I'd rather stare at my belly-button.

These are the same folks who don't get that they're the oxymoron in the room...

This isn't the conservative Daily Kos.

This is the evil Zionimperialist, Islamphobic, Luciferian-freemasonic doppelganger of the Daily Kos.

/and you can take THAT to the banks run by teh Jooooooos. :D

I'd rather stare at Mandy's belly button.

Conservatives aren't haters they are happy people. Kos and his minions are always hating on something or someone.

Those are just facts.

Whether or not one agrees with the political views of Markos Moulitsas, there's no getting around the fact his website has become not just a powerful force in the blogosphere, but is also shaping the Democrat Party

.

But all their candidates go down in flames

It must suck to have to clean up the trash that wanders in but a clean site is much better than the dump that is KOS.

Thank You

The progressive blogosphere is a hotbed of activism

I recommend Valtrex

re: #1 MandyManners

I'd rather stare at my belly-button.

Damn fine belly button too!

I am not really being a smart-ass here.

But isn't that sort of like Free Republic?

Pinheads, you say?

If you build it,they will come.

Possibly because diametrically opposed thought processes/ways of living rarely if ever mirror each other... the opposite of stupid is not smart with a neat beard in a parallel universe but something totally unrecognizable to the stupid...

"People on the right think their political machine works, but that the media is out to get them. Hence rightish blogging is more about punditry and reporting, and they've succeeded--note the paucity of lefty bloggers embedding in Iraq, while the number on the right is extensive enough that I can no longer name them all. People on the left, on the other hand, know the media is basically on their side, but feel that their political machine stinks, so they've focused on building a new one. And they've succeeded, too."

Instapundit rules.

LGF rocks!

re: #1 MandyManners

My God. Your belly-button is mystifying. It's like I can see the secrets of the universe if I concentrate long enough.

Or maybe I need to get off this soma...

What are the ramifications of an "innie" versus an "outie", I wonder?

Why Isn’t There a Conservative Daily Kos?

Because Republicans are too busy living their family life and leading their business life to blog all day.

/besides, we got Charles for that...

A better question is Why is there a leftist Daily Kos.

re: #5 kingronjo

Conservatives aren't haters they are happy people. Kos and his minions are always hating on something or someone.

Those are just facts.

Makers and Takers: Why conservatives work harder, feel happier, have closer families, take fewer drugs, give more generously, value honesty more, are less materialistic and envious, whine less... and even hug their children more than liberals.

Today is my daughters 18th birthday. Now comes the " I am too old for a curfew". As she cries and rants about it. But she registered as a Republican and swore never to vote for Hillary, let alone Obambi, so I relented and told her 2AM. I still think it's too late, but what can I do?

Funny, I changed my registration recently to Independent but will hold my nose for Big Mac in November.

I would prefer to emulate greatness...

re: #10 formercorpsman

But isn't that sort of like Free Republic?

Not really. Free Republic doesn't raise funds for Rep candidates. Republican candidates don't blog at Free Republic. The are very different endeavors.

re: #1 MandyManners

I'd rather stare at my belly-button.

I'd rather stare at your bellybutton too...................What do you mean your bellybutton is lower down than that?

re: #17 6pat6

Careful. You don't want to get sued for navelism. (;

Perhaps there's no conservative equivalent of Kos because we're all over the age of 10, understand how to form logicial argments, and realize that intellegent discourse and debate require such arguments, not attitude.

re: #21 kingronjo

Today is my daughters 18th birthday. Now comes the " I am too old for a curfew". As she cries and rants about it. But she registered as a Republican and swore never to vote for Hillary, let alone Obambi, so I relented and told her 2AM. I still think it's too late, but what can I do?

Funny, I changed my registration recently to Independent but will hold my nose for Big Mac in November.

At 18, 2 AM is reasonable, but not if she whines like a 15 year old to get it!

re: #22 Max Darkside

I would prefer to emulate BE greatness...
Fixed it!

Does Kos still have the Death to Israel diary up ?

Because if that's what he's asking for, a site with a flag as far right as they have on the far left, it's nothing I'm interested in.

I'm going to bed,
Later.

There is no conservative or Libertarian Daily Kos because it would be labeled a hate site, the host investigated, the Bush Justice Department would be the first to strike. That is the reality of modern America. Those that believe in America are the enemy.

re: #17 6pat6

What are the ramifications of an "innie" versus an "outie", I wonder?

I always try to put those 2 together..works MUCH better that way..

Conservative: Because there is more to life then politics.

I'm not a Kos fan by any stretch of the Armstrong but I occasionally peruse the threads there.

I have a simple answer: I don’t want to be the “conservative Daily Kos.” This is Little Green Footballs. It’s nothing like Daily Kos, and that’s by design.

Go ahead and argue over the theoretical aspects of ideological viewpoints, and political advocacy, and how much to police comments. I guess someone has to do it.

But I’m too busy building LGF to worry about that stuff.

Bravo Charles, Bravo.

Daily Kos did a pretty good job of convincig me to vote for Bush back in '04.

I think the reason is because conservatives are, by definition, individualistic, whereas liberals are group thinkers. Not only do we not need to emulate them, it's just not in our nature to do so.

I've always had a real problem with the idea that blogs exist to promote political parties.

re: #23 Killgore Trout

You are correct, I was thinking purely along the lines of emotional contributors, but what you say makes much more sense.

Do you think the reason the candidates have given them time, is because they see it as another form of contributions?

McCain will be the first Republican nominee that is embarrassed to be one.

Why is it that the last five minutes of a pro basketball game lasts for 45 minutes?

Heh™

This is Littlegreenfootballs.

Accept no substitutes.

re: #40 6pat6

Why is it that the last five minutes of a pro basketball game lasts for 45 minutes?

Because it should.

Promoting a political party as your main function and highest goal inevitably means you're going to have to lie at some point.

re: #37 Charles

I've always had a real problem with the idea that blogs exist to promote political parties.

Well- it makes sense that the left would think that- they think everything exists to promote their politics.

re: #37 Charles

I've always had a real problem with the idea that blogs exist to promote political parties.

Charles, I enjoy the political discussion as well as that of contemporary events, but it's the community of truly caring people that make this my number one favorite site.

re: #37 Charles

Exactly!

re: #42 Noam Sayin'

Because it should end as soon as possible

Fixed it.

re: #37 Charles

I've always had a real problem with the idea that blogs exist to promote political parties.

The way I hear it we're all lock step Republicans!
/

Is anyone else having trouble accessing the article in the link?

re: #49 snowcrash

I am.

There is no conservative daily Kos because conservative basements are full of Guns, Bibles and racism. Leaving no room for 30yr old parasites without jobs.

re: #48 jcm

The way I hear it, we are all lock step Republicans.

