Quotes of the day
posted at 10:40 pm on March 12, 2010 by Allahpundit
“God, life and family get little if any mention in statements or manifestos. The motto of the Tea Party Patriots, a large coalition of groups, is ‘fiscal responsibility, limited government, and free markets.’ The Independence Caucus questionnaire, which many Tea Party groups use to evaluate candidates, poses 80 questions, most on the proper role of government, tax policy and the federal budgeting process, and virtually none on social issues…
“‘We should be creating the biggest tent possible around the economic conservative issue,’ said Ryan Hecker, the organizer behind the Contract From America. ‘I think social issues may matter to particular individuals, but at the end of the day, the movement should be agnostic about it. This is a movement that rose largely because of the Republican Party failing to deliver on being representative of the economic conservative ideology. To include social issues would be beside the point.’…
“Raising social issues, the movement’s leaders say, risks fracturing the strength it has built. ‘Every social issue you bring in, you’re adding planks to your mission,’ said Frank Anderson, a founder of the Independence Caucus, based in Utah. ‘And planks become splinters.’”
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“And while health care legislation has brought social and economic conservatives together to fight government funding of abortion, some social conservative leaders have begun to express concern that tea party leaders don’t care about their issues, while others object to the personal vitriol against President Barack Obama, whose personal conduct many conservative Christians applaud.
“‘There’s a libertarian streak in the tea party movement that concerns me as a cultural conservative,’ said Bryan Fischer, director of Issue Analysis for Government and Public Policy at the American Family Association. ‘The tea party movement needs to insist that candidates believe in the sanctity of life and the sanctity of marriage.’…
[W]hile Land and other Christians sympathize with the movement’s limited-government focus, they have been repelled by another aspect of the contemporary right: The vitriolic attacks on Obama…
“‘What [liberal blogs] do with Sarah is just really unacceptable and dastardly, but that doesn’t mean we should respond in kind,’ [Land] said. Obama, he said ‘provides a tremendously positive role model for tens of millions of African-American men’ and ‘seems demonstrably fond of his wife and children, which is a positive role model for people of all ethnicities.’
“‘I would want to be free to attack the character of President Clinton — but this guy, he gives every indication of being a decent guy,’ Land said.”
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Tip to the poet.
AshleyTKing on March 13, 2010 at 2:20 AM
Sanctity of Life and Traditional Marriage candidates are the only way to win.
PrezHussein on March 13, 2010 at 2:38 AM
Big, big mistake in thinking.
If all you require is a fiscal conservative, then you’re asking for trouble. The old GOP elite can play the fiscal conservative game quite well and say all the right things, and you’ll wind up voting in someone with no real personal convictions, who will better manage our nation’s decline.
We need a complete conservative, not a partial conservative. This distaste for social conservatives — who are some of the most reliable conservative voters fiscally as well — is the biggest threat to being able to roll back the excesses of the Obama administration.
BTW, McCain could be accurately described as someone who was fiscally conservative and conservative as far as national security, but who had a distaste for social conservatives. Do we really want another candidate in his mold? Just a McCain who’s better on the economy?
If you actually want to win the next election, you would be very foolish to decide you don’t need the social conservatives.
There Goes The Neighborhood on March 13, 2010 at 2:46 AM
Here is the thing fellow social conservatives, our federal government is obese and corrupt. Limit is power. Fiscal conservatism is the best way to promote family values….because when Uncle Sam is playing Daddy Sam, the family breaks down.
Conservative Voice on March 13, 2010 at 2:49 AM
Joe and Johnny getting hitched won’t end the Republic. Debasing the money, nationalizing the economy, and rationing our energy will.
AshleyTKing on March 13, 2010 at 2:55 AM
If you want to win the next election, you need to get social conservatives to vote with you. You won’t do that by telling them to shut up, because “their” issues aren’t important.
There Goes The Neighborhood on March 13, 2010 at 3:21 AM
jgapinoy on March 12, 2010 at 11:33 PM
I’m referring to his “decent man” comment and having his knickers in a knot over “vitriol”; it makes him look silly. Obama represents evil (i.e. Marxism is evil and he’s a Marxist), therefore now is not the time to play nice and say “but he’s faithful to his wife!” The ONLY thing I care about is whether he is faithful to the Constitution. Since the answer is “no” I don’t care if our side isn’t polite. A man who is wringing his hands over ettiquette is kind of a weak ally imo. Politics is a rough and tumble business and he needs to get over it.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on March 13, 2010 at 3:22 AM
It sure won’t help. Strong marriages produce strong families, and strong families do more to protect our nation than any fiscal policy.
