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The End of Conservatives (A bitter paleoconservative has-been jumps the shark)
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| January 31, 2005
| Paul Craig Roberts
Posted on 01/22/2005 8:12:00 AM PST by quidnunc
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:12:00 AM PST
by
quidnunc
To: quidnunc
Honest question:
Who's Paul Craig Roberts?
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:14:18 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen, ignorance and stupidity.)
To: quidnunc
Huh I wonder if the neocon's are reprising the roll of white man's burden and manifest destiny to the world?
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:15:11 AM PST
by
dts32041
(When did the Democratic party stop being the political arm of the KKK?)
To: quidnunc
I wrote Roberts off when he advocated
making Israel judenrein.
Like Pat Buchanan, if he isn't an anti-Senmite, he'll do until one comes along.
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:15:26 AM PST
by
ScottFromSpokane
(http://drunkengop.blogspot.com/)
To: quidnunc
Many Christians think that war in the Middle East signals "end times" and that they are about to be wafted up to heaven. I've never heard of such a "theology" from any Christian. Just like the left, Roberts takes a cheap shot to mock a wide swath of Evangelicals. Keep digging that hole, buddy.
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:17:50 AM PST
by
inkling
To: Publius6961
Publius6961 wrote:
Honest question: Who's Paul Craig Roberts?Honest answer:
He's a formerly-mainstream conservative economist and journalist who has decided to wallow in the fever swamps of paleocon crankery.
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:18:48 AM PST
by
quidnunc
(Omnis Gaul delenda est)
To: dts32041; ScottFromSpokane; quidnunc
When did G. Gordon Liddy become a "neoconservative ideologue?"
(Genuinely baffled Smiley.)
-good Thames, G.J.P.(Jr.)
To: quidnunc
He must have some French genes. French lesson:
#1 Don't take part in a fracas until you see which side is winning.
#2 Jump on the winning bandwagon.
#3 If you encounter any difficulty, adversity or setback...retreat.
#4 When you get wobbly........jump ship, change sides and cry uncle or call your mommy.
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:21:30 AM PST
by
highflight
(from a distance - buzzards might appear as eagles.)
To: Publius6961
"Who's Paul Craig Roberts?"
I've been a Conservative for 40 years and I never heard of him. Maybe he's one of those odd briton/europeans who are called "conservative" but are unrecognizable by American standards.
To: quidnunc
Let's see what happens after all the arm waving stops and the dust settles.
Oh. Yeah, and the Gong sounds.
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:25:36 AM PST
by
CBart95
To: hinckley buzzard
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:26:20 AM PST
by
ScottFromSpokane
(http://drunkengop.blogspot.com/)
To: hinckley buzzard
The "media" is full of wanna-be, would-be, has-been, losers that try to pass as real journalists. This is just another example of the decay in the MSM that has left us with cranks, losers, activists --- anything thing but informed, accomplished, respected journalists.
Only a few real journalists still survive. They are an endangered species.
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:26:58 AM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: quidnunc
"He was distinguished fellow at the Cato Institute from 1993 to 1996."
That's all you need to know about this guy.
To: hinckley buzzard
He used to be an editor at National Review and the Wall Street Journal, but a conservative wouldn't have heard of those. {/sarcasm}
To: Publius6961
He was assistant secretary of the treasury under Reagan in the first term and was key in designing his tax cut package. He was one of the architects of the supply side revolution.
That's his main claim to fame, and it's a good one.
Since then, however, he has drifted into some interesting precincts. Namely those inhabited by Buchanan and Sobran.
To: quidnunc
We did it their way for the last 30 years, and got:
1. 9/11
2. 30 years of Islamic cults roaming the globe murdering innocents with impunity, all the while claiming to be "victims" of Israel.
3. War with Saddam and Sons
4. Surrender of Saddam and Sons
5. Saddam and Sons "contained" by troops in SA for over a decade.
6. Sanctions on Saddam and Sons, that consigned millions to his tyranny.
7. Saddam and Sons with billions for WMD
8. Numerous attacks by the Islamic cults on US military, citizens, institutions.
9. Israel's election of numerous PM's to find "peace" with the Islamic cults, and their benefactors, ie Saddam.
10. A UN tolerant of terrorists and Islamic terrorism against the Jews.
11. Afghanistan run by OBL.
l2. Arafat with a "peace" prize.
Give the neo-cons a chance, you have had yours.
To: quidnunc
Thank you I think.
Since I don't subscribe to the progressive unicorn of "neocon", I am still totally in the dark.
Damn!
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:31:18 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen, ignorance and stupidity.)
To: Publius6961
"Who's Paul Craig Roberts?"
He's got a daily column in The Washington Times. If you go to their web page you can check it out and see his picture. He's a strange looking fellow, that always put me off. His piece is always in the little box that also has the "inside the beltway" and "inside politics" gossipy columns.
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:33:08 AM PST
by
jocon307
(Ann Coulter was right)
To: ScottFromSpokane
"Like Pat Buchanan, if he isn't an anti-Senmite, he'll do until one comes along." I can never understand how come Jews in this country have been so strong in their support of dems.The libs would give the PLO all of Israel in a heartbeat.
That is why I get pained when I hear Pat go on with his isolationist rhetoric which is based on discontinuing our support of Israel.
If the US ever abandons Israel it will be our biggest foreign policy mistake ever.
Without Israel sitting where it does the mid east would long ago have been conquered by a Saddam,an ayatollah,Assad Sr.,Qaddafi etc.
Think of the result of an arab superpower controlling the main energy source of the world.Look at the islamofacist movement of today and multiply that by 100.
I don`t believe conservatives should cede the Jewish vote to the dems or to endorse those on the right that want us to abandon them.It may not fit perfectly into some conservatives template but it is a pragmatic view of the world that exists today.
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:34:14 AM PST
by
carlr
To: The Iguana
Wow. I didn't know any of that. I am truly getting an education.
It must be true. 5% of all participants in any large human endeavor are very highly educated --- and certifiable.
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posted on
01/22/2005 8:34:20 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen, ignorance and stupidity.)
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