Not exactly, since I dod not type mine exactly as you did, so we can't truly be "lock step"!

re: #21 kingronjo

Today is my daughters 18th birthday. Now comes the " I am too old for a curfew". As she cries and rants about it. But she registered as a Republican and swore never to vote for Hillary, let alone Obambi, so I relented and told her 2AM. I still think it's too late, but what can I do?

Funny, I changed my registration recently to Independent but will hold my nose for Big Mac in November.

Your house. Your rules. To an extent.

LGF, Anti-Idiotarian HQ. No more, no less.

re: #49 snowcrash

Is anyone else having trouble accessing the article in the link?

YES

They ruined there party but pushing them so far left and should get blown out ever year year. But the Republicans and there spending are trying to keep it competitive.

re: #37 Charles

I've always had a real problem with the idea that blogs exist to promote political parties.

But, they do in many cases.

I made phone calls for Bush and went to neighbors houses in '04. Right now I don't feel that way for MaC. And the terrible thing is I feel deep in my heart that Obama is worse, a lot worse, than Kerry. Kerry, IMHO, was an effete snob who was an idiot and could be side tracked.

Obama on the other hand is a committed socialist and really does believe his Black Liberation Theory. And will have the will and the backers to attempt to fulfill his goals.

re: #52 6pat6

The way I hear it, we are all lock step Republicans.

Not exactly, since I dod not type mine exactly as you did, so we can't truly be "lock step"!

LOL! The lot in joint makes herding cats look like a cinch.

re: #40 6pat6

Why is it that the last five minutes of a pro basketball game lasts for 45 minutes?

Because that's usually the only part of the game worth watching.

re: #38 formercorpsman

Do you think the reason the candidates have given them time, is because they see it as another form of contributions?

I do. The money Kos brings to the table isn't huge they they do a lot of active fundraising for candidates who kiss their asses. Also Koskidz do a lot of "framing" (they call the Frame Shop Diaries) where they assemble talking points and strategize how to spin news and events. "Right wing" blogs (LGF, Hot Air, Miss Malkin) are far more concerned with factual accuracy and faulty reporting. There's a big difference.

re: #41 Noam Sayin'

Heh™

This is Littlegreenfootballs.

Accept no substitutes.

So, two Lizards on top of the cake?

re: #59 jcm

LOL! The lot in joint makes herding cats look like a cinch.

PIMF
this joint

re: #51 Metal Man

There is no conservative daily Kos because conservative basements are full of Guns, Bibles and racism. Leaving no room for 30yr old parasites without jobs.

What you said.

re: #60 wolfie

Probably true. It's amazing that in the first half, the two teams MIGHT score 40 points combined, but in the second half, suddenly they score 60-100 points or more combined. Never have been a BB fan.

re: #6 Shug

.

But all their candidates go down in flames

So far.
God willing it will continue to be so.

Never been there.

How Many Kos Kidz Can Dance on the Head of a Pin?

Good question.

/this calls for serious empiricism

re: #61 Killgore Trout

I do. The money Kos brings to the table isn't huge they they do a lot of active fundraising for candidates who kiss their asses. Also Koskidz do a lot of "framing" (they call the Frame Shop Diaries) where they assemble talking points and strategize how to spin news and events. "Right wing" blogs (LGF, Hot Air, Miss Malkin) are far more concerned with factual accuracy and faulty reporting. There's a big difference.

Yes -- and that's why you don't see GOP politicians reaching out to the "right wing blogs" in the same way. The Dems know they'll be able to spew their talking points at Kos without fear of being challenged.

But if a politician tries to put something over on the lizard army, they're going to get taken to the woodshed.

re: #58 kingronjo

I made phone calls for Bush and went to neighbors houses in '04. Right now I don't feel that way for MaC. And the terrible thing is I feel deep in my heart that Obama is worse, a lot worse, than Kerry. Kerry, IMHO, was an effete snob who was an idiot and could be side tracked.

Obama on the other hand is a committed socialist and really does believe his Black Liberation Theory. And will have the will and the backers to attempt to fulfill his goals.

Start feeling that way about MaC.

Repeat affirmations if you have to.

"He's good enough, he's brave enough, and by golly, he's way better than Obama!"

It's very late for me, dear Lizards, so I'm bid you all a good night.

re: #53 Mandy manners

Today is my daughters 18th birthday. Now comes the " I am too old for a curfew". As she cries and rants about it. But she registered as a Republican and swore never to vote for Hillary, let alone Obambi, so I relented and told her 2AM. I still think it's too late, but what can I do?

Funny, I changed my registration recently to Independent but will hold my nose for Big Mac in November.

Your house. Your rules. To an extent

that is true. But she is 18 and I do have to give her some more freedom. Especially since she has been away at college for a year and she doesn't leave her dorm room til midnight usually.

So far she has never been in any trouble (unlike her Father). I think its more me than her anyway. Owell.

In ten minutes I'm going to bed. Someone sum up last week in one pithy, preferably scathing, sentence?

re: #36 Sharmuta

I think the reason is because conservatives are, by definition, individualistic, whereas liberals are group thinkers. Not only do we not need to emulate them, it's just not in our nature to do so.

You beat me to it.

1975

re: #63 jcm

PIMF
this joint

It takes two moonbats.. on the end of a pin ! It takes one to hold on the other so they won't drown in the facts!:)

Uh oh
[Link: www.npr.org...]

re: #65 6pat6

I love college basketball but never have developed much interest in the pro game.
If I were Queen, I wouldn't let them play in June.
This is baseball season, for cryin' out loud!

I'd have about as much interest in a site that was blind to the bad in America as I do KOS,a site that is blind to the good in America. I'd rather visit a site that takes a look at both. The KOS folks find no good in our nations leadership,or our nation, as long as it is run by conservative Republicans. In my opinion, a site becomes worthless when it is founded on hate,looks for nothing but the bad,makes up what they can't find,and mistakes it all for patriotism. Why copy such a site in any way,shape,form,or fashion?

re: #71 goddessoftheclassroom

Bon soir.

re: #71 goddessoftheclassroom
Sweet dreams to ya!:)

Starting to ask? Its seems this question was asked in 2007 over at newsbusters. Wouldn't a conservative KOS be like a Ronulan online cave?

re: #73 Dianna

In ten minutes I'm going to bed. Someone sum up last week in one pithy, preferably scathing, sentence?

All and all I'd rather be in Philadelphia.

Kos isn't a blog. It's an advocacy and marketing tool for the far left wing of the Democrat Party. Kos set it up specifically to do that. And he's done it rather well...and now he's part of the machine.

Is Tilly still around? I am wondering if it is the same person as Tilly's Story. Anyone know?

re: #78 wolfie

This is baseball season, for cryin' out loud!

Baseball, auto racing, beach volleyball - but put the damn basketball down already! It's JUNE! Get a real job, pro BB players!

re: #85 McJenny50

Is Tilly still around? I am wondering if it is the same person as Tilly's Story. Anyone know?

