasn’t on this week instead of last. She …….would have made him cry.
Smak down!

katy on August 9, 2009 at 10:27 PM

I forgot anti-Semitic. (thanks Upstater85)

jgapinoy on August 9, 2009 at 10:24 PM

And forced sterilization, animal rights, population engineering, and State sponsored paganism.

We could just keep going on and on…

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:27 PM

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:27 PM

Hitler believed in animal rights?

itsnotaboutme on August 9, 2009 at 10:29 PM

Brook’s letter to Palin urging her and the other crazies to stop beating up on ObamaCare:

My head is filled with disease.
My skin is begging you please.
I’m on my hands and knees
I want so much to believe.
Don’t take it away from me.
I need someone to hold on to.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:29 PM

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:27 PM

Hitler was green and a rabid anti-smoker, too.

Just thought I’d throw those in.

progressoverpeace on August 9, 2009 at 10:29 PM

The absurdity of Pelosi’s rhetoric is parodied here: “Speaker Pelosi Vows to Stop Spread of ‘Nazi Zombie Menace’ Before It Infects More Town Hall Meetings”: http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/08/speaker-pelosi-vows-to-stop-spread-of.html

Mervis Winter on August 9, 2009 at 10:29 PM

Hitler was green and a rabid anti-smoker, too.

Just thought I’d throw those in.

progressoverpeace on August 9, 2009 at 10:29 PM

One more reason not to quit smoking my ‘American Spirits’

Ozprey on August 9, 2009 at 10:31 PM

Hitler believed in animal rights?

itsnotaboutme on August 9, 2009 at 10:29 PM

My understanding is that at some point Hitler became a vegetarian and Himmler toyed with animal rights…

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:31 PM

Speaking of Pelosi…if you can stomach it Drudge has a wonderful close up of her. Looks like someone needs aother round of botox.

My advice, let the page load while you close your eyes and then open them very slowly..if you dare.

milwife88 on August 9, 2009 at 10:32 PM

Indeed, most of the founders of National Socialism would be far more comfortable talking witchcraft and astrology with a bunch of crystal-worshipping vegans than attending a church social. Consider the Thule Society, named after a supposed lost race of northern peoples hinted at in ancient Greek texts. The society was founded as the Munich chapter of the German Order, and while its occult and theosophical doctrines were nominally central to its charter, the glue that held it together was racist anti-Semitism. Anton Drexler was encouraged by his mentor Dr. Paul Tafel, a leader of the Thule Society, to found the German Workers’ Party, which would soon become the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. Its membership was a veritable Who’s Who of founding Nazis, according to Hitler’s biographer Ian Kershaw.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:33 PM

I gotta say. Tomorrow’s EIB airwaves are going to be ablaze with “Death Panel” & David Brooks spanking.

It will be a very good day.

portlandon on August 9, 2009 at 10:33 PM

And I hear he carries several verbal whips
He’s the sultan of radio sound
With facts and figures at his fingertips
They say his rhetoric is nearly ten feet tall
And yet quite to the point…all in all
I’m told he swaggers when he walks
And often causes earthquakes when he talks
Who is Rush Limbaugh?

PercyB on August 9, 2009 at 10:34 PM

I wonder what some women,or men,who are working Joe and Jill
average Americans,who don`t have any political axes to gri
nd with either political party,and are there at these townhall meetings,with a couple of neighbours,to get the
low down on their healthcare,who are now,being laballed as ‘CRAZIES’!!!!!

There is no question,that to a lot of Americans who are not politically engaged or have not been politically active,
are now!!

If anything,Mom and Pop`s America are getting a clear picture as to how the Obama Administration,is looking
down on them!!

The Un-tuned portion of America is becoming Tuned-In!!

canopfor on August 9, 2009 at 10:34 PM

…And yet anti-Semites that own kiddy p0rn, shoot up Holocaust Memorials, and hate Fox News are considered Far Right too…

Does this make Rush a centrist Republican?

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:11 PM

Firstly, Rush isn’t a Republican. He is a conservative – and a sane one at that!!

KickandSwimMom on August 9, 2009 at 10:37 PM

Maybe I misread Jonah Goldberg’s book Liberal Fascism but insofar as there are similarities between the Nazis and one side of American politics, the left is closer to the Nazis than the right. And yet for years we have been called Nazis. William F. Buckley threatened to punch Gore Vidal so hard that he would “stay plastered” for insinuating Buckley was similar to the Third Reich.

