Ragged Clown

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Tag Archives: politics

Classy

October
2008

Probably nothing right? Probably some fringe group – you certainly wouldn’t see it on the Sacramento Republicans’ website. Not now anyway, because they took it down. Or maybe they were just joking like the California Republicans who printed fliers with … Continue reading

Hitch unhitched

October
2008

Andrew Sullivan uses Hitchens’s defection to the Obama camp as an excuse to repeat his own mea culpa over his early support for Bush and the invasion of Iraq. I don’t regret my support for the president after 9/11. In … Continue reading

Left Behind

October
2008

Another prominent conservative sees the light. Christopher Buckley endorsed Obama last week and endured the inevitable firestorm. Since my Obama endorsement, Kathleen and I have become BFFs and now trade incoming hate-mails. No one has yet suggested my dear old … Continue reading

Good judgment of the voters

October
2008

“I just have to rely on the good judgment of the voters not to buy into these negative attack ads. Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don’t have … Continue reading

The Iron Lady

October
2008

It’s a strange kind of world when I come over all nostalgic for Thatcher. The comparisons come flooding in to my mind. Why don’t American presidents – or candidates – ever face the public like this? America has lowered the … Continue reading

Harm, Fairness, Loyalty, Respect and Purity

October
2008

According to Johnathon Haidt at The Edge, our morality springs from five universal principles that are present in every society: Preventing harm Promoting fairness Being loyal to your group Respecting authority Desire for purity To illustrate these principles, the Mousetrap … Continue reading

The Party of Palin

October
2008

The editors at the American Conservative thinks Sarah Palin will rescue us from the party of John McCain and George W Bush, Congratulations on being chosen as John McCain’s running mate. It’s an honor, if a dubious one. As you … Continue reading

A new party for a new century

October
2008

This conservative agrees with the notion that Palin is not qualified to be vice-president but thinks, for the sake of the party, she has to stay on the ticket Conor Friedersdorf has joined the small but hardy band of conservatives … Continue reading