It is.

re: #72 kingronjo
King, in three years my oldest reaches 18, and then he must decide whether he'll choose American citizenship or Thai...

But that's what comes with age and maturity... tough decisions.

re: #82 womball

Is a womball what you hit with a wombat?

re: #73 Dianna

Whitey lied Fox news died.

re: #84 Quilly Mammoth

I prefer to think he's being eaten by the machine. But that's just me.

Naturally.

Of course, an important element of this "community" is its free-wheeling nature. As Kos has made clear, he and his team don't do a lot of editing of either the diaries or the comments. This allows for a more "lively" discussion than most conservative websites will tolerate. Though folks on the right might find such comments abhorrent, the reality is their existence and tolerance has to add to the number of readers moonbats and members crackpot leftists looking for this kind of expression.

re: #90 Metal Man

Well-summed, sir!

re: #86 6pat6

Well said ! :D

re: #73 Dianna

The smiley leader of the toothless and corrupt United Nations happily announces that Saudi Arabia will boast oil production.

/That surely sums up the scathing, I'm not sure about the pithy part...

re: #88 Carridine
THAI..

re: #72 kingronjo

re: #53 Mandy manners

Today is my daughters 18th birthday. Now comes the " I am too old for a curfew". As she cries and rants about it. But she registered as a Republican and swore never to vote for Hillary, let alone Obambi, so I relented and told her 2AM. I still think it's too late, but what can I do?

Funny, I changed my registration recently to Independent but will hold my nose for Big Mac in November.

Your house. Your rules. To an extent

that is true. But she is 18 and I do have to give her some more freedom. Especially since she has been away at college for a year and she doesn't leave her dorm room til midnight usually.

So far she has never been in any trouble (unlike her Father). I think its more me than her anyway. Owell.

TALK!

What are your expectations? What are hers?

There is a conservative Kos: Pat Buchanan. He's loud, ugly, and anti-Semitic.

Whether or not one agrees with the political views of Markos Moulitsas, there's no getting around the fact his website has become not just a powerful force in the blogosphere, but is also shaping the Democrat Party.

The herd needs a leader. Markos, who served in the Army and now spends his time bashing America, fits the bill.

re: #76 beachkatie

It takes two moonbats.. on the end of a pin ! It takes one to hold on the other so they won't drown in the facts!:)

And here I thought facts did to moonbats, what water did to wicked witches.

I wonder if the Kossacks wil get their wish and throw Lieberman overboard if they get enough Dems in November? I say they will.

First Gore shafted him, why not the whole Party? And then Kos can claim a victory over him.

re: #75 Attaboid

1975

1979.

Gotta' dance.

Cool towercam - spotlight on the telescope dome. Not sure how long it will last.

Goodnight all.

Kos is a collection of absolute psychos who do not accept any deviation from party platform. It's typical of the LLLeft even today as Debra what's her name was drummed out of the party for opposing the Messiah. It was shown earlier with the DNC throwing Lieberman under the bus in 2006. The party has been taken over by fascists who will accept no dissention, no debate, no deviation.

When I first got a computer at home and started surfing, I felt I needed to maintain a presence on both sides of the aisle. Even though I had crash landed on this site that busted the MSM on trying to throw the 2004
election with bogus TANG documents, I couldn't possibly believe the entire media was biased leftwards (though I had my suspicions). Likewise, I felt I could find reasoned voices on the left.

I didn't.

I'm not a conservative. I have a hunch many here are not, either. But I find what qualifies for reasoned discourse on the left is purely socialist, and nothing less, and that's not what I want America to be.

re: #99 Gagdad Bob

There is a conservative Kos: Pat Buchanan. He's loud, ugly, and anti-Semitic.

BUCHANAN IS NOT CONSERVATIVE!

re: #33 Mich-again

I'm not a Kos fan by any stretch of the Armstrong but I occasionally peruse the threads there.

Go to your room, young man!

re: #102 kingronjo

I say they will, too.
Without him, they would not have taken over the Senate in 2006.
What a fine way to thank him!

re: #7 Metal Man

Charles has the thankless or boring task of showing morons the door.

Thank you for showing them the door, Charles.

re: #106 MandyManners

No he's not.

He's mad.

re: #61 Killgore Trout

It is funny you mention that.

Over the past couple of weeks, every so often I see someone alluding to tank moments, etc.

To me, a tank moment is a Donna Rice moment. You were a sure bet, but the wind just came out of your sails. Dead in the water.

I am not a fan of money influencing politics, nor do I think term limits, or finance reform will help either.

It does amaze me though, to think how just a couple of years ago, a simple head poking out of a tank killed your chances, but nowadays, posting to a site that has active hostile diaries that are without question bigoted, the smell of that money has them willing to wade in the dirtiest of pools, is enough to buy influence, and even credit.

You would have thought by now, with every gaff, pedestrian versus bus, etc. would have been enough to bring it to a screeching halt. But they must be putting up enough funds, it is getting them something.

re: #104 Ojoe

Goodnight, Ojoe.
Did you get a little bedtime snack?

re: #106 MandyManners

BUCHANAN IS NOT CONSERVATIVE!

how would you classify old paleo pat?

re: #103 MandyManners

You're too young for me. :)

zzzzzzz.

re: #101 jcmYOU ARE SO RIGHT!:)

re: #62 MandyManners

So, two Lizards on top of the cake?

I thought you dumped me.

re: #107 NY Nana

OK. Good call.

re: #112 wolfie

Cantaloupe.

& as I ate it I heard a chorus of far away voices chanting,

"Not OK, not OK, not OK!"

Now, really,

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

re: #105 Noam Sayin'

I'm not a conservative. I have a hunch many here are not, either.

Alas, I don't think there are many conservatives at all here at LGF. I consider myself one, but I'd say most here are centrists, leaning at least a little leftwards. JMHO.

Take it easy folks.

re: #119 Ojoe

Can't elope?

so easy

I am glad there is no Conservative Kos around the blogosphere. A hateful site like Daily Kos is one too many and thats what Liberals are best at: Hating others.

re: #119 Ojoe
SWEETDREAMS OJOE!:)

Great reason why not to be one.

re: #69 Charles

But if a politician tries to put something over on the lizard army, they're going to get taken to the woodshed.

Somebody early in the primaries (Huckabee?) put up a post on LGF about supporting Israel. I felt kinda bad for the guy because we gave him a pretty universal yawn. But LGF really isn't that kind of forum, we're used to spin and pandering. LGF isn't really a spring board for grassroots activism and fundraising. I shilled for Rudy the best I could here and that didn't work either.

Well, thanks, folks. Now, I'm for bed.

Have a lovely evening.

re: #121 formercorpsman
you TO FORMERCORPSMAN!:)

re: #1 MandyManners
I'd rather stare at my belly-button.