David Brooks continues to strike out with me because he dismisses conservative positions out of hand before offering mild critique of Obama. Isn’t it insane that for years the left has called conservatives “Nazis”? Isn’t it insane that Democratic Congressmen have repeatedly compared conservatives to Nazis? Does Brooks have no problem with that? Apparently not.

David Brooks doesn’t like Limbaugh and vise versa. However, if Brooks really wants to convince conservatives to follow him, he needs to not attack Limbaugh, but to attack Obama on his own terms, i.e. from the position of a moderate.

darii on August 9, 2009 at 10:37 PM

Brooks serves only one purpose; to be trotted out as a so-called “conservative” to support Obama’s every vile deed while demonizing real conservatives. If that isn’t a “tool”, then I haven’t a clue what a tool really is and all those things in my garage must be drop forged smores and high speed steel licorice whips.

SKYFOX on August 9, 2009 at 10:37 PM

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:33 PM

What was point of that quote?

darii on August 9, 2009 at 10:38 PM

…And yet anti-Semites that own kiddy p0rn, shoot up Holocaust Memorials, and hate Fox News are considered Far Right too…

Does this make Rush a centrist Republican?

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:11 PM

Firstly, Rush isn’t a Republican. He is a conservative – and a sane one at that!!

KickandSwimMom on August 9, 2009 at 10:37 PM

So maybe it makes him a centrist conservative…

… especially if if Tim McVeigh is far right (if you actually accept this view espoused by the left).

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:39 PM

My understanding is that at some point Hitler became a vegetarian and Himmler toyed with animal rights…

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:31 PM

interesting . these days we have millions of people who think animals are people, send pictures like they are children, and even have funerals for them. Many many of these people have no problem with the slaughter in the human womb.

CWforFreedom on August 9, 2009 at 10:39 PM

I think Brooks is a hostage to his paycheck at the New York Times.

Consider to whom is Brooks worth whatever he gets at the NYT to be their conservative butt boy?

The conservative media? Well I you could get a clearer conservative voice swinging a dead cat than Brooks.

He is only valuable to the liberals and he is only valuable if he is a poor excuse for a conservative.

Thus he will never change.

That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t marginalize as the NYT and MSM tries to elevate him.

Conan on August 9, 2009 at 10:39 PM

David who?

GarandFan on August 9, 2009 at 10:40 PM

darii on August 9, 2009 at 10:37 PM

“Now listen you queer, stop calling me a crypto Nazi, or I’ll sock you in the G-D face so you’ll staaay plaahhhstuuddd”

blatantblue on August 9, 2009 at 10:40 PM

I don’t listen to men who wear lip gloss.

Bishop on August 9, 2009 at 10:40 PM

Pelosi started it by pointing out that these people were showing up with swastikas?

Nonfactor on August 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM

Well, as a rhetorical device it certainly wasn’t very helpful, was it? Nor was it particularly true, either.

Was it?

Tell me you don’t know anyone who is concerned about the rationing of care, particularly toward the elderly, that people know is endemic in many Euro national health systems.

I know several middle-of-the-road, non-activist types who were quite offended and shocked by Pelosi’s remarks, not only because of their obvious offensiveness, but because they saw it as an extreme form of ridicule of their quite legitimate concerns

If you don’t know anyone with those concerns, then you must travel in an awfully tight left-wing circle, and you really ought to get out more.

Yes, Palin’s and Limbaugh’s rhetoric was heated, but at heart it reflects the public’s legitimate concerns a lot more than Pelosi and Company’s even more heated rhetoric

Brooks knows this, and is being disingenuous when he writes Palin and Limbaugh off as “crazies”, particularly when he fails to mention the rhetoric coming from the likes of Pelosi, et. al.

Then he follows up with some particularly useless “David Broder” type “analysis” consisting of platitudes mixed with belaboring the obvious. Yawn.

What a particularly useless man he is. He should really try to get a real job.

The Democrats obviously have a very limited repertoire of rhetorical “pitches”. After the “hitters” (the public) have seen 500 “crappy curveballs” of blaming everything on Rush Limbaugh, and calling all opposition Nazis and traitors, they cease being fooled.