But why do you think you have to choose between the two???
There Goes The Neighborhood on March 13, 2010 at 3:24 AM
What always amazes me is the ability of some Christians to confuse Christ’s commandments for a personal commitment to love our neighbor with government sponsored socialistic programs. Somehow they believe that paying their taxes relieves them of any responsibility to give to the needy, the sick, the widows and orphans.
If Obama is such a nice guy why is his hand in our pockets with his mandatory plans and programs
bindare on March 13, 2010 at 3:28 AM
…Oh please…..
Obama makes Clinton look like a fiscally Conservative,military loving,free market loving,ethically challenged genius.
These blatant hit pieces on the TEA Party that try to paint the members as a bunch of red neck,racist idiots running around like a bunch of militant radicals trying to overthrow the government is a new low for the press.
It is pretty well reported on the “right side” of the blogosphere that these quotes come from an Obama supporter.
This is like interviewing a Red Sox fan for an objective opinion about the Yankees.
Pathetic….
Baxter Greene on March 13, 2010 at 3:38 AM
Besides this being about the 3rd time in the article that Politico uses an Obama supporter to portray that holding Obama accountable is somehow wrong (must protect the ONE)….it also makes no sense.
If they support the “limited government stance” of the TEA party….then how can you not attack the single most powerful person in the country who is expanding that government(government takeover of banks,car companies,mortgage companies,and now heading towards health care)…..which is Obama.
….If you don’t go after the President who is leading the charge in this socialist agenda…than who?????
….and if attacking a sitting President is so bad….how did this person vote democrat after their 8 years of hatred spewed at President Bush?????
I have yet to meet any TEA partier from DC to NC that feels like we should “take it easy” on the President.
Maybe Conservatives need to plant themselves in the “coffee movement” so we can get interviewed and say how turned off we are of the blind allegiance to Obama and defense of all things corrupt within the democratic party……somehow I don’t think that would make the Politico headlines.
Baxter Greene on March 13, 2010 at 3:54 AM
Agreed…
This Obama supporter also needs a little education on who is “vitriolic”,”violent”,and “extremist” when it comes to supporting their political agenda……..
….here is a hint….it’s not Conservatives:
Time and Time again the press try to paint the TEA Party as “crazy extremist”,”nazi’s”,”klansmen”,”white supremist” while ignoring the liberals who do commit violence in the name of their political ideology:
‘Oddball’ portrait of Amy Bishop emerges
Suspect’s family, pals offer clues
By Laurel J. Sweet, Jessica Van Sack, Jessica Fargen and Ira Kantor | Monday, February 15, 2010
A family source said Bishop, a mother of four children – the youngest a third-grade boy – was a far-left political extremist who was “obsessed” with President Obama to the point of being off-putting.
Stunner. Al-Qaeda Killer Who Shot His Way Out of Hospital Is Former Dem Operative
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 12:02 PM
Jim Hoft
Jammie Wearing Fool has more on the “good kid” who, as luck would have it, ended up in a terrorist cell in Yemen, including this little nugget:
Campaign finance records show Mobley received $75 as an election day worker for Gov. Jon Corzine’s campaign in 2005.
About the Pentagon shooter; Update: Stop playing games, MSM. John Patrick Bedell was a registered Democrat
By Michelle Malkin • March 5, 2010 10:14 AM
ObamaCare Protester Punched in the Face During Union Sponsored Town Hall in NC….
New video from St. Louis town hall beating
Handicapped Woman Cries After Assault By Union Thugs at Town Hall (Video) … Update: Woman Speaks Out on Being Stomped On
Smashing women in the face–
Healthcare-reform opponent says bit-off finger could not be re-attached
Lila Rose assaulted by Planned Parenthood escort
Pro-life demonstrator murdered at Michigan high school; Update: Motive confirmed
On….and on….and on….and on….the violence from liberals continues while the press ignores it and tries to paint TEA partiers as “extremist” because they yell and get mad at politicians who are using our tax dollars to buy votes and run our economy into the ground with gargantuan spending combined with raising out taxes……
….oh God forbid we raise our voices or demand accountability from democrats and their leader Mr. Hope and Change.