This is known as omphaloskepsis.
From Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: omphaloskepsis -
contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation

If you don't believe me, then you are an omphaloskeptic.

re: #117 Noam Sayin'
The anguish, the unfulfilled promises. Will the Mannerly Mandy and Mr.I'm suave on 2 wheels ever get the writers story line straignt? Tune in tomorrow for the next installmant of "As The Lizard Molts", brought to you by Cornhuskers Salve.
Pat Buchannan is off the tracks and KOS doesn't know there are any.

re: #113 joecitizen

how would you classify old paleo pat?

I joined the GOP--and stayed with it for a while--despite Pat Buchanan.

re: #127 Dianna
SWEETDREAMS TO YA!

re: #87 Charles

It is.

Thanks. I don't remember ever seeing the name used in the years I have been here and wondered whatever happened to her. Her story made a big impression on me.

re: #123 winston06

I am glad there is no Conservative Kos around the blogosphere. A hateful site like Daily Kos is one too many and thats what Liberals are best at: Hating others.

They even fight each other for not being progressive (aka:marxist) enough.

re: #126 Killgore Trout

We had a guest post from Duncan Hunter. I wish he'd done better.

re: #118 Mich-again

No TV, no computer, no mini-fridge. ;)

And no Nintendo.

/Did I forget anything? Whoops! No IPhone.

re: #117 Noam Sayin'

I thought you dumped me.

WHAT?

OK...

I can't see the original post, because the domain is dead or hijacked (maybe the problem is with my ISP's DNS server). But what would you get with a conservative counterpart to the Daily Kos and the Kos Kids?

It seems to me that Daily Kos and MyBarackObama are "big tents" which include a wide spectrum from "moderate liberal" to Socialist, Marxist, and beyond. We've all seen the idiocy there.

What would a conservative "Daily Kos" include? BNP? Front Nationale? Lionheart?

I think Charles is right in not having anything to do with this. If you think this is a good idea (for somebody else to do), could you explain to us how you think it could be made to work, and how you could enforce limits, if any?

re: #120 Cartman

Alas, I don't think there are many conservatives at all here at LGF. I consider myself one, but I'd say most here are centrists, leaning at least a little leftwards. JMHO.

I think there's a wide and healthy variety here..........w/ quite a few true conservatives. A slight majority (or just a plurality) may be "centrist," but that is what one would expect!

re: #126 Killgore Trout

Somebody early in the primaries (Huckabee?) put up a post on LGF about supporting Israel. I felt kinda bad for the guy because we gave him a pretty universal yawn. But LGF really isn't that kind of forum, we're used to spin and pandering. LGF isn't really a spring board for grassroots activism and fundraising. I shilled for Rudy the best I could here and that didn't work either.

Huckabee?! Hush yo' mouth!

It was Duncan Hunter, who never really had a chance, unfortunately.

I found that article interesting for a number of reasons.
One of which is the assumption that blogs should be political "activists" both Left AND Right. I don't agree with that at all and frankly don't consider Kos to be a "blog" in the sense that issues are laid out - here, at least at the start of each thread(!) by Charles - and then discussed, analyzed and reviewed by the LGFer's (or Lizards, if you prefer) with an idea and aim to get at the "truth" of whatever matter comes up. I believe that the contributions of most of the commenters here are far more worthy, intellectually and morally, than anyone on Kos.
Another is the idea that folks who go to conservative blogs go there for the reason I just stated: to get HONEST news about events of the day and to discuss them and, not infrequently, write to congresscritters and the White House with our take. Left Wing "bloggers" care FAR less about truth and analysis, and FAR more about feeling good about either shredding someone in public life or supporting a person in public life, so that they FEEL as if they actually make a difference.
Finally, I disagree that Republican office holders or wannabe office holders should blog (or, at Kos, post diaries) in an attempt to drum up support. I would not mind, AT ALL, if office holders/seekers of both political parties were to blog out here, say, and then subject themselves to questions and comments from Charles and the LGF Army. It seems to me, in fact, that this would perhaps greatly broaden the "base" of genuine support for those office holders/seekers amongst those who actually know and care about the issues of the day.
Kos may in fact generate more grassroots activism and may in fact turn out more "volunteers" for a candidates campaign, but those volunteers have, historically, been singularly ineffective in helping people get elected to office and in no small measure because those volunteers don't know what they are talking about; passion is good; informed, knowledgeable and concerned citizenry is far more valuable in the American scheme of things.

re: #137 MandyManners

WHAT?

Uh oh...

Did they not pay their bills at newsbusters, or did we kill the site? Cause I'm getting something like a "buy this domain" page when I click the link...

re: #104 Ojoe

Cool towercam - spotlight on the telescope dome. Not sure how long it will last.

Goodnight all.

What that up in the upper left...
A UFO!
wait, wait, let me clean my screen.....

re: #121 formercorpsman

Take it easy folks.

Indeed.

re: #139 wolfie

I think there's a wide and healthy variety here..........w/ quite a few true conservatives. A slight majority (or just a plurality) may be "centrist," but that is what one would expect!

I'd say that's a fair assessment. Don't get me wrong - I love LGF.

all you need to do to be the conservative kos is gather up 5 or so complete radical fucktard ops and get an adoring media to ignore the frequent "screw them" moments.

re: #141 realwest

Great post, RW!

re: #129 otterpooka

This is known as omphaloskepsis.
From Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: omphaloskepsis -
contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation

If you don't believe me, then you are an omphaloskeptic.

You rock.

re: #130 Panhandler

I drive a Jeep. I'm suave on four wheels, too.

I'm also suave on a bicycle.

re: #126 Killgore Trout

But LGF really isn't that kind of forum, we're used to spin and pandering. LGF isn't really a spring board for grassroots activism and fundraising. I shilled for Rudy the best I could here and that didn't work either.

Luckily I was for Tancredo and I know where he stood... so I had no need to pander as the writing was always on the wall with that guy.

Speaking of pandering, have you seen the video of Obama "helping" flood victims in Iowa? It is posted no less than 10 times on youtube and has a flood of comments praising Obama for helping out. Of course, this is just a photo op and Obama's actual presence there was likely a media and security circus with productivity dropping to a low during the few minutes he filled sandbags for the cameras. The best thing ANY politician can do is stay away... Send a staffer if you want someone to help on your behalf... no media circus.

But it is amazing how many suckers fall for these photo ops. Seriously, there is something around Obama like drugs in the water. I'm not drinking it.

You just keep doing what you are doing Charles...

The rest will take care of itself.

Hey, I love LGF too.

I wonder what Charles is going to do this election time to save the day for America? And by extension, Western Civilization.

No pressure; take a deep breath, bend your knees and follow through.

Over at Kos, a lonely diarist exclaims:

Where are you Kos? We need you.

The wayward sheep has lost its way. Baaa Baaaa

All aboard the AP's fairness in reporting!
APNewsBreak: Companies get OK to annoy polar bears

Michelle Malkin had done some previous reporting which included referencing a question by Kenneth Greene at AEI asking if the Polar Bear thing was a pretty face being tacked onto this issue for the feel-good crowd.