And you know, when the hitters start knocking the only pitch you have out of the park 5 or 6 times a game-it is back to minors with you.

Dreadnought on August 9, 2009 at 10:41 PM

However, if Brooks really wants to convince conservatives to follow him, he needs to not attack Limbaugh, but to attack Obama on his own terms, i.e. from the position of a moderate.

darii on August 9, 2009 at 10:37 PM

Brooks doesn’t want conservatives to follow him he wants liberals to pay him. There is no Murdoch signature on his future paychecks and he knows that. Don’t bite the hand that feeds.

Conan on August 9, 2009 at 10:42 PM

What was point of that quote?

darii on August 9, 2009 at 10:38 PM

Take it for what you will, but the point is that Evangelical Christians clutching posters with crossed out swastikas, that believe Israel is favored by G-d, that don’t send money to their local Humane Society don’t seem to fall into that all so convenient crazy Nazi slot that Brooks, Pelosi, and even Parker would seem to want to put them in.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:43 PM

I’M BATMAN!

thomasaur on August 9, 2009 at 10:07 PM

Holy Death Panels, Batman!–Robin

jimmy2shoes on August 9, 2009 at 10:43 PM

interesting . these days we have millions of people who think animals are people, send pictures like they are children, and even have funerals for them. Many many of these people have no problem with the slaughter in the human womb.

CWforFreedom on August 9, 2009 at 10:39 PM

But don’t worry.

We defeated Fascism (in lefty lingo Racism) in Europe decades ago…

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:45 PM

Guess who had this agenda?

13. We demand the nationalization of all businesses which have been formed into corporations (trusts).

14. We demand profit-sharing in large industrial enterprises.

15. We demand the extensive development of insurance for old age.

16. We demand the creation and maintenance of a healthy middle class, the immediate communalizing of big department stores, and their lease at a cheap rate to small traders, and that the utmost consideration shall be shown to all small traders in the placing of State and municiple orders.

Nazi’s 25 Point Plan.

V15J on August 9, 2009 at 10:45 PM

One sees evidence of these principles in Nazi public health practice. Nazi health officials cleaned up water supplies and removed lead and mercury from consumer products. Doctors were urged to counsel patients against tobacco use,13 to maintain the efficiency of workers, safeguard public and genetic health, and ensure the best possible medical care for every pregnant woman and newborns judged “genetically fit.” There were debates about medical malpractice — whether, for example, natural healers were to be barred from treating cancer patients (they eventually were) — and the limits of medical confidentiality and medical disclosure. A 1943 article in a leading German cancer journal cited the “demands of medical ethics” to inform patients of the severity of their diseases, and in at least one case a physician was prosecuted for failing to inform a woman she had cancer (physicians protested the ruling in print).14

http://www.adl.org/Braun/dim_14_1_nazi_med.asp

pearson on August 9, 2009 at 10:46 PM

pearson on August 9, 2009 at 10:46 PM

Are you saying that the Government can’t make us better people?

Flagging YOU!!!

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:47 PM

So maybe it makes him a centrist conservative…

… especially if if Tim McVeigh is far right (if you actually accept this view espoused by the left).

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009

Okay, so then Rush is a “sane” conservative. I’m not sure why you are conflating the things you are in your posts. Is Tim McVeigh far right, far left – or really just insane?

KickandSwimMom on August 9, 2009 at 10:48 PM

Brooks serves only one purpose; to be trotted out as a so-called “conservative” to support Obama’s every vile deed while demonizing real conservatives. If that isn’t a “tool”, then I haven’t a clue what a tool really is and all those things in my garage must be drop forged smores and high speed steel licorice whips.

SKYFOX on August 9, 2009 at 10:37 PM

So true. He is very effective for the media’s attempt to derail the republican party. The War of 2012 will have to be won at a grassroots level with no expectations of support from the media. They have made their position crystal clear. I can’t decide if I detest them more than this administration.

sherry on August 9, 2009 at 10:48 PM

Brooks doesn’t want conservatives to follow him he wants liberals to pay him. There is no Murdoch signature on his future paychecks and he knows that. Don’t bite the hand that feeds.

Conan on August 9, 2009 at 10:42 PM

He’s wants to be the smartest guy in the room/belle of the beltway cocktail ball.

