“The problem here is not that liberals and Democrats aren’t bad and shouldn’t be opposed, but that one must be careful that in opposing them one does not overlook the crimes of the Republicans and the budget-busting militarists of the conservative movement.”

I can’t speak for anybody but myself, but my disenchantment with the GOP stems from the fact that Bush ran on an entirely platform than he governed on.

In 2007, the primary stages were full of giggling neoconservatives. I didn’t leave my party, my party left me, and I am indeed feeling quite like a bitter ex-spouse.

Strange then that so many of the people I hear “bashing Bush” are Iraqi war veterans…

“Sarcastic” isn’t really a good word for the Liberals. Angry, hysterical, sure, but generally they’re very very serious and a little humorless about their perception that Bush destroyed the economy and lead America into two endless, costly wars.

You must think very poorly of the American people if you believe that they’d rather have their kids come home in boxes, trillions of dollars wasted in the process, than see a minute or two of people protesting on the TV.

I take it that you feel that your service in the 2000′s was superior to my service in the Special Forces in the 60′s. Without a few more details, I’m not qualified to comment on that.

Not sure what part of what I said came out as saying Bush is great. I think, rather, that I intended to point out that people who constantly curse Bush, without articulating any ideas, tend to come off as left-wing haters.

A similar situation is here in rural Oklahoma. If someone at a church picnic were to get drunk and say something racially or ethnically off-color (about blacks, indians, or latinos), they’d be asked to shut up or leave.

You said, “A true conservative seeks the truth…”.

This is a pretty good place to start. Tell us YOUR truth.

LOL – try this. Pat Buchanan holds a grudge for things conservative, and things Republican, because they didn’t vote for HIM. He uses his longterm insider knowledge, and his encyclopedic knowledge of ANCIENT DOCUMENTS to publish an article critical of some conservative, while making himself look conservative, then makes the talkshow rounds to advertise that article.

In the meantime, a platform has been provided for those who hate anything conservative, and so while pretending to be conservative, many here simply wish to pound nails into what they see as a failed American Political Party, usually through some sort of personal denigration of individuals they consider enemies, or who they consider valuable to “the other side”.

Look for personal attacks, and also look for “attribution of OPPOSITES”. That is, what they see in themselves, or what they feel they have been accused of, expect them to loudly level the same charges against their conservative enemies.

For example, Daniel McCarthy said, “If the Right had learned anything at all from the Bush years, it should have learned that neoconservative and Republican elites are adept at manipulating emotional populists…” If you hear anyone on this blog begin to laugh, and make some comment about ACORN spending MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to push the registration of voters to the lowest common denominator to help Democrats, then you may see who is really a conservative.

To “smell” these “seminar bloggers”, look for certain attributes:

SLICKBEES – S.L.C.B.B. – Sarcastic Liberal Continuously Bashing BUSH.

ELITISM – basic feeling that they are superior to “the masses”, and therefore it is okay to make fun of any GROUP that they dislike – expect to see scorn for FOX NEWS, RUSH LIMBAUGH, and REPUBLICANS in general, particularly any of those who expressed even partial support for any of Bush’s policies.

LYING – morality seems to be missing in much of the discussion coming from many of the LIBS who inhabit this blog. Note that Daniel McCarthy, above, while making fun (and scorn) of the millions of mindless conservatives motivated by blind emotion, seems to miss entirely what the TEA PARTIES were about.

Don’t be fooled, he knows precisely what the TEA PARTIES were about, he simply “forgot” to mention any of it.

Expect to see things like, “The grassroots do not lack intelligence. They’re plenty smart. But smart people who let their emotions do their thinking for them…” Expect to see LIBs level this charge at conservatives, then make fun of PALIN as “fat”, and characterizing MCCAIN as a “nice old guy” who at least is willing to seek the truth from the LEFT.

If you come here as a CONSERVATIVE, expect to be vastly OUTNUMBERED on this blog.

I understand the sentiment behind much of the piece, and agree with it; “street” theater often is silly, and too often these “movements” stray far from their stated cause, endorsing every item on the appropriate agenda (Left or Right.) What I don’t quite get is AmCon’s seemingly greater anuimus toward the GOP and various stripes of conservatives than toward the Dems.

Maybe the AmCon crowd feels left out. keep up the work, tho’, yours is a POV that deserves voicing.

Awesome awesome article Daniel. I hope people will isten, plus maybe click that DIgg link at the top of the page.

But they probably won’t. THey’re not dumb, but they’re a passionate bunch…