If getting scoured by conservative commentators isn’t enough, here’s another dose of the same medicine from the other side, courtesy of the Texas Observer.
12 comments
I like: “Lots of Republicans think, ‘We went astray from our Reagan roots’”
So because the “conversatives aren’t right winged enough”, good conservatives didn’t vote for Palin/McCain? Yeah right.
@ 2:59 pm on November 18, 2008
Until the Republican Party stops running away from the economy, they’re doomed to irrelevance. Jesus said to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. If Republicans insist on bringing their form of Christianity into politics, the least they could do is pay attention to their spiritual leader.
@ 3:14 pm on November 18, 2008
Reagan may have been the conservative’s conservative, but paradoxically, he wasn’t as ideologically blinkered as Bush (who was a True Believer, albeit an Abject Failure), which is what gave him broader appeal.
It wasn’t that Bush “wasn’t conservative enough.” He was insular, petulant and willfully ignorant, and allowed his show to be run by mean-spirited, disreputable bullies.
McCain had the potential to bridge the partisan gap, if not quite to be another Reagan, and either he blew it or his handlers blew it for him. Or, most likely, a bit of both.
@ 3:41 pm on November 18, 2008
Do Republicans think that this economic disaster we find ourselves in is a result of George W. Bush or just his bad timing?
Everytime I see Bush on TV he is snickering and making really bad jokes. Does he realize how most of the world feels about him?
@ 4:41 pm on November 18, 2008
CrabKilla its true.
There was no real increase in voters turnout versus 2004’s election in terms of overall numbers.
Republicans stayed home.
Bush wasn’t a true conservative… i do not know how many times i’ve had to point this out to people…
In my opinion McCain was still a better pick than Obama… but he wasn’t a true conservative either.
All this talk of bipartisanship is laughable. Neither party will give up its core values… and most people do not want them too either.
@ 6:23 pm on November 18, 2008
Jesus said to feed the hungry and care for the sick. He didn’t say to give the money to the government to accomplish this. Studies show that Republicans give more to charity. Heck, I gave more to charity last year than Joe Biden gave in the last 6 years and my salary is a lot less the Joe’s.
@ 8:02 pm on November 18, 2008
“Everytime I see Bush on TV he is snickering and making really bad jokes. Does he realize how most of the world feels about him?”
Maybe he should walk around compassionately head-tilted, with a sign around his neck: “I’m Sorry”.
Every time I see Bush on the telly, he’s giving a speech or something, but I have basic cable.
@ 8:06 am on November 19, 2008
If Bush wasn’t a “true conservative,” then neocons aren’t true conservatives — a statement with which I agree. Curiously enough, however, most conservatives I know loved Bush until the egg on their collective face became too thick and encrusted to ignore.
His fiduciary mismanagement was due to incompetence and personal profligacy, not to a lack of conservative “principles.”
@ 9:28 am on November 19, 2008
P.S. Henry, did he say “give money to the bankers, that they won’t fail as too large they are to do so”?
@ 9:32 am on November 19, 2008
henry: i.e. REpublicans give more to charity. Yes and red states benefit more from federal taxes than blue states. My point is that if Republicans want government to be Christian as is their stated purpose, then they should follow Christian principles.
@ 10:02 am on November 19, 2008
Yes, Bush is sorry. However, he would never cop to it. It will be nice to have an administration that will try to enforce laws instead of looking for loopholes in which to break them.
@ 2:21 pm on November 19, 2008
You mean like credit card contributions and the like?
@ 2:10 pm on November 20, 2008
FrontBurner® launched in March 2003, the first blog in Dallas run by a media organization. This is where the editors of D Magazine come to waste a tremendous amount of time.
12 comments
I like: “Lots of Republicans think, ‘We went astray from our Reagan roots’”
So because the “conversatives aren’t right winged enough”, good conservatives didn’t vote for Palin/McCain? Yeah right.
Until the Republican Party stops running away from the economy, they’re doomed to irrelevance. Jesus said to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. If Republicans insist on bringing their form of Christianity into politics, the least they could do is pay attention to their spiritual leader.
Reagan may have been the conservative’s conservative, but paradoxically, he wasn’t as ideologically blinkered as Bush (who was a True Believer, albeit an Abject Failure), which is what gave him broader appeal.
It wasn’t that Bush “wasn’t conservative enough.” He was insular, petulant and willfully ignorant, and allowed his show to be run by mean-spirited, disreputable bullies.
McCain had the potential to bridge the partisan gap, if not quite to be another Reagan, and either he blew it or his handlers blew it for him. Or, most likely, a bit of both.
Do Republicans think that this economic disaster we find ourselves in is a result of George W. Bush or just his bad timing?
Everytime I see Bush on TV he is snickering and making really bad jokes. Does he realize how most of the world feels about him?
CrabKilla its true.
There was no real increase in voters turnout versus 2004’s election in terms of overall numbers.
Republicans stayed home.
Bush wasn’t a true conservative… i do not know how many times i’ve had to point this out to people…
In my opinion McCain was still a better pick than Obama… but he wasn’t a true conservative either.
All this talk of bipartisanship is laughable. Neither party will give up its core values… and most people do not want them too either.
Jesus said to feed the hungry and care for the sick. He didn’t say to give the money to the government to accomplish this. Studies show that Republicans give more to charity. Heck, I gave more to charity last year than Joe Biden gave in the last 6 years and my salary is a lot less the Joe’s.
“Everytime I see Bush on TV he is snickering and making really bad jokes. Does he realize how most of the world feels about him?”
Maybe he should walk around compassionately head-tilted, with a sign around his neck: “I’m Sorry”.
Who knows, it might start something!
http://www.sorryeverybody.com/
Every time I see Bush on the telly, he’s giving a speech or something, but I have basic cable.
If Bush wasn’t a “true conservative,” then neocons aren’t true conservatives — a statement with which I agree. Curiously enough, however, most conservatives I know loved Bush until the egg on their collective face became too thick and encrusted to ignore.
His fiduciary mismanagement was due to incompetence and personal profligacy, not to a lack of conservative “principles.”
P.S. Henry, did he say “give money to the bankers, that they won’t fail as too large they are to do so”?
henry: i.e. REpublicans give more to charity. Yes and red states benefit more from federal taxes than blue states. My point is that if Republicans want government to be Christian as is their stated purpose, then they should follow Christian principles.
Yes, Bush is sorry. However, he would never cop to it. It will be nice to have an administration that will try to enforce laws instead of looking for loopholes in which to break them.
You mean like credit card contributions and the like?