Thing is, didn’t Brooks and Bill Kristol join together to champion “National Greatness Conservatism” a while back? B/c Kristol, although a punchline among libs, is much better than Brooks when it comes to not being seduced by the left.

darii on August 9, 2009 at 10:48 PM

Look, Brooks signed on with these people — Obama and the democrats. He’s far too tender, weak, and insecure to ever admit what poor judgment he had. Write him off. He’s staying with his bad decision to the very end because his fragile ego simply will never let him admit he was conned by the guy in the shiny suit.

Rational Thought on August 9, 2009 at 10:48 PM

It appears Brooks is awash in Kool-Aid!!

Too much awashing in Kool-Aid,and you`ll
be pickled,and that will cause your brain to
be floundering,grasping at words,that makes
no sense!

So,in reality,it is Brooks who is the real,’CRAZY’!!

canopfor on August 9, 2009 at 10:50 PM

Take it for what you will, but the point is that Evangelical Christians clutching posters with crossed out swastikas, that believe Israel is favored by G-d, that don’t send money to their local Humane Society don’t seem to fall into that all so convenient crazy Nazi slot that Brooks, Pelosi, and even Parker would seem to want to put them in.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:43 PM

Ah. Although I’m a little confused about the description of Evangelicals who don’t support the humane society. If that was merely a contrast to the animal rights strain of Nazism, I would contend that the Humane Society is far cry from PETA, which is more similar to the Nazi animal rights stance.

darii on August 9, 2009 at 10:51 PM

Okay, so then Rush is a “sane” conservative. I’m not sure why you are conflating the things you are in your posts. Is Tim McVeigh far right, far left – or really just insane?

KickandSwimMom on August 9, 2009 at 10:48 PM

I don’t see any reason to believe that Tim McVeigh is far right. Do you?

I was being sarcastic. The left keeps going up the ladder and labeling people with reasonable positions as “crazy, far right, fringe.” Yet it’s hard to imagine that Tim McVeigh is in the same ideological boat as Rush Limbaugh. Maybe I’m missing something here, though. What exactly does the term “Far Right” even mean? In America, if we look at the American Right at least, “Far Right” would seem to be something like Milton Friedman – you know, that renown Nazi.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:51 PM

interesting . these days we have millions of people who think animals are people, send pictures like they are children, and even have funerals for them. Many many of these people have no problem with the slaughter in the human womb.

CWforFreedom on August 9, 2009 at 10:39 PM

Have you read Rescuing Sprite by Mark Levin? Rush seems attached to his pets, as am I, along with many other conservatives I know.

FloatingRock on August 9, 2009 at 10:53 PM

Ah. Although I’m a little confused about the description of Evangelicals who don’t support the humane society. If that was merely a contrast to the animal rights strain of Nazism, I would contend that the Humane Society is far cry from PETA, which is more similar to the Nazi animal rights stance.

darii on August 9, 2009 at 10:51 PM

I thought I’d give Peta a break.

Although, I don’t know a lot of Evangelicals that would fund the Humane Society before sending some money to an orphanage (for HUMANS).

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:53 PM

To summarize:
Pro-abortion.
Believers in eugenics.
Against free speech.
Pro-gun control.
Green.
Believe in using the power of government to curtail smoking.
Favor irrational animal rights laws.
Favor using the law to strengthen union allies.
Anti-Semites.
Favor high taxes.
Favor increasing government giveaways of various kinds.
Favor many powerful ties between government and big business.

Am I writing about the Nazis of the 1930s and 40s, or many liberals and Democrats in the United States?
Yes.

jgapinoy on August 9, 2009 at 10:53 PM

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:51 PM

American conservatives are moderate from a global view, actually.

Stuck between commies and Muslim jihadists

blatantblue on August 9, 2009 at 10:53 PM

Brooks….

Brothers…..

Brooks Brothers, hello!!

He must be authentic according to the powers that be.

MarkABinVA on August 9, 2009 at 10:53 PM

Every time Brooks talks about Ogabe, he compliments the POS for being “eloquent”.

Eloquent? “Uhhh…yeah…if you could just back the script up a bit…I got ahead of myself…ok start it there…”

Bishop on August 9, 2009 at 10:55 PM

American conservatives are moderate from a global view, actually.