…..we should be more like the quiet,retrospective liberals in the coffee shops….you know…the ones that acted like this over the last 8 years:
the
z o m b i e t i m e
Hall of Shame
http://www.zombietime.com/hall_of_shame/
….and this super intelligent discussion of our National political scene:
Death Threats Against Bush at Protests Ignored for Years
Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 9:13 am
[If you just want to see the evidence and not read the introduction, simply scroll down to the photos, or click here to jump directly to them.]
http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=621#photos
….But don’t you dare say Obama’s middle name….that’s offensive!!!!!
Baxter Greene on March 13, 2010 at 4:09 AM
Unless, of course, you are a brainwashed, indoctrinated elementary school student who was rounded up to sing the praises of the Dear Leader, “Barack HUSSEIN Obama, mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm!” Then it’s o.k.
Spot-on posts, Baxter. You rock.
OneVision on March 13, 2010 at 4:52 AM
Exactly right….
The blind messiah worship of everything Obama is considered “enlightenment” by the liberals who don’t see any problem with this type of cultist behavior:
More Indoctrinated “Obama Youth”
The stepping, combined with the cultish fanaticism focusing on Obama, however, is going to freak some people out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onXd8iH3OVQ&feature=related
….or you can pray to this:
Obama Shrine
A reader took this picture today at a street fair at Hayes and Octavia in San Francisco, of all places:
[Mark Steyn]
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTQzNWU3YjliYzQwNDQwYjE1Y2U0MzA5NjU1MTYyZWY=
…. all right in line with what the super intelligent “adults” call loyalty but the people based in reality call “hopelessly deranged”.
But according to liberals…we are just not “enlightened” enough to understand the great brilliance of all things Obama:
Noted imbecile Mark Morford: Obama is a “Lightworker,” an “enlightened being”
posted at 5:28 pm on June 6, 2008 by Allahpundit
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/06/06/noted-imbecile-mark-morford-obama-is-a-lightworker-an-enlightened-being/
…..yea!!!…..these are definitely the more intelligent and reasonable people when it comes to domestic and international issues…….just leave everything to the anointed one, follow his every command,and we will be delivered to the promise land of rainbows,unicorns,and butterfly farts….
….if you don’t mind….I think I will stick with the people who work for a living,understand the Constitution and don’t want government controlling their lives or making decisions for them.
Baxter Greene on March 13, 2010 at 5:33 AM
Besides, where is this “vitriol” of which Land speaks? Honestly, I haven’t seen any. Especially when I remember the hateful and vicious things that were said about Bush…
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on March 13, 2010 at 5:53 AM
Planks, for the benefit of those clever nuancers, in addition to giving occasional splinters also build houses,schools,and become gunstocks, but these guys are so busy fighting God (social issues) and his dictates, reducing the issue to money, instead of what it is; a full scale attack upon our basic rights and freedoms (that endowed by our Creator thingy)
Keep taking God out of the equation and you have no rights -period -unless you’re naive enough to assume these control freaks will allow you any.
Don L on March 13, 2010 at 6:35 AM
This is interesting!
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Chicago Law School faculty hated Obama “because he was lazy, unqualified, never attended any of the faculty meetings, and it was clear that the position was nothing more than a political stepping stool”
http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2010/03/chicago-law-school-faculty-hated-obama.html
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Was Obama a Lawyer after all!!
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To be (a lawyer) or not to be…
Consider this: 1. President Barack Obama, former editor of the Harvard Law Review, is no longer a “lawyer”. He surrendered his license back in 2008 possibly to escape charges that he “fibbed” on his bar application.
2. Michelle Obama “voluntarily surrendered” her law license in 1993.
3. So, we have the President and First Lady – who don’t actually have licenses to practice law. Facts.
4. A senior lecturer is one thing. A fully ranked law professor is another. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, “Obama did NOT ‘hold the title’ of a University of Chicago law school professor”. Barack Obama was NOT a Constitutional Law professor at the University of Chicago.
5. The University of Chicago released a statement in March, 2008 saying Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) “served as a professor” in the law school, but that is a title Obama, who taught courses there part-time, never held, a spokesman for the school confirmed in 2008.