I really don't care what Lizards consider themselves politically. You're opposed to dhimmitude, neo-nazis and crypto-fascists? Love America and Israel? Then I embrace you as a fellow Lizard.

REALWEST IS STRONGER THAN LITTLE OLD ME!SWEET DREAMS TO YOU ALL! 12:28 AM NEED BIG TIME BEAUTY SLEEP!SEE YA TOMORROW!

re: #135 Sharmuta

Duncan Hunter

Ah, that's it.

re: #140 Charles

Huckabee?! Hush yo' mouth!

It was Duncan Hunter, who never really had a chance, unfortunately.

Ah, yeah. Big difference. I like Hunter, I dislike Huckabee.

re: #157 beachkatie

REALWEST IS STRONGER THAN LITTLE OLD ME!SWEET DREAMS TO YOU ALL! 12:28 AM NEED BIG TIME BEAUTY SLEEP!SEE YA TOMORROW!

Nighty, night!

re: #129 otterpooka

Hello, Otter. Happy Fathers Day. Nice Ref. and Avatar

re: #140 Charles

Huckabee?! Hush yo' mouth!

It was Duncan Hunter, who never really had a chance, unfortunately.

Do you have a link to that post handy or at least remember what month so we don't have to search the entire LGF database for his guest post? Hunter was head and shoulders better than the other choices.

Gee, maybe if the GOP could rid itself of corruption, addiction to fiscal irresponsibility, and a beltway mentality, it wouldn't need a Daily Kos like propaganda outlet.

re: #131 MandyManners

I joined the GOP--and stayed with it for a while--despite Pat Buchanan.

yeah,mrs citizen and I are fairly newbie repubs,basically because of W.,and wanting to be able to vote for Rudy in the Pa. primary(so much fer that!)..the buchanans of the party and the world have never 'gotten it' and never will...

re: #156 Sharmuta

Woot!

re: #120 Cartman

I'm a very proud and lifelong Conservative, thank you very much!

re: #140 Charles

Heh.

re: #163 MrArchieBunker

Amen to that!

re: #156 Sharmuta

I really don't care what Lizards consider themselves politically. You're opposed to dhimmitude, neo-nazis and crypto-fascists? Love America and Israel? Then I embrace you as a fellow Lizard.

What if we were involved in the Smurf genocide efforts back in the 80's? I may have given specific locations to Gargamel where Papa Smurf was holed up and it resulted in his capture and torture. Can you forgive me?

re: #150 Noam Sayin'

TEASE!

re: #162 Neo Con since 9-11

Do you have a link to that post handy or at least remember what month so we don't have to search the entire LGF database for his guest post? Hunter was head and shoulders better than the other choices.

A Guest Post By Duncan Hunter.

Any radio scanner enthusiasts out there? Can you just ask a venue like the Excel Energy Center for their radio frequencies or do you need to go capture them?

/it's not like they can hide them unless they're encrypted

re: #155 SonOfLiberty

All aboard the AP's fairness in reporting!
APNewsBreak: Companies get OK to annoy polar bears

Michelle Malkin had done some previous reporting which included referencing a question by Kenneth Greene at AEI asking if the Polar Bear thing was a pretty face being tacked onto this issue for the feel-good crowd.

I saw this in my local paper today. No bias at all in this first sentence, is there?

Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially harm them in the pursuit of oil and natural gas.

In order for this fine site to be a Daily Kos, we'd all have to be colossal jerkweeds.
I don't think any of us fits that bill.

re: #97 beachkatie
It's not easy, either way.

He is fluently bilingual, a class leader at school, and deeply appreciative of the benefits of being a Thai... IN Thailand...

But he loves his father, loves America and American ideals, and has spoken often of the educational benefits of enlisting for a 4-6 year term in America and following up with some college, care of Uncle Sam...

Because he KNOWS about his duties under Thai law, and the possibility of serving here, with its MANIFESTLY LIMITED training options...

re: #170 ronpaulblimpie

I thought we all agreed we weren't going to talk about when Sharmuta's around!

re: #137 MandyManners

WHAT?

Well, I just thought...

Keep your bucket of sapphires!

I never wanna' see you again!

It's rubies for me now.

re: #172 Charles

Yeah, that was cool

re: #120 Cartman Hey Cartman - good to see you.
I agree with you that most folks out here aren't conservative (although as we all know the terms conservative and liberal almost have no meaning any more) in the political sense. I do think most LGFer's are truly centrist in their political beliefs.
But I do think most LGFer's are "conservative" in that they'd rather the truth will out - indeed, be dug out and researched up, down and sideways - than most "liberals" or, more accurately, Leftists.
We actually try to "pool" our thoughts and ideas to try to find the truth and let the chips fall where they may. Of course, "truth" can be a slippery term, but not when applied to political thoughts and ideas that are well reasoned and well thought out.
I think FreeRepublic is more "conservative" and frankly FAR less tolerant of folks with "different" ideas and therefore find LGF far superior to FreeRepublic.

re: #172 Charles

Thank you, sir.

re: #164 joecitizen

yeah,mrs citizen and I are fairly newbie repubs,basically because of W.,and wanting to be able to vote for Rudy in the Pa. primary(so much fer that!)..the buchanans of the party and the world have never 'gotten it' and never will...

I'm harking back to many, many years ago.

The problem with the Conservative/Liberal labels as they are currently used in politics, describe only the most fanatic.

I am labeled a Conservative by others because I believe in personal responsibility.

But if we went point by point through my beliefs you will find I am just as confused on politics as I am on life in general.

Mostly meaning I know there is no magic bullet to fix our problems but can we at minimum throw out what we know doesn't work. Like socialism, fascism, Communism, islamism oh hell any "ism".

re: #148 wolfie
Hey, thanks wolfie! I appreciate that. Just wish I could write and type faster!

re: #170 ronpaulblimpie

Can you forgive me?

NEVER! ;)

re: #169 wolfie

Its as obvious as the nose on ones face wolfie. I left (or took a hiatus) from the GOP for precisely those reasons. Not to mention the lack of a coherent message and competent leadership.

re: #170 ronpaulblimpie

What if we were involved in the Smurf genocide efforts back in the 80's? I may have given specific locations to Gargamel where Papa Smurf was holed up and it resulted in his capture and torture. Can you forgive me?

You evil, wicked one.

Political orthodoxy leads to tyranny.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THREAD BACK!

Some conservative bloggers are asking the question: Why Isn’t There a Conservative Daily Kos?

Because Conservatives aren't collectivists and malignant narcissists?