Stuck between commies and Muslim jihadists

blatantblue on August 9, 2009 at 10:53 PM

I guess I’d say that American Conservatism is nothing like say Islamic Conservatism, European Conservatism, &c.

It’s somewhat unique, but if it had to latch onto some international movement, it would probably be more neo-liberal with a particular emphasis on individualism.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:55 PM

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:55 PM

Phew

least you aren’t a supranationalist :p

blatantblue on August 9, 2009 at 10:56 PM

I think Brooks is so gitty because he still can taste Barney Frank’s smegma on his lips…………

Seven Percent Solution on August 9, 2009 at 10:56 PM

Phew

least you aren’t a supranationalist :p

blatantblue on August 9, 2009 at 10:56 PM

*vomit in mouth*

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:57 PM

Seven Percent Solution on August 9, 2009 at 10:56 PM

Poor Brooks.

He had to settle for the submissive in the Donk Party.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:58 PM

If one were to stand back and watch this whole thing they would see that when each side hits back it’s a little harder everytime. If it keeps up things are going to blow up. If our president were a real leader he’d look at the situation and say, “Maybe we should take a little break from this and let both sides cool down. Then we can start again with some open, honest debate, allow both sides to truly participate and see if we can’t come up with a compromise.” Instead he seems intent to openly direct thugs to these meetings to escalate the situation. (For those of you doubting that, the whole knife gun analogy came from the white house and also they said they would hit back twice as hard.) This president is not content to do what’s best for the people. This president seems content to do whatever the hell he pleases no matter the consequences and there are those in congress who just love lapping up his BS and are too willing to join right in to help destroy this country.

boomer on August 9, 2009 at 10:58 PM

Is Tim McVeigh far right, far left – or really just insane?

KickandSwimMom on August 9, 2009 at 10:48 PM

It really makes me angry when people place McVeigh on the right. He was just a sick bastard. I was absolutely traumatized by what he did. That like putting the a@sholes who committed 9/11 in with peaceful Muslims. Timothy McVeigh was just an evil man.

TXMomof3 on August 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM

Like I mentioned this morning on another thread right after this segment was aired, Brooks is so far “off the reservation” that he is laughable as a conservative. The only problem is, he just doesn’t know it yet.

MarkABinVA on August 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM

Can’t we vote that twit out of the tribe. I’m all for a big tent, but Brooks, Dowd, and Parker have let us know that they are too good for tents and too good for us. We’d be better if they stopped speaking for us.

Laura in Maryland on August 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM

The only problem is, he just doesn’t know it yet.

MarkABinVA on August 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM

I’d add that Beta-Cons that still want to play with Brooks and Parker are part of the problem, but that is their choice to make… let’s just hope their ideology doesn’t get muddied.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 11:00 PM

boomer on August 9, 2009 at 10:58 PM

Nine thumbs up!

MarkABinVA on August 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM

*vomit in mouth*

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:57 PM

Same. But if I have to give the supranationalists in the EU credit for one thing, it’s have a standard in terms of budget deficits countries must meet before joining

Least they have some sort of freaking cap.

Us? Not so much

blatantblue on August 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM

Although, I don’t know a lot of Evangelicals that would fund the Humane Society before sending some money to an orphanage (for HUMANS).

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:53 PM

+1
Gotcha.

darii on August 9, 2009 at 11:02 PM

It really makes me angry when people place McVeigh on the right. He was just a sick bastard

I don’t completely understand either, I would rather judge the reaction to their crimes from the political front.

Bishop on August 9, 2009 at 11:02 PM

brooks is a piece of trash.

he wants to make sure his liberal friends like him in the morning…he’s the insane one.

right4life on August 9, 2009 at 11:02 PM

Same. But if I have to give the supranationalists in the EU credit for one thing, it’s have a standard in terms of budget deficits countries must meet before joining

Least they have some sort of freaking cap.

Us? Not so much

blatantblue on August 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM

Hehe… Well, we’re too busy saving the world. Gotta be compassionate, statist, Brooksian Neo-cons.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM

Neither David Brooks, Andrew Sullivan, Peggy Noonan nor Kathleen Parker is a genuine conservative — they just play one on TV. In real life, they are useful idiots.

Terrie on August 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM

Although, I don’t know a lot of Evangelicals that would fund the Humane Society before sending some money to an orphanage (for HUMANS).

