[End Times Sentinel]

Gerard Alexander is an associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia.

And now will NEVER become a full professor.

[NCLaw441]

According to liberals, conservatives are also worthy of hatred. I think it stems from the fact that, for liberals, politics is their religion.

[Jodi]

Every one of my ultra-liberal friends have made a career out of perpetually going to school. They are so over-educated, of course they think they are always right. And not a single one of them has a clue about starting a business or hiring people or filling out government regulated forms. It’s embarrassing, really.

[Tzimisce]

Why are liberals stuck on themselves?

Well firstly consider that people like Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank are crooks and we can demonstrate it. Are these people being arrested and charged with crimes? No. Are these people being voted out of office by their angry electorate? No. Are these people even being forced to answer questions before our press? No.

Consider the Global Warming scam. We have evidence that climate “scientists” lied to us and covered up their lies. Are any of them going to face charges? No. Have any of them lost their jobs? No. Have any of them been forced to take unpaid leave of absenses? No. Have any of these people even been forced to answer tough questions by our press? No.

So what do expect when you have a class of people so insulated and protected? People are stupid: leftists are getting away with it right in front of them. People are stupid: they still vote Pelosi and Boxer even with all corruption stories leaking out.

[Pontiac]

Perhaps the most important conservative insight being depreciated is the durable warning from free-marketeers that Perhaps the most important conservative insight being depreciated is the durable warning from free-marketeers that government programs often fail to yield what their architects intend. Democrats have been busy expanding, enacting or proposing major state interventions in financial markets, energy and health care. Supporters of such efforts want to ensure that key decisions will be made in the public interest and be informed, for example, by sound science, the best new medical research or prudent standards of private-sector competition. But public-choice economists have long warned that when decisions are made in large, centralized government programs, political priorities almost always trump other goals.

This is a profoundly accurate and pointed criticism of Liberal policy making.

I would add only a little amplification to what he says.

First; to say that “government programs often fail to yield what their architects intend” is being understated and too kind. Government social programs rarely come in at less than 5 times their estimated cost and the unintended consequences of these programs unfailingly cause social problems that can only be called unending disasters.

Second When he says that “Supporters of such efforts want to ensure that key decisions will be made in the public interest and be informed, for example, by sound science…” but that “But public-choice economists have long warned that when decisions are made in large, centralized government programs, political priorities almost always trump other goals” he might have mentioned that once government money starts pouring in to scientific studies to justify government funded programs or public policy the scientific conclusions invariably is going to be slanted towards the ends desired by the politicians behind the funding of the study.

[Doomonyou]

"We were so busy just getting stuff done . . . that I think we lost some of that sense of speaking directly to the American people about what their core values are," the president told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in a recent interview.

That's the problem, these idiots think they know and have to tell US what our core values are.

[neverdem]

Did you catch the poll near the start of this OpEd? Who’s more condescending? libs got 70%

[Cacique]

btt

[RJS1950]

Why? Because conservatives have rolled over, turned the other cheek, taken the high ground, not stooped to their level for way too many years. If you do not hit back their lies become the truth to the ill-informed and lazy public.

The nazi socialist democrats now believe that they can say and do anything and never be challenged. It is why they become defensive when someone shoves their crap back up their arses.

[listenhillary]

I keep waiting for the leftist intellectual writers to make billions when their brilliant writings rocket to the top of the NYT best seller list.

Waiting and waiting and waiting.

[ripley]

Liberals are brilliant, Conservatives are stupid.....Libarels are brilliant, Conservatives are stupid...Liberals are brilliant, Conservatives are stupid..........repeat as necessary.

IMHO

[ripley]

Liberals are condescending because they’re psychotic, adolescent punks.

Hopefully, comeuppance will come in November, 2010.

IMHO

[GOP_Raider]

“Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God.”

-Ann Coulter

[CyberAnt]

Here’s Why:

In Rich Lowry’s book, “Legacy: Paying the price for the Clinton years”, on page 11, Rich was describing the group of people the Clintons brought to the WH with their election in 1992:

“... ‘It was a really beautiful moment’, commented George Stepanopoulos (Rhodes scholar, ‘82, Balliol College). This was an administration that looked like America - the portion of it that had happened to win Rhodes scholarships, go to Yale Law School, or be invited to Renaissance weekends.

This elite didn’t just feel a call to run the country, it felt it deserved to run the country. “They think of themselves as entitled to power in a