6. “He did not hold the title of professor of law,” said Marsha Ferziger Nagorsky, an Assistant Dean for Communications and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago School of Law.
7. The former Constitutional senior lecturer cited the U.S. Constitution recently during his State of the Union Address. Unfortunately, the quote he cited was from the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.
8. The B-Cast posted the video.
9. In the State of the Union Address, President Obama said: “We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in ourConstitution: the notion that we are all created equal.”
10. By the way, the promises are not a notion, our founders named them unalienable rights. The document is our Declaration of Independence and it reads: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
11. And this is the same guy who lectured the Supreme Court moments later in the same speech?
When you are a phony it’s hard to keep facts straight.
President Barack Obama – Editor of the Harvard Law Review – Has No Law License?:
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http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/03/to-be-lawyer-or-not-to-be.html
canopfor on March 13, 2010 at 6:40 AM
Read the article. (AP cut-n-pasted the most controversial bits) They generally like the tea parties, but want more emphasis in social issues.
You have no idea what you’re babbling about.
jgapinoy on March 13, 2010 at 6:56 AM
Hahahahahahahaha
Didn’t your mom ever teach you that two wrongs don’t make a right?
Reagan won big twice by being a nice social & fiscal conservative.
jgapinoy on March 13, 2010 at 6:59 AM
You are correct. That’s why conservatives running for federal offices need to state clearly that social issues are local and should not be addressed by the federal government and that they will vote against any federal laws that attempt to control social issues nationally, even if it fits with their own beliefs.
Kafir on March 13, 2010 at 7:37 AM
Best thread comment that bears repeating.
PrincipledPilgrim on March 13, 2010 at 7:38 AM
“Good moral character is the first essential in a man.” –George Washington
oldleprechaun on March 13, 2010 at 7:44 AM
BINGO canopfor!!!!
yoda on March 13, 2010 at 7:48 AM
One thing I have learned in my work within the tea party: social conservatives are some of the last ones to ever champion “individual freedom.” I’ve even had a few tell me it’s dangerous.
But almost to a person, everyone – whether social con or libertarian – deeply opposes Obama and the Dem agenda. They can do enough math to understand that national bankruptcy is immoral, so they ignore their differences and work hard to gain more understanding of the Constitution.
beatcanvas on March 13, 2010 at 7:51 AM
As I posted the other day, I wonder how a candidate would fare if they ran on making abortion illegal and a death penalty offense. Death penalty for the doctors and the women who have gotten abortions. It’s “murder” so death penalty for all previous abortions.
Sanctity of marriage? That went out the window with anyone who has gotten a divorce. That’s a broken covenent with God.The Government has no business in the marriage business anyway. They got into it in 1865 after the Civil War, so blacks and whites couldn’t marry. Before that it was the domain of the churches, no legal government marriages.
The Tea Party Movement is about getting government out of our lives as much as possible. Not about putting a government gun to the head of a 14 year old girl raped by her father and being told, “The State requires you to have this child because we say so.” Or a woman with an “elephant man” type of fetus which poses a threat to the life of the mother, being forced to have the monstrosity because of the law. All fetuses do not end up looking like the kid on the Gerber Baby food jar. Unless we adopt the practice of the ancient Spartans,ie leaving the deformed creature on a mountain for eagles to eat, abortion is pretty much a medical procedure. You can make it illegal all day long, but that just drives it underground. See drug use in this country for an idea of what illegal abortion looks like.
Social Conservatism is as totalitarian as Progressivism and just as ugly. Everybody should just mind their own damn business. So go ahead. Run a candidate with making abortion illegal and have another four years sinking deeper into Communism. I’ve noticed Sean Hannity has dropped “right to life” in his list of conservatisms lately. Even he knows that’s a loser…..
adamsmith on March 13, 2010 at 7:53 AM
Social Conservatives are almost worse than Liberals.
Either way, they want to control your life.
Die a horrible death Social Conservatism.
uknowmorethanme on March 13, 2010 at 8:01 AM
Exactly.
But don’t tell a SoCon that, they know what’s best for you.
uknowmorethanme on March 13, 2010 at 8:01 AM
It’s all about the twelve values.