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:53 PM

Thank goodness I just reread your post before I lit you up! I thought you were arguing the opposite point. Oops.

TXMomof3 on August 9, 2009 at 11:04 PM

“Insane….crazies….crazy….crazies…”

I am just so sick and tired of these people denigrating conservatives and anyone else who dares to oppose or question them.

The people going to the Town Hall meetings are not crazy. They shout out at meetings because none of their representatives are listening to them.

Frustrating.

IrishEi on August 9, 2009 at 11:04 PM

TXMomof3 on August 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM

Agreed; we might as well include Charles Manson in these kind of discussions as McVeigh.

massrighty on August 9, 2009 at 11:05 PM

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM

Well if our misadventures in the Den of Islam tell us one thing, it’s that nation building is a very expensive, bloody, and most of the time, unsuccessful hobby.

blatantblue on August 9, 2009 at 11:05 PM

Thank goodness I just reread your post before I lit you up! I thought you were arguing the opposite point. Oops.

TXMomof3 on August 9, 2009 at 11:04 PM

Hehe

Hey, I give the members of the religious right (not just evangelicals) credit for doing what they are doing ON THEIR OWN DIME not expecting some sort of GOV’T GRANT!!!

In my opinion, we need more of this.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 11:06 PM

I think Brooks is so gitty because he still can taste Barney Frank’s smegma on his lips…………

Seven Percent Solution on August 9, 2009 at 10:56 PM

Seven Percent Solution: That is a ghastly thought,however,
those are the facts,and I dare say,
that there is a lot more lip-lock
ing of various parts and some very
fancy manouvers,that the left loves
engaging in,but,the Liberals are the
Party of Debauchery!!:)

canopfor on August 9, 2009 at 11:06 PM

Well if our misadventures in the Den of Islam tell us one thing, it’s that nation building is a very expensive, bloody, and most of the time, unsuccessful hobby.

blatantblue on August 9, 2009 at 11:05 PM

Eh… don’t get me started.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 11:07 PM

Laura in Maryland on August 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM

I wish, instead of a tent, we could all agree to use the metaphor of conservatism as a “big boat.”

That way, when people like brooks, parker, noonan, et al, stop rowing, we could simply throw them overboard.

massrighty on August 9, 2009 at 11:07 PM

That way, when people like brooks, parker, noonan, et al, stop rowing, we could simply throw them overboard.

massrighty on August 9, 2009 at 11:07 PM

What about shark cage?

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 11:08 PM

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 11:08 PM

When it’s called for, sure.

massrighty on August 9, 2009 at 11:09 PM

If our president were a real leader he’d look at the situation and say, “Maybe we should take a little break from this and let both sides cool down. Then we can start again with some open, honest debate, allow both sides to truly participate and see if we can’t come up with a compromise.”

Instead he seems intent to openly direct thugs to these meetings to escalate the situation. This president seems content to do whatever the hell he pleases no matter the consequences and there are those in congress who just love lapping up his BS and are too willing to join right in to help destroy this country.

boomer on August 9, 2009 at 10:58 PM

After drinking a potion of Saul Alinsky’s, George Soros’s, Nancy Pelsoi’s, Barbara Boxer’s, the DNC’s and his own creation, Barack is transformed into the cruel, remorseless, evil Herr Hussein, representing the hidden side of Obama’s dual nature brought to the fore. Barack has many friends and has a pleasing personality, but as Herr Hussein he becomes more and more dictatorial, encourages violence and becomes ever more fascist like as time goes by as the Herr Hussein side of his split personality grows in dominance. After taking this potion repetitively, he no longer needs to rely upon it to unleash his inner destructive fascist demons.

Sigmund on August 9, 2009 at 11:09 PM

Agreed; we might as well include Charles Manson in these kind of discussions as McVeigh.

massrighty on August 9, 2009 at 11:05 PM

Two things that I will take to my grave: the rescue worker carrying out the toddler girl in Oklahoma City, and feeling like I couldn’t breathe, like I had literally been punched in the chest when I was watching the news on 9/11 and seeing the second plane come in and hit the second tower. There is no other explanation other than true evil does exist.

