Posted on 10/04/2007 4:29:01 AM PDT by Kaslin
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I liked yesterday’s article on Vermont better. You know the one about them wanting to secede from the United States.
To them I’d say, “don’t let the door hit you in the a$$”.
Worse... full-blown, moonbat liberal.
Vermont is pretty much hopeless. Even Giuliani doesn’t expect to take Vermont. This is the state that elected Bernie Sanders to the Senate, afterall. And the state where the judges give probation to child molesters.
The difference between the age of Coolidge and our present age is only incidentally a difference in character. The earlier age was still republican, but ours is imperial.
Coolidge was much like Cato or Cicero, a republican in a true sense, always careful to avoid the trappings of imperial rule; like it or not, GWB more closely resembles a Vespasian or a Titus. His intent may be good (or shall we say, “noble”), but the people demand an Imperator, and he can only work within the confines of his role.
Good article, Cal.
He’s right about character not being taught. I have a 19th century book about character on my shelf, and it’s filled with uplifting stories about people with good character throughout history.
Such a book would be alien and incomprehensible in some segments of today’s society.
I’m a Republican. I used to visit Vermont quite frequently, but the last time I was there about 10 years ago, I could not help but sense that it had changed. It really feels like a foreign country now. Haven’t been back since, and don’t plan to be anytime soon.
Fred Thompson is no flip-flopper.
A total lie.
All is not lost in Vermont...read on a Vt. bumper sticker-”abortion, the ultimate child abuse”, and on the back of a Catholic church weekly bulletin, “abortion-America’s terrorism against the unborn, pray for the overturn of Rove v Wade”. The northeast kingdom portion of Vt. seems to be the most conservative.
The title shouldn’t read “Republicans Should Visit Vermont”
It should read”Republicans Should Visit Vommit”
And there is some dispute about whether the legendary "Green Mountain Boys" of American Revolution fame were even supporters of the colonial cause against the British. The "Boys" were originally formed as a quasi-independent militia in the region between Lake Champlain and the Connecticut back in the 1750s -- primarily to enforce the legitimacy of New Hampshire land titles against competing claims by title holders from New York.
For all of its radical leftism, the state still has a serious libertarian streak that is honestly quite refreshing in the Northeast. There are probably more gun owners per capita in Vermont than almost anywhere else in the U.S., and the pro-gun track record of that crazed leftist himself (Howard Dean) never got much attention during his short-lived presidential campaign in 2004.
Consider the phrase “purge Vermont. It has a savory ring to it.
Vermont is a lost cause to the Republican party.
Between the left over hippies who settled there and the imported socialists from NY and Mass, there’s no hope of switching it back to the Republicans any time soon.
As to gun rights, Bernie Sanders saw that his socialist agenda would never be swallowed by the original Vermonters if he ever proposed changing the gun laws. He wisely supported Vermont’s liberal gun rights and the native Vermonters swallowed his promises of free money from Washington. (never mind that he’s been singing that tune for years and has yet to deliver anything to Vermont).
Office holders in Vermont have a history of job security and seem able to keep their elected positions as long as they want them. Challengers are rarely successful.
What may be interesting is how Vermonters will react if Hillary Clinton is elected President next year with a Congress with a larger Democratic majority and she pursues an essentially socialist European agenda combined with corporate welfare of the type her husband dealt in. There is something of a left-libertarian streak among the transplants that may be as unhappy with her policies as economic and limited government conservatives were with Bush's so-called compassionate (big government) conservatism.
But then, so is Zimbabwe.
Visit Vermont, see the 60s hippies in the full regalia.
If you look at a breakdown of their state legislatures, MA is far more liberal than Vermont,
MA--House: 141 Dems/19 Reps; Senate: 35 Dems/5 Reps
VT--House: 93 Dems/49 Reps/8(I); Senate: 23 Dems/7 Reps
I was there back in the late 1970s. You could see then what was happening, the poor agricultural locals were being bought out by the trust fund NYer kids. The locals and the NYers did not get along nor share any similar values. It was woodchucks versus pampered suburban tots seeking a real back to the earth experience. Too bad, the fishing was somewhat good. Haven’t been back since, nor do I intend to return. I go to upstate NY every summer to sample yankee socialism. It has totally debilatated upstate - what a basket case.
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