If you're having trouble with the link I imagine it's something to do with Comcast. I just went through a proxy just fine.

re: #178 Noam Sayin'

My attorneys will contact your attorneys.

re: #183 Metal Man

Metal Man. Long, frickin' time. You been in jail or something?

re: #191 Spiny Norman

Because Conservatives aren't collectivists and malignant narcissists?

Ah- you summed it up much more succinctly than I.

re: #156 Sharmuta
Exactly and very well said!

re: #190 jcm

Congrats, what a great Fathers Day!

re: #120 Cartman

Alas, I don't think there are many conservatives at all here at LGF. I consider myself one, but I'd say most here are centrists, leaning at least a little leftwards. JMHO.

Dude. You're a "conservative" ... named after a South Park character?

Not bustin' your chops here, it's cool with me. Just that most people don't really think "conservative" when they think of South Park.

re: #190 jcm

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THREAD BACK!

Congratz. Sleepless nights and poopy diapers. Thank god I'm not you, but it is all worth it when it is your own kid. :D

re: #174 reine.de.tout

Even more amusing is that the end of the article contradicts the beginning, stating that there have been but two incidents where polar bear deaths have been linked to oil drilling since the 1960's. TWO of them.

So obviously, since the facts show that oil companies can live in harmony with polar bears, then they'll focus on the emotional sensitivities of the bears.

Next up, polar bears are asked who they would vote for in the upcoming presidential election.

re: #193 MandyManners

My attorneys will contact your attorneys.

Why is it the attorneys have all the fun?

re: #193 MandyManners

My attorneys will contact your attorneys.

Ah, crap.

I'll have you know my attorneys are mean, gay and really don't like women.

And they love saphires, too.

;)

A whole bucket...

In my garage...

re: #180 realwest

Yes RW, well said. I think what most LGFers are more than anything else are realists or pragmatists. I guess that's what I find so refreshing in a world seemingly going mad.

re: #157 beachkatie
Goodnight katie - and it's not that I'm stronger, its just that NO amount of sleep will help "beautify" me! LOL!

re: #174 reine.de.tout

I noticed that also. She says, in fact practically quotes verbatim, the "environmentalists".

"Journalist" Dina Cappiello:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially harm them in the pursuit of oil and natural gas.

A couple of sentences down, the "environmentalists":

Environmentalists said the new regulations give oil companies a blank check to harass the polar bear.

Really, really pathetic.

re: #194 Noam Sayin'

Wow how do I answer that. Lets just say I took a hiatus:)

re: #198 Charles

Dude. You're a "conservative" ... named after a South Park character?

Not bustin' your chops here, it's cool with me.

Matt Stone (one of the Southpark Creators) is rumored to be a republican. Trey Parker is a libertarian. And I love the comment stone made saying ""I hate conservatives, but I really f---ing hate liberals."

re: #197 rockdad

Congrats, what a great Fathers Day!

re: #199 ronpaulblimpie

Congratz. Sleepless nights and poopy diapers. Thank god I'm not you, but it is all worth it when it is your own kid. :D

Just to be clear, the congrats go to psyop!

re: #183 Metal Man

The problem with the Conservative/Liberal labels as they are currently used in politics, describe only the most fanatic.

I am labeled a Conservative by others because I believe in personal responsibility.

But if we went point by point through my beliefs you will find I am just as confused on politics as I am on life in general.

Mostly meaning I know there is no magic bullet to fix our problems but can we at minimum throw out what we know doesn't work. Like socialism, fascism, Communism, islamism oh hell any "ism".

Personal responsibility... What a concept. If only more people thought it a attribute rather than something to be scorned (why blame yourself when you can blame others?).

For me, South Park is a great example of the irrelevance of these old-fashioned political labels.

re: #190 jcm

Thx! :)

re: #198 Charles

Dude. You're a "conservative" ... named after a South Park character?

Not bustin' your chops here, it's cool with me. Just that most people don't really think "conservative" when they think of South Park.

I was drunk the day I selected the nic and registered.

*hic*

;-D

re: #200 SonOfLiberty

Even more amusing is that the end of the article contradicts the beginning, stating that there have been but two incidents where polar bear deaths have been linked to oil drilling since the 1960's. TWO of them.

So obviously, since the facts show that oil companies can live in harmony with polar bears, then they'll focus on the emotional sensitivities of the bears.....

LOL! Exactly. There is nothing about drilling operations that automatically causes "annoyance" (sheesh!) or harm to wildlife. Ask how the fishing is in the Gulf near the oil rigs . . .

Somebody needs to do this to the Obama zombies:

re: #209 psyop

Congrats on your new baby. :)

re: #208 jcm

lol....

This is how rumors start....

re: #201 abolitionist

Why is it the attorneys have all the fun?

'Cause they get paid.

re: #120 Cartman

Alas, I don't think there are many conservatives at all here at LGF. I consider myself one, but I'd say most here are centrists, leaning at least a little leftwards. JMHO.

Well, I don't know, I guess it depends on how you define conservative. I have some views that some might consider "liberal," but personally I consider them conservative, because I consider conservatism a commitment to facts and truth, reason and common sense, not to ideology.

re: #61 Killgore Trout

Kos was in the commercials Ned Lamont did in Connecticut when he defeated Lieberman for the Dem nom. He and his followers were instrumental in that election. (Let's hope they make exactly the same diff in this one: win the Dem nom, lose the general.)

re: #205 gop_patriot

I noticed that also. She says, in fact practically quotes verbatim, the "environmentalists".

"Journalist" Dina Cappiello:

Really, really pathetic.

It is indeed. I actually pulled that story out of the local newspaper today to keep in my "ridiculous" file.

I'm a disciple of Wm. F. Buckley with a little Andrew Jackson thrown in for flavor.

re: #209 psyop
New Dad for the second time on Fathers Day! Hope Mom and baby are well. Congrats.

re: #190 jcm Hey jcm, thanks for the head's up!

Most Conservative sites are "normal"
The opposite of Kos is the opposite of insanity... There is no opposite... The best we can do is "Normal".

And as for Kos... "Screw 'em"

re: #211 psyop

Thx! :)

Sorry, can't keep my mouth shut! News like that's too good to keep.

re: #206 Metal Man

Just screwin' with ya on a little welcome back, is all.

South Park not your Grandfathers conservatism but man do the Liberals hate it.

Or they would if they got the jokes:)

re: #186 MrArchieBunker

Its as obvious as the nose on ones face wolfie. I left (or took a hiatus) from the GOP for precisely those reasons. Not to mention the lack of a coherent message and competent leadership.

I understand. That's why I'm an Independent.

re: #217 MandyManners

'Cause they get paid.

With saphires.

And rubies, which were in the bucket under the bucket of saphires.

Heh.

re: #227 Noam Sayin'

Thanks

psyops

Congratulations to you and your family! What a wonderful present for your Father's Day. Hope mother and baby are resting well.
;)

re: #198 Charles

Mary Matalin always impressed me with her "less government, more freedom" definition of conservative. If that is the definition then I am.