TXMomof3 on August 9, 2009 at 11:09 PM

When it’s called for, sure.

massrighty on August 9, 2009 at 11:09 PM

Well, as I see it, Brooks and Parker are swimming with the sharks and they have the blood of fellow conservatives on their hands… Hmm…

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 11:09 PM

There is no other explanation other than true evil does exist.
TXMomof3 on August 9, 2009 at 11:09 PM

I felt that way watching Ogabe’s Presidential acceptance speech.

Bishop on August 9, 2009 at 11:11 PM

There is no other explanation other than true evil does exist.

TXMomof3 on August 9, 2009 at 11:09 PM

But, remember, the left tells us we can rehabilitate everyone!

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 11:11 PM

Well if our misadventures in the Den of Islam tell us one thing, it’s that nation building is a very expensive, bloody, and most of the time, unsuccessful hobby.

blatantblue on August 9, 2009 at 11:05 PM

blatantblue: No kidding,but remember,Team Obama isn`t inter
ested in Foreign Wars,Obama is too busy trying
to win the Domestic War at home,by conquering
the ‘crazies’ !!:)

canopfor on August 9, 2009 at 11:13 PM

Bishop on August 9, 2009 at 11:11 PM

Bishop, for some insane reason I just burst out crying. Obama truly does scare me. Now that I have absolutely lost it, goodnight.

TXMomof3 on August 9, 2009 at 11:13 PM

Bishop, for some insane reason I just burst out crying. Obama truly does scare me. Now that I have absolutely lost it, goodnight.

TXMomof3 on August 9, 2009 at 11:13 PM

ye of little faith

come on
don’t let this man reduce you to tears

blatantblue on August 9, 2009 at 11:14 PM

no man is worth your tears

ESPECIALLY OBAMA.

blatantblue on August 9, 2009 at 11:15 PM

There is no other explanation other than true evil does exist.
TXMomof3 on August 9, 2009 at 11:09 PM

I felt that way watching Ogabe’s Presidential acceptance speech.

Bishop on August 9, 2009 at 11:11 PM

I saw nothing. I heard nothing. I know nothing. I was not there. I have not even gotten up any day since January 19th.

OberfeldwebelSchultz on August 9, 2009 at 11:15 PM

blatantblue: No kidding,but remember,Team Obama isn`t inter
ested in Foreign Wars,Obama is too busy trying
to win the Domestic War at home,by conquering
the ‘crazies’ !!:)

canopfor on August 9, 2009 at 11:13 PM

I’m not completely sure if I agree… If Obama didn’t want to interfere in foreign affairs, then why is Hillary dancing with the locals?

http://tpmtv.talkingpointsmemo.com/?id=3143677

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 11:15 PM

Brooks didn’t ingratiate himself with anybody, he would have done better choosing a side and sticking to talking points.

The Democrats have screwed themselves, Brooks at least got that part right, its just amazing that someone who calls himself a Conservative that will inevitably be ripped by the Obamabots wouldn’t understand more and tell the truth more about a health care debacle that actually does include the creation of at least the equivalent of a death panel along with many other heinous acts, besides a financial America killer.

Why take the arrows from both sides and cover for parts of national human disaster?

Speakup on August 9, 2009 at 11:15 PM

Buy more ammo

bill30097 on August 9, 2009 at 11:16 PM

After drinking a potion portion of Saul Alinsky’s, George…

Sigmund on August 9, 2009 at 11:09 PM

Turns out he’s a vampire.

boomer on August 9, 2009 at 11:17 PM

Buy more ammo

bill30097 on August 9, 2009 at 11:16 PM

…and more un-edited editions of the Bible…

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 11:17 PM

I was being sarcastic. The left keeps going up the ladder and labeling people with reasonable positions as “crazy, far right, fringe.” Yet it’s hard to imagine that Tim McVeigh is in the same ideological boat as Rush Limbaugh. Maybe I’m missing something here, though. What exactly does the term “Far Right” even mean? In America, if we look at the American Right at least, “Far Right” would seem to be something like Milton Friedman – you know, that renown Nazi.

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 10:51 PM

Ah, now I see where your going. Actually, I think far-right nowadays is more like people who have positions like Palin. You know, those who care deeply about the very serious threat we face to our beliefs on life and death issues, who care about what we are able to give and leave to our children, and who believe that we should care for, yet realize that we are blessed with many resources on this great planet Earth, and we have the responsibility to both our children and our security to utilize those resources in a way that will best protect the future.

