Comments on: More Compassionate Conservatism

By: malcolm

malcolm — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:50:09 +0000

Brooks & Kristol vs. NYT liberals…The New York op ed pages don’t reflect real conservative/liberal viewpoints – it’s the same close circle debate of stalinists vs trotskyites @ city college in the 30s..in fact, its literally the children and grandchildren of those ‘intellectuals’.. hey NYT how about some ‘real’ diversity that you’re always so keen about?

By: Beau Martin

Beau Martin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:07:16 +0000

Note also how neatly neocons like Brooks and Kristol divide on Palin, the former against, the latter for. They cover all the bets in neoconland. The one member of McCain’s team who apparently bonded with Palin is Randy Scheunemann, McCain’s strongly neocon (and ex-lobbyist for the nation of Georgia) foreign policy advisor. Imagine the makeover he and his pals plan. They hope to create a perfect fusion candidate, a Palin who still gives good lovin’ to the Base, but talks good on TV and (most importantly) does the bidding of AEI and AIPAC in foreign policy.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:59:50 +0000

Here’s compassionate conservatism: cut taxes, slash spending, stick with the constitution.
http://rightklik.blogspot.com/

By: Thomas Meehan

Thomas Meehan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:41:24 +0000

Brooks and Kristol are in the awkward position of being the guilty parties in a movement that needs a good purging. Sensing that the spotlight will soon be on them, they redirect scrutiny elsewhere. And where better than on old allies, like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity? Don’t expect them to accept responsibility for the disaster their policy recommendations caused. American politics is just a sort of family business with these people.

There Isn’t any way to affect the New York Times but It’s not too much to hope that Murdock may be made to see that the amoral vacuity of the Weakly Standard is a liability. I gather that Murdock is no fan of Obama. The Weakly Standard has no credibility now and the people who write for it will have no access to power. It’s time to pull the plug.

By: Danby

Danby — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:59:13 +0000

The better lesson to take from this debacle is that the GOP can win when it sticks to it’s conservative guns and that it WILL lose if it tries to ape the left. McCain’s campaign adopted the same policy positions that Obama’s did, and tried to win on biography and character. Likely the biography was good enough, but his character wasn’t, and the voters knew it.

When’s the last time a politician actually proposed cutting the budget, instead of lowering taxes by borrowing more?

By: Corie

Corie — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:06:16 +0000

If guys like Brooks truly have a hold on the party and want to pretend that it is at all a haven for conservatives – or that conservatism should ‘evolve’, the GOP will inevitably go the way of the Whigs.

Its a sad state of affairs for us conservatives nowadays …

By: Jack Tracey

Jack Tracey — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:15:07 +0000

Who issued David Brooks’ conservative credentials in the first place? When I’ve read his articles, he seems to only be interested in how the Republican Party can court voters with modern (ie progressive) views. When he “debates” Mark Shields he mostly points out tactical mistakes of Republican politicians. Look at just his last few articles: “Change I Can Believe In”, “A National [REALLY!?] Mobility Project”, and “Ceding the Center” where he describes the straightjacket of conservatism that is behind the times. Can anyone tell me what is conservative about this guy?