Comments on: The Emergence of Ideological Fantasism

By: Deadliest Catch « Blogs for McCain

Deadliest Catch « Blogs for McCain — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:21:03 +0000

[...] can feel the excitement (see here, or for what Christian conservatives are saying, here). Lee at Second Hand Conjecture: In truth, Palin is of course the ultimate force for unification and it’s why she or someone like [...]

By: Right Wing Nation » Deadliest Catch

Right Wing Nation » Deadliest Catch — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:37:48 +0000

By: Right Wing Nation » Somebody's Not Paying Attention

Right Wing Nation » Somebody's Not Paying Attention — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:58:16 +0000

[...] Second Hand Conjecture: The explosion of enthusiasm for Palin on just about every conservative blog and media outlet has [...]

By: Roland Dodds

Roland Dodds — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:50:00 +0000

McCain putting her on the ticket was truly a surprise to me, even though I am not sure it’s a positive one. I don’t necessarily want to see the Republican Party closer to Ron Paul types, and her past flirtations with Buchanan worry me. I also can’t help but say this shakes the race up, and that McCain was politically smart to put her on the ticket.

By: MichaelW

MichaelW — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:58:43 +0000

The explosion of enthusiasm for Palin on just about every conservative blog and media outlet has apparently gone unnoticed at the DailyKos, which is predicting that Sarah represents a divisive force, who will soon fracture and ultimately destroy the Republican party. Hmm.

I think that the Dem's reaction to Palin speaks to how powerful MCain giving her the nod truly was. It's only Day 2 and the idiocy is already oozing from every corner of the liberal constituency. She's the real deal, and that's what confounds them most, and what will ultimately cause them great pains come November.

By: Chris Future

Chris Future — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:47:07 +0000

Oh ya – I wasn’t suggesting that you were suggesting that. A lot of the RP supporters I know are “whole hog” types – it’s all or nothing on the limited government, social freedom, fiscal responsibility front. They want Ron Paul elected today, troops out of everywhere tomorrow, and every government agency dismantled by the end of next week. I’m a tad more realistic.

First, lets see some fiscal responsibility, reducing spending, cutting back programs, lowering taxes, getting out of the way of the people living their lives, starting their businesses and doing their jobs. Bush said something once – in Washington, they call a reduction in the projected spending increase a “spending cut”. If we could get Washington to at least be closer to reality, we are starting to head the right way. I think a lot of the more realistic independents are waiting to see a more “true Goldwater-style conservative” message before they jump back to the GOP.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:07:34 +0000

Sure thing Chris, the only point of this is not to suggest that you or folks of similar perspective are uniform and complete in support, but to illustrate that rather than stimulating fracture, Palin creates vectors for factional unification. Seems an obvious enough point given the reaction, except that is on the DailyKos where ideological fantasism seems to be emerging.

By: Chris Future

Chris Future — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:48:54 +0000

Thanks for the link to me.

Truth: Some say Palin is “Ron Paul in a dress” without a surrounding lunacy – I wouldn’t go that far. If she truly is a fiscal conservative, as some report, then that’s already much more than we’ve gotten on the fiscal conservative front in a long long time. At least it a step in the right direction, and right now even one step is better than none.