* Honesty
* Reverence
* Hope
* Thrift
* Humility
* Charity
* Sincerity
* Moderation
* Hard Work
* Courage
* Personal Responsibility
* Gratitude
And the 9 Principles
1. America is good.
2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
conservnut on March 13, 2010 at 8:01 AM
Except for this part. I don’t yet understand how anyone can see murdering babies as anything more or less than, well, murdering defenseless babies.
uknowmorethanme on March 13, 2010 at 8:02 AM
Those are solid values for an individual to base their lifestyle.
uknowmorethanme on March 13, 2010 at 8:04 AM
Yes and of the principles I demand that my elected officials believe in 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and respect my belief in #2.
conservnut on March 13, 2010 at 8:07 AM
The soft bigotry of low expectation.
year_of_the_dingo on March 13, 2010 at 8:26 AM
This article seems a bit…strained to put it mildly. Except on abortion I’ll definitely part ways with the social cons, but when it comes to fiscal responsibility heck I’d hold hands with James Dobson if need be. I have strong suspicion that most folks would do somewhat likewise regardless of what they rank as important.
JohnAGJ on March 13, 2010 at 8:37 AM
Some do believe that, indeed.
Social cons are important to the GOP base, but in a time of a subpar economy that shows no signs of stopping, the last thing you run on is SOCIAL ISSUES.
It’s the economy, STUPID!
blatantblue on March 13, 2010 at 8:40 AM
Oh please. They want to control your life? You people are just as fanatical in your criticism.
How about Prohibition? How about NY wanting to ban salt after already banning transfats? How about the global warming scam? The only people that want to control your life are progressives.
“Social conservatism”, whatever that is, seems to be a general term for people that dare to speak up concerning the downward trend in our society. I haven’t seen anyone proposing specific laws … have you? You know damn well that progressives have. Health care anyone?
darwin on March 13, 2010 at 8:51 AM
Beckbot!
/crr6
daesleeper on March 13, 2010 at 8:56 AM
Maybe its just bad communication.
What are the positions that are being accused of being as bad as leftie progressive control over peoples lives?
How doses one define the point of crossing over from social conservative, to social conservative…*finger point..finger point*
Itchee Dryback on March 13, 2010 at 9:01 AM
O/T
hey Mitt’s book needed bulk orders to get to number 1. Mitt astroturfed his book. LOL
unseen on March 13, 2010 at 9:04 AM
How doses one define the point of crossing over from social conservative, to social conservative…*finger point..finger point*
Itchee Dryback on March 13, 2010 at 9:01 AM
No child left behind, the war on drugs to name a few idiot ideas, prohibition,
unseen on March 13, 2010 at 9:06 AM
If you want to include social issues, but in a rather non-threatening–and unifying–manner, then talk about the issue of taxpayer-funded abortions. Pro-choicers and pro-lifers in the tea party movement will both agree that taxpayers shouldn’t be funding abortions.
And there you have it. Fiscal cons and social cons find an area of agreement, and all is well in the world.
Pope Linus on March 13, 2010 at 9:18 AM
I’ll be succinct.
Politico? Hahahahahah!!!!!! SPIT!
Vince on March 13, 2010 at 9:26 AM
The most striking thing about the photograph for this post is the people aren’t deranged and miserable.
I wonder if the Left will ever learn to fake the appearance of personal integrity and righteousness?
I have no doubt that Good wins in the end. It will be a roller coaster ride, but Good people win.
Let my people go.
jeff_from_mpls on March 13, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Remember this is the “decent guy” who gave us the Safe Schools Czar. I think we can all unite on opposing the social issue of teaching our kids “fisting”.
VBMax on March 13, 2010 at 9:37 AM
sooo disturbing
blatantblue on March 13, 2010 at 9:38 AM
Ha, I wondered how long that would take.
conservnut on March 13, 2010 at 9:40 AM
If you don’t like it,
Then don’t join the Tea Party.
How simple is that?
Haiku Guy on March 13, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Isn’t that lowering the bar a tad bit on what it takes to be a role model. I love my wife and kids to death…..I should be on a Wheaties box!
Spider79 on March 13, 2010 at 9:47 AM
When life is denied
Liberty is a phantom
Can the dead be free?
jeff_from_mpls on March 13, 2010 at 9:54 AM
The motto of the Tea Party Patriots, a large coalition of groups, is ‘fiscal responsibility, limited government, and free markets.’
