tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post113013827025066391..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Wherein A Calm Sunday Morning Is Ruined As My Wife Lets An Injured Weasel Scamper In The HouseJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1130554432632946532005-10-28T22:53:00.000-04:002005-10-28T22:53:00.000-04:00I've been away from my set of snarky bookmarks for...I've been away from my set of snarky bookmarks for most of the week, and what a relief to get back.<BR/><BR/>Great ghod, I'm so glad to see someone give Brooks a bit of rhetorical slapping around. His premise was surreal and his exposition came from some la-la land. I kept expecting a punchline at the very end of the column: "I'm going outside now, because the sky is such a perfect shade of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1130240150727032372005-10-25T07:35:00.000-04:002005-10-25T07:35:00.000-04:00In fact, the people *still* prefer democratic idea...In fact, the people *still* prefer democratic ideas to republican ones. <BR/>It's just that the democrats have lost the ability to articulate them for the voting public, and Rush Limbaugh will explain to you what the democrats are saying, anyway. (See Media Matters.)<BR/>The fact that when the GOP tells you what the Democrats are saying, they are lying, is irrelevant. <BR/>Who wants to get too Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1130200616460314902005-10-24T20:36:00.000-04:002005-10-24T20:36:00.000-04:00Christopher, of course they're the kinds who throw...Christopher, of course they're the kinds who throw their hats in with people. They want to be part of the "popular crowd," and Bush is the ultimate BMOC to guys like Brooks, who think that some of it will rub off.<BR/><BR/>Alas, their desire to fit in has had unexpected rammifications for those of us with higher expectations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1130172607983563372005-10-24T12:50:00.000-04:002005-10-24T12:50:00.000-04:00Brooks saying Bush built better conservatism is li...Brooks saying Bush built better conservatism is like saying that all Nazis needed was someone to build better fascism.Jaye Ramsey Sutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866341038412407027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1130161921545597492005-10-24T09:52:00.000-04:002005-10-24T09:52:00.000-04:00I'm going to suggest that my local bookstore start...I'm going to suggest that my local bookstore start to put the newspapers in the fiction section.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198293117294881077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1130145396393371212005-10-24T05:16:00.000-04:002005-10-24T05:16:00.000-04:00I'm coming to realize that the modern conservative...I'm coming to realize that the modern conservative thinker prefers to throw his hat in with people, rather then ideas.<BR/><BR/>The only coherent philosophy these days seems to be "follow the leader".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1130138884376928812005-10-24T03:28:00.000-04:002005-10-24T03:28:00.000-04:00"Voters preferred Democratic ideas on issue after ..."Voters preferred Democratic ideas on issue after issue by 20-point margins."<BR/><BR/>F...! Now they tell us? I thought Brooksy said (last week, you can check) that Dems have no ideas.<BR/><BR/>Gotta find a brick, and start beating myself in the head so I can make some of that New York Times blood money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com