http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/04/28/imagine-the-possibilities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=imagine-the-possibilities n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/04/28/imagine-the-possibilities/comment-page-1/#comment-31796 RedPhillips Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:31:33 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9315#comment-31796 I mean WTH I mean WTH

]]> http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/04/28/imagine-the-possibilities/comment-page-1/#comment-31795 RedPhillips Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:31:14 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9315#comment-31795 I am very familiar with RTH who is right on much but very wrong on the War and foreign policy. He is a good example of a mainstream GOP centric conservative who doesn't understand criticism from the right. Or if he does, he just rejects it. I am very familiar with RTH who is right on much but very wrong on the War and foreign policy. He is a good example of a mainstream GOP centric conservative who doesn’t understand criticism from the right. Or if he does, he just rejects it.

]]> http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/04/28/imagine-the-possibilities/comment-page-1/#comment-31776 sv Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:26:14 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9315#comment-31776 You are of course right, but you're overthinking Huston's motivations. He's merely arguing for party loyalty and fealty to the "principles" the GOP has tied around its neck over the past decade or two, and he isn't sophisticated enough to see the ways, a few of which you point out, in which that very fealty - and in particular this embrace of Darth Cheney - will result in the death of his beloved party. If things keep going this way, then right before it dies, it will be bereft of anything that can coherently be called a principle or idea at all. You are of course right, but you’re overthinking Huston’s motivations. He’s merely arguing for party loyalty and fealty to the “principles” the GOP has tied around its neck over the past decade or two, and he isn’t sophisticated enough to see the ways, a few of which you point out, in which that very fealty – and in particular this embrace of Darth Cheney – will result in the death of his beloved party. If things keep going this way, then right before it dies, it will be bereft of anything that can coherently be called a principle or idea at all.

]]> http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/04/28/imagine-the-possibilities/comment-page-1/#comment-31760 Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Permanent Republican Majority Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:01:02 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9315#comment-31760 [...] This is the big problem for Republicans. The entire party apparatus at the state level has been taken over by a bunch of lunatics. The reason Specter switched yesterday was because the dwindling band of sociopaths who still call themselves Republican in Pennsylvania are so detached from reality, so far removed from the mainstream, and so convinced of the utter infallibility of their own bizarre brand of “conservatism,” that someone like Jon Huntsman or Arlen Specter, who deviated slightly on a few issues here and there, just isn’t pure enough for them. This is the essence of wingnut, the kind of guy Larison was talking about yesterday: [...] [...] This is the big problem for Republicans. The entire party apparatus at the state level has been taken over by a bunch of lunatics. The reason Specter switched yesterday was because the dwindling band of sociopaths who still call themselves Republican in Pennsylvania are so detached from reality, so far removed from the mainstream, and so convinced of the utter infallibility of their own bizarre brand of “conservatism,” that someone like Jon Huntsman or Arlen Specter, who deviated slightly on a few issues here and there, just isn’t pure enough for them. This is the essence of wingnut, the kind of guy Larison was talking about yesterday: [...]

]]> http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/04/28/imagine-the-possibilities/comment-page-1/#comment-31746 jetan Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:48:54 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9315#comment-31746 You are on a roll. Can't believe I never saw the Penguin thing before. The Galapagos bit also deserves a place in your greatest hits. You are on a roll. Can’t believe I never saw the Penguin thing before. The Galapagos bit also deserves a place in your greatest hits.

]]> http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/04/28/imagine-the-possibilities/comment-page-1/#comment-31734 JJM Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:22:07 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9315#comment-31734 Huston's a veritable nutcase, and his comments have been the bread and butter of left-wing political comedy blogs for years. Huston’s a veritable nutcase, and his comments have been the bread and butter of left-wing political comedy blogs for years.

]]> http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/04/28/imagine-the-possibilities/comment-page-1/#comment-31732 LMaggitti Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:05:13 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9315#comment-31732 You're in rare form today. You’re in rare form today.

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