While those jumping on the Coffee Party bandwagon are looking for the meaning of life. Because they have legislated themselves and the rest of U.S. into having to rely on the Nanny State.
MSGTAS on March 13, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Their focus is narrow.
Fiscal Responsibility
Limited Government
Free Markets
So think about it…
If that is a deal breaker,
They are not for you.
Most Americans
Will not join the Tea Party.
Perhaps even you.
Haiku Guy on March 13, 2010 at 10:02 AM
PEACE PRIZE!
Haiku Guy on March 13, 2010 at 10:04 AM
I will not drink the
Evangelical beverage
But I respect it
jeff_from_mpls on March 13, 2010 at 10:06 AM
What was wrong with the Ronald Reagan coalition of economic conservatives, social conservatives and natioanl security conservatives? Isn’t that still the right formula?
Phil Byler on March 13, 2010 at 10:07 AM
“Obama, he said ‘provides a tremendously positive role model for tens of millions of African-American men’ and ’seems demonstrably fond of his wife and children, which is a positive role model for people of all ethnicities.”
A role model of what? A Progressive-Communist? A lazy man? Fond of his wife and children? What?
Grayzel on March 13, 2010 at 10:32 AM
Talk about damning with faint praise. We’re now supposed to applaud a guy for being “demonstrably fond” of his family. And what’s the inference here, that minorities AREN’T normally fond of their families? Good Lord. In any other context, the left would be hauling this guy up on racism charges.
Laura on March 13, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Social issues should be decided at state level.
Dr Evil on March 13, 2010 at 10:57 AM
Today’s conservative “leaders” know better, and have adopted a strategy of grasping for centrist votes even if they alienate much of their base in the process.
IMO, they give too much weight to the ruminations of intellectual political strategists, and not enough to everyday citizens and their concerns.
Ymmv.
cs89 on March 13, 2010 at 11:05 AM
When you are a phony it’s hard to keep facts straight.
canopfor on March 13, 2010 at 6:40 AM
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BINGO canopfor!!!!
yoda on March 13, 2010 at 7:48 AM
yoda: Good thing the MSM were on the ball,ahem!!:)
canopfor on March 13, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Maybe he seems fond of them, but he’s not very fond of large blocs of the American people who disagree with him it seems. Fondness on his terms only I guess.
jeanie on March 13, 2010 at 11:29 AM
Yes, but the party elites have always detested the socialcons and, as AP’s handpicked quotes illustrate, still do.
Just how big is the tent in which social conservatives are not welcomed? Or is it that we’re welcomed as long as we keep our mouths shut and our opinions to ourselves? Hell, under those conditions we’d be equally as welcomed in the liberal tent.
Extrafishy on March 13, 2010 at 2:29 PM
All fetuses do not end up looking like the kid on the Gerber Baby food jar. Unless we adopt the practice of the ancient Spartans,ie leaving the deformed creature on a mountain for eagles to eat, abortion is pretty much a medical procedure.
adamsmith on March 13, 2010 at 7:53 AM
Exactly.
But don’t tell a SoCon that, they know what’s best for you.
uknowmorethanme on March 13, 2010 at 8:01 AM
You two reveal the ugly nature of who you are with your own words. Above are posted two of the reasons that our nation is in the sewer; the two of you who helped pull it down there with you.
But, some day real soon, the government that you are giving us will find that you are unwanted, or by illness or old age you will become a “deformed creature” and hopefully by then your government will have imprisoned all those pesky SoCons who would interfere with what people (like people in the government) can do to others weaker than they. SoCon weirdos think they “know what’s best for you”.
Your “principle” of killing the unborn for these reasons will apply to you also, right? And you will be pulled apart, limb from limb, just like in the abortion procedure that you love so well, right? And when a SoCon steps in to defend you from your savage murder, you will make sure to tell them to get lost and stop acting like they “know what’s best for you”, right? RIGHT??
tigerlily on March 13, 2010 at 2:34 PM
I would agree on everything but basic ‘framework’.
For instance, on abortion, medically necessary procedures should be allowed but anything else should be up to the state to either allow or not. And the hardliners on both sides who want their views enforced nationwide can go sit on a cactus.
Dark-Star on March 13, 2010 at 4:42 PM
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