Comments on: GOP pundit: we want poor social conservatives, just as long as they know their place

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:53:41 +0000

Why are you stunned? Had it not occurred to you that the people you are so dismissive of and patronizing to can also act in the same way?

By: The Gonzman

The Gonzman — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:26:15 +0000

I love how this comment thread immediately got topic jacked to ‘Democrats aren’t any better’, ignoring the substance of Hugo’s actual post.

Actually started with Hugo himself, to wit:

Right-wing evangelicals are to the GOP what African-Americans have traditionally been to the Democrats: a group that is heavily courted come election time, but whose deepest concerns are routinely dismissed by the party elite.

Hence, I agree completely with Hugo: Yeah, the Dems and Reps both love the votes of their “core” voters, but do like them to sit down and shut up once the election is won.

And this is why I don’t belong to either branch of the Republicrat Party - Hypocritical scoundrels they are, one and all, and a pox upon both their houses.

By: mythago

mythago — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:57:47 +0000

That’s not quite what I was saying, but don’t let me mess up a good outrage on ya.

By: NBarnes

NBarnes — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:45:10 +0000

I love how this comment thread immediately got topic jacked to ‘Democrats aren’t any better’, ignoring the substance of Hugo’s actual post.

By: mythago

mythago — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:10:15 +0000

That’s because he’s an anti-establishment candidate. Democrats are fine with The Poor as a concept, as long as they don’t mess up the property values.

Republicans (and here I am talking about the people who run the party, not every “R” voter) generally don’t pick their voting affiliation because they are soft-hearted embracers of the common people. They want to get and/or stay rich, they think they’re the elite and better than other people, and they sure as hell don’t appreciate all that stuff Jesus said about loving one another and not serving God and Mammon.

By: faux facsimile

faux facsimile — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:36:27 +0000

This, rather amusingly, puts you in agreement with paleocon Daniel Larison. However, it should come as no particular surprise that elites within both the Democratic and Republican establishments have a healthy contempt for the vast majority of Americans. We do, after all, invariably continue to vote for them no matter how many times they cross and double cross us.

Even if Huckabee is an unreflective jerk, one does have to envy the fact that someone like him stands a chance to get the nomination. The closest thing Dems have in terms of an anti-establishment candidate is John Edwards, and he’s not exactly going anywhere at the moment.

By: Anna CB

Anna CB — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:04:07 +0000

“Rather overdoing it”. That makes Lowry sound like one of your OKOP WASPS, Hugo! His country-club elitism comes shining through, for sure.

This reminds me of that “What’s the Matter With Kansas” book.

By: The Gonzman

The Gonzman — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:49:53 +0000

Yeah, the Dems and Reps both love the votes of their “core” voters, but do like them to sit down and shut up once the election is won.

It should be most entertaining to watch and see which party’s workhorses wake up first and figure out that they really ain’t never gonna be allowed up to the big house with Massa, and go to form other parties that are viable in the long term.