I know what you must be thinking . . . hard to believe that these issues would be considered far-right. Yet, here we are . . . My, how the goal-posts have changed.

KickandSwimMom on August 9, 2009 at 11:17 PM

Everytime I engage in a discussion with liberals about Obumma’s shortcomings and failures as a leader, inevitably, somewhere in their response, they mention what an eloquent speaker he is. “Oh, but he speaks so eloquently,” they opine. Okay, so he gets an A++ in speech. But you know what? Many historians and speech experts will tell you that Adolph Hitler was one helluva talker and pretty durn effective at firing up the masses. Where did that get his master race and hey, how about that thing called the Holocaust? The insane bastard fired up a nation still licking its wounds from WWI and pushed them over the brink into the abyss of moral degradation and murder, while bankrupting millions upon millions of people into state-induced poverty. Brooks, too, mentions what an eloquent speaker Barry is. The good thing is, the only ones still entranced and hypnotized by his warped vision and spoken word are the hard-core dems and libs, and they make up only a small percentage of those in favor his single-payer system.

Goldy1 on August 9, 2009 at 11:17 PM

canopfor on August 9, 2009 at 11:06 PM

So true……..

Seven Percent Solution on August 9, 2009 at 11:18 PM

In real life, they are useful idiots.

Terrie on August 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM

When you find a use for them for us, and not the left, let me know.

Un-useful idiots they are to me.

MarkABinVA on August 9, 2009 at 11:18 PM

I see a lot of discussion in this thread about the similarities between German National Socialism and the American Left – and it is a fair comparison.

But here is a point I find interesting…

Pelosi, the second most powerful person in America comes out and claims that anyone that opposes her agenda is a fascist.

Rush Limbaugh, a popular radio commentator says, no, Ms Pelosi, your agenda is the one with fascist overtones.

And now we have the NYT’s house “conservative” calling Limbaugh’s comment crazy.

You can argue that both Pelosi and Limbaugh are wrong…but how on earth can you call Limbaugh’s position crazy if you don’t also spend far more effort denouncing Pelosi???

18-1 on August 9, 2009 at 11:19 PM

Bishop, for some insane reason I just burst out crying. Obama truly does scare me. Now that I have absolutely lost it, goodnight.

TXMomof3 on August 9, 2009 at 11:13 PM

I would be warm
If I were there
In golden fields
And easy air
I close my eyes
And now and then
My weary heart
Moves home again

Let my heart fly!
Help me break free!
Sweet night, fill me with light!
Bring me home again!

We will hold on
We will get through
We will not die
Away from the Red, White and Blue
I don’t know how
I don’t know when
But we will see
Our home restored again

Hold on til then
Oh, wait for me!
We will be free
And home again

PercyB on August 9, 2009 at 11:20 PM

It really makes me angry when people place McVeigh on the right. He was just a sick bastard. I was absolutely traumatized by what he did. That like putting the a@sholes who committed 9/11 in with peaceful Muslims. Timothy McVeigh was just an evil man.

TXMomof3 on August 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM

I hear you TXMomof3. I never considered which side of the aisle McVeigh was on – he was always just out there to me.

KickandSwimMom on August 9, 2009 at 11:21 PM

Can’t we vote that twit out of the tribe. I’m all for a big tent, but Brooks, Dowd, and Parker have let us know that they are too good for tents and too good for us. We’d be better if they stopped speaking for us.

Laura in Maryland on August 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM

Laura in Maryland: Excellent point,this narrative that they
are the normal right,and the continual
lip service to the left,has got to go!!

canopfor on August 9, 2009 at 11:21 PM

I wonder if Brooks would find it crazy if people started holding signs with images of a crossed out Chavez…

Upstater85 on August 9, 2009 at 11:23 PM

The Dems and the Leftists have been accusing Repubs and the Right with the things THEY, THEMSELVES are guilty of for years!

The Nazis were and always have been LEFTISTS. What do you think Nazi stands for – it is short for Nationalsozialismus. It is basically the platform for the National SOCIALIST German Workers Party. I’m sorry but anything with the word socialist in it CANNOT be RIGHT WING!

Sporty1946 on August 9, 2009 at 11:23 PM

David is really getting some cream panelists now, huh?

d1carter on August 9, 2009 at 11:24 PM

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