But the whole Godamned inquisition that tries to enforce some "conservative" orthodoxy which casts people into RINO status has done a great deal to SHRINK the number of people who identify themselves as Republican.

And, as the Democrats learned, the way to get these inquisitors to stay home on election day is to serve up a sex scandal involving a Republican in October.

Anyone who gets "more freedom" is pretty much immune to sex scandals when freedom is on the line.

But there we have it - the folks who castigated anyone who deviated from the line in the slightest (except for expanding the federal government's size almost twofold, which the non-RINOs managed to do quite well on their own) are now begging for a new athlete to carry the "team".

I tried to link this, but it is not a link. Laura Ingrahms e-mail to all of her radio fans.

McCAIN'S TOWNHALL BOMB: Is it just me or when John McCain spoke at his "townhall" event last night, did most audience members look like they were silently trying to pass kidney stones? McCain gave a substantive analysis of the situation in Iraq but then he veered dreadfully off course once he turned to other matters.
On the rise in energy costs:
"I believe there needs to be a thorough and complete investigation of speculators to find out whether speculation has been going on and, if so, how much it has affected the price of a barrel of oil," McCain said. Hello! It's called commodities trading, it exists, and it's a vital part of the market economy.
On the oil industry itself:
"I am very angry, frankly, at the oil companies not only because of the obscene profits they've made but at their failure to invest in alternate energy to help us eliminate our dependence on foreign oil ... They're making huge profits and that happens, but not to say, 'We're in this so we can over time eliminate America's dependence on foreign oil,' I think is an abrogation of their responsibilities as citizens."
For the record, Big Oil's profit margin has averaged 8.1% over the last five years. Meanwhile, beverage makers -- the industry to which he and his wife owe their fortune -- average 19% margins.
McCain spent what could have been hours -- I blacked out after the first fifteen minutes -- reeling off the names of Democrats he's had high-profile love affairs with over the years. Lieberman, Kennedy, Feingold, it just kept going and going and going. He talked about the good old days when Ronald Reagan held Tip O'Neill's hand and together they they raised Social Security taxes. He hopes to do something similar with Nancy Pelosi.
If I were advising Obama, after seeing last night I would agree to as many townhalls as McCain wants.
Obama told residents of a retirement facility in Columbus, Ohio that his plan "allows us to extend the life of Social Security" without raising the retirement age or cutting benefits. All it takes is a job-destroying, anti-growth tax hike on incomes $250,000 and above.
Then, taking aim at McCain's timid embrace of allowing individuals to own some of their retirement assets, Obama said: "Imagine if your security now was tied up with the Dow Jones ... You wouldn't feel very confident about the security of your nest egg."
No? Well, I'd rather take the risk of managing my money than "tying it up" with politicians who announce a "crisis" with our retirement funds every few years. Heck, I could get better returns out of my piggy bank.
INGRAHAM, PROPHET: Just kidding, but my two predictions for Ireland's EU referendum vote appear to be spot-on. Earlier this week I said the Fightin' Irish would bat down the latest attempt at an EU constitution; I also said it'd hardly matter because EU officials will march on regardless of what Europeans think.
CNN's reporting: "The European Union's plans to restructure itself look to have suffered a serious setback Friday after a top Irish official conceded that voters in Ireland's referendum appeared to have rejected the EU reform treaty."
This is bad news for the EUniks. Ireland was the only country entrusted to actually allow a vote on the constitution. Every Irish political party supported it, yet the people rejected the pact anyway. That they did so signals resentment to EU officialdom runs even deeper than we're let on. Yet instead of being circumspect, EU leaders -- surprise, surprise -- are spending today figuring out how to keep the ball rolling.
PRESIDENT BUSH, MR. POPULAR: Hard to believe, but Bush's approval rating has jumped to 54 percent ... in India.

What a Bizantinian question!
I'm sure Justinian would be delighted to discuss this with Moulitsas for a couple of years.

re: #209 psyop Hey there - after seeing jcm's post I went back to the prior thread to offer you congratulations and now I have a chance to say it again: Mazel Tov! I hope the baby and Mother are doing well and that your breathing is more or less back to normal?!

re: #205 gop_patriot

There was an article over at Qando that you would like:

So we have 2,000 bears in an area of 29.7 million acres? A bear every 148,500 acres? Pretty dense bear population, wouldn't you say? And a drill ship for every 5,940,000 acres. Certainly no room for oil exploration.

Pat Buchanan is definitely a conservative. Hes not a Neo-Con (Which is really a filthy liberal). But no one wants there to be a Conservative Daily Kos, we have lives and don't have time to buzz around the internet 22 hours a day spewing hateful anti-Semitic garbage.

re: #226 jcm

Amen to that.

re: #198 Charles

Dude. You're a "conservative" ... named after a South Park character?

Not bustin' your chops here, it's cool with me. Just that most people don't really think "conservative" when they think of South Park.

Maybe he's a South Park Conservative.

Classical liberal here....meaning that the GOP isn't always a comfortable fit for me. I don't want my politicians to spout off about bedroom issues (and based on the past several years, they really should not even try) .... but certainly couldn't vote for most democrats these days.

re: #235 MigueldowninMexico

What a Bizantinian question!
I'm sure Justinian would be delighted to discuss this with Moulitsas for a couple of years.

I am sure you would be banished to a Muslim farm for your spelling.
/from the most totally inept speller and typist

re: #202 Noam Sayin'

Ah, crap.

I'll have you know my attorneys are mean, gay and really don't like women.

And they love saphires, too.

;)

A whole bucket...

In my garage...

Well, I just give up.

Have your people send to my people the size of your biggest stone.

re: #238 U.S.S. Nixon

Pat Buchanan is definitely a conservative.

No- he's an anti-Semitic populist isolationist asshole.

You keep using this word conservative. I don't think it means what you think it means.

/Ingio

re: #238 U.S.S. Nixon

If you dont mind my asking, how old are you?

re: #242 pat

I am sure you would be banished to a Muslim farm for your spelling.
/from the most totally inept speller and typist

Why thanks!
With friends like you...
LOL

re: #230 Noam Sayin'

With saphires.

And rubies, which were in the bucket under the bucket of saphires.

Heh.

Is that not a material breach?!

Fiend!

re: #244 Sharmuta

No- he's an anti-Semitic populist isolationist asshole.

Yes, yes he is. He had so much else going for him, it is too bad he mixed those in.

Pat Buchanan or Pat Chivas?

I do think that the emergence of a conservative Daily Kos will be necessary an important, in the next few years.

I don't mean something that resembles Kos in form, or in vociferousness, et cetera -- I mean that Kos has pulled off something that conservatives need to match, or at least nullify: a level of online organization that 1) draws an enormous audience, and 2) spills over into organized action, in a significant way. The power there is great enough that it influences -- or even directs -- politicians.

