And all the rats came jumping out: Buckley Leaves the National Review…… How even the conservatives are bailing on conservatism
Wuh-oh. What’s going on in Rightland. Seems there’s really getting to be some fracture in the NeoConjob ranks.
There’s this stunning news that Christopher Buckley editor of the National Review, and son of Arch Conservative and oracle to the NeoCons William F. Buckley, Jr. will be leaving National Review.
Just so we understand the dimensions of this. The lead thinker of the National Review, “America’s most widely read and influential magazine and web site for Republican/conservative news, commentary, and opinion.” left. Why? Well, apparently this scion of Conservative thought and son of a scion of Conservative thought, decided he had to vote for Obama.
WHAT?! After he made his pick he was bombarded by hate mail and suddenly had to face the Moron Horde that had backed him and his father for years.
In his explanation, Buckley notes,
“I have been effectively fatwahed (is that how you spell it?) by the conservative movement, and the magazine that my father founded must now distance itself from me. But then, conservatives have always had a bit of trouble with the concept of diversity. The GOP likes to say it’s a big-tent. Looks more like a yurt to me. While I regret this development, I am not in mourning, for I no longer have any clear idea what, exactly, the modern conservative movement stands for. Eight years of “conservative” government has brought us a doubled national debt, ruinous expansion of entitlement programs, bridges to nowhere, poster boy Jack Abramoff and an ill-premised, ill-waged war conducted by politicians of breathtaking arrogance.”
But he’s not the only one drifting from this Bizzare Squared version of the last 8 years. George Will is flat out disappointed in the McCain Palin Campaign, asking flat out “is this it?!” in a recent column In a real conservative-style attack he calls McCain a “Bear Market”.
Funny enough, the Financial Times (hardly a bastion of liberal thought) recently says that Conservatism has Overshot it’s Limit.
And even sniveling little Billy Kristol of Fox “News” Channel Fame ripped the McCain-Palin campaign a new lovehole on the air, calling it “stupid” and “pathetic”.
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There are many reasons for such Conservative Institutions (and Buckley himself is an institution) to break way with Conservative Pack. It may have something to do with the way Republicans represent Conservatives the same way Democrats represent Progressives… ya dig?
Put another way, let’s imagine a new definition for what centrist means. For some reason, Centrist has long meant something halfway between GW Bush and Slick Willie Clinton.
That’s insane. Let’s imagine a different center. Who do the grassroots Conservatives most adore, in an almost dreamy way? Ron Paul.
Who do the Progressives most adore, in an almost dreamy way… Dennis Kucinich.
Shouldn’t the true center be somewhere between Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich? Cuz I think if you go halfway between Obama and McCain you get a Centrist Republican. That’s not cool. And more importantly, that’s not centrist.
So to all my newly found independents who are bailing on the Republican party because of the Bush-Palin Moron Vortex the way we bailed when Gore ran,… welcome to being an independent voter. Get ready to be hated.
Think Free or Die Stupid,
–Reverend Manny and the Twilight Empire
chamay0 said,
October 14, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Buckley did bail by Kathleen Parker is still holding strong in her position at her magazine. There is a lot of bailout going on with the republicans and McCain. Here’s a link, check it out. http://www.jedreport.com/shipjumpers/. It’s very interesting (and funny) to note just how many conservatives are knocking each over trying to get off the Titanic (McCain/Barbie).
writechicpress said,
October 15, 2008 at 11:36 am
Ya nailed me. “I” am dreamy about Dennis Kucinich. This post reminds me of a commercial airing in Alabama. This hideous republican incumbent (Mike Rogers) is airing these attack ads against the liberal candidate Josh Segall. Rogers shows Al Gore and labels him a liberal extremist!!! My first thought was Rogers doesn’t get out much. But really I know that’s act one from the Republican playbook…Say X is Y, and say it a lot.
revmanny said,
October 15, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Ya nailed it right on the head, writechic. … “act one from the Republican playbook…Say X is Y, and say it a lot.”
thanks for the comment…
@Chamay0 … hahahah,… i love the comparison “the Titanic”…. yup…
we should be scared shitless of ever being as arrogant as they were when they were in power. Let’s keep our side of the Left as honest as possible so this doesn’t happen to us.
As always, thanks a whole armload for the support. I too am a little ga-ga over Kucinich. Isn’t that how a Democrat is SUPPOSED to act? And if RP was the right’s choice, I think my debates with the Wingnuts would make a helluva lot more sense.
One Love,
–Reverend Manny
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October 15, 2008 at 1:51 pm
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TallulahBankhead said,
October 17, 2008 at 3:33 pm
What is the Republican Party? Who are they? They have nothing to them now that Bush has nationalized banks. Nationalized banks and bailed out Wall Street.
How can they bitch and moan about socialism when they are the party who is practicing it?
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Don’t blame Christopher Buckley for using his brain and not getting on the Palin-McCain train…wonder how long the rest of these desperate cons will hold on.
My wish is that Obama wins and Bill Kristol renounces his citizenship to live full time in Falluja.
nunya said,
October 25, 2008 at 3:36 am
Dude,
An intelligent Centrist Republican is better than we’ve had for the last 8 years, and Obama has one hell of a mess to cleanup,and these butt-heads ain’t done making messes yet. There is 60 years worth of arrogant, wrong headed foreign and domestic policy to deal with here. Better a man who says, “Ok, let’s all roll up our sleeves and clean this mess up.”
The suburbs gotta go. Worst misallocation of resources in human history.
revmanny said,
October 25, 2008 at 8:13 am
FUCK THE BURBS!!! lol..
seriously though… i agree with you…. actually me and my gf were talking and we’d decided that instead of moving to Canada if McCain wins… we’re gonna move INTO the heart of Republican Country.
If it’s a culture war they want, it’s a culture war they got.
One Love,
–The Rev
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