That big annual Kos conference ain't nothing to sneeze at.

re: #241 funky chicken

Classical liberal here....meaning that the GOP isn't always a comfortable fit for me. I don't want my politicians to spout off about bedroom issues (and based on the past several years, they really should not even try) .... but certainly couldn't vote for most democrats these days.

Classical liberal here too... in modern lingo I say small "c" conservative / small "l" libertarian. Built on the idea of LIFE, LIBERTY, PROPERTY.

According to conventional wisdom, so many hearts swell for Obama because of the prospect of electing our first black president. That’s part of it, but surely not all. Among white voters, there is no recent precedent for such emotional extremes being evoked by issues of race.

Ah but religion — that certainly has the power to call forth swoons and palpitations.

Obama has been shrewd to cast himself as an explicitly religious candidate, as in the campaign flier that’s been circulated in southern states. It shows the candidate standing at a church pulpit with a glowing cross behind him, surmounting inspirational quotes from Obama such as: “My faith teaches me that I can sit in church and pray all I want, but I won’t be fulfilling God’s will unless I go out and do the Lord’s work.”

Obama courts the perception that his campaign isn’t just a campaign but a spiritual quest that voters are invited to join. As he declared before the New Hampshire primary, “I am going to try to be so persuasive, so that those of you who are still wavering...will suddenly come to the conclusion — a light beam will shine through — will light you up — and you will experience an epiphany — I have to vote for Barack!”

This is all in contrast to John McCain’s approach. McCain has been strikingly shy about uttering anything like a statement of faith. To do so would likely be foreign to his personality. What then?

How about a statement of worldview? Grounded, ideally, in his Christian beliefs; but if not, that’s okay, too. The word, “worldview,” is popular among the Evangelical constituency that McCain urgently needs to draw to his side, evoking the contention, shared by other religious believers, that “religion” is too narrow a word for the life commitment that most stirs our passions.

Christianity or Judaism offers not just a set of patterns of worship, ritual, or dogma but a picture of reality. A big picture, explaining not only what’s right and wrong in public and private life, but why they are right or wrong, why making such distinctions matters, and how it all fits together with man’s origins and his ultimate end.

A worldview is more than a political philosophy. It gives meaning to life.

Obama’s candidacy represents not just a set of policy preferences — about which he’s often vague — but rather, a potential source of such meaning for his supporters. In a time like ours when there is no obvious and immediate threat to our physical existence, ultimate questions come begging at our sleeve to be answered.

We live in a strange and sad time when secularism has hollowed out confidence in the traditional answers to the great questions of life. To be so ungrounded, as many Americans are, in a faith in anything greater than your own appetites and interests is bound to evoke anxiety, even dread. Obama implicitly addresses himself to that existential condition.

As for John McCain, more invocations of “service to country” are not going to cut it. A country, even a great one, is not a source of ultimate meaning or value.

Life has meaning to John McCain. Let him tell us why, in his own style, even if he must preface the discussion by admitting that to speak so personally makes this old-fashioned man uncomfortable. The military has its unique idiom for discussing matters of spirituality, a way of communicating that’s available to McCain.

The gesture of opening himself up, telling us candidly what he believes beyond Social Security or health-care reform could go a long way toward giving his unenthused admirers reason to care about him. We would admire him, then, not for what he did at the Hanoi Hilton 40 years ago but for the quality of his soul now.

re: #251 Cognito

I do think that the emergence of a conservative Daily Kos will be necessary an important, in the next few years.

I don't mean something that resembles Kos in form, or in vociferousness, et cetera -- I mean that Kos has pulled off something that conservatives need to match, or at least nullify: a level of online organization that 1) draws an enormous audience, and 2) spills over into organized action, in a significant way. The power there is great enough that it influences -- or even directs -- politicians.

That big annual Kos conference ain't nothing to sneeze at.

Ahhh-choo!

re: #244 Sharmuta

No- he's an anti-Semitic populist isolationist asshole.

OWWW, OWWW, just snorted beer up my nose.
ROFL!

LOL Charles!

re: #238 U.S.S. Nixon

Pat Buchanan is definitely a conservative. Hes not a Neo-Con (Which is really a filthy liberal). But no one wants there to be a Conservative Daily Kos, we have lives and don't have time to buzz around the internet 22 hours a day spewing hateful anti-Semitic garbage.

FUCK PAT BUCHANAN.

re: #254 Charles

I'll laugh louder at that if Obama loses.

And Cognito: I think you're not just wrong here, you're way wrong. Political parties need to influence politicians. Blogs need to tell the truth.

The gap between these two concepts is galactic in size.

re: #255 jcm

Sorry!

OT I don't know if it was mentioned on the Father's Day thread but Obama gave his pappy a present today. A hard shove under the bus.

We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception. We need them to realize that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child - it's the courage to raise one.

[snip]

I know the toll that being a single parent took on my mother - how she struggled at times to the pay bills; to give us the things that other kids had; to play all the roles that both parents are supposed to play.

re: #237 gman

There was an article over at Qando that you would like:

Thank you!

So the area impacted by this "new" regulation holds around 10% of the Polar Bear population. You would think from the article that they're all affected. Just shilling for the leftist greenies, huh, AP.

Huh, bolluxed up that comment. It's become a pattern with me. I meant to say that that came from an article at NR that just had me shaking my head. I don't want a religious leader in my presidential candidates. GW Bush played the religion card big time to get the GOP nomination, and it really turned me off.

Of course the author of that article is this guy:

— David Klinghoffer is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and the author of How Would God Vote? Why the Bible Commands You to Be a Conservative.

ech

re: #251 Cognito

That big annual Kos conference ain't nothing to sneeze at.

/did you miss the part where they actually had a tin foil hat fashion contest?

You can think hes an asshole and you might be right but hes a conservative.

re: #248 MandyManners

Everything happens so fast on the internet. Some people even manage to get divorces before they even get married.

[I was waiting to hear more about the lizards on the cake and
KaBlamo! It's all over.]

re: #263 funky chicken

Huh, bolluxed up that comment. It's become a pattern with me. I meant to say that that came from an article at NR that just had me shaking my head. I don't want a religious leader in my presidential candidates. GW Bush played the religion card big time to get the GOP nomination, and it really turned me off.

Of course the author of that article is this guy:

ech

He must be an Obamist.
Hoffe means Hope in German.

He clings to HOPE!

re: #209 psyop

CONGRATULATIONS! on that new son of yours

re: #259 Charles

And Cognito: I think you're not just wrong here, you're way wrong. Political parties need to influence politicians. Blogs need to tell the truth.

The gap between these two concepts is galactic in size.

I too believe blogs need to tell the truth.

And, maybe shockingly, politicians should as well. So I don't think telling the truth and being influential are exclusive. Buckley springs to mind.

My point is that Kos (not so much the guy, as the site) has harnessed the scope of the internet in a way that sure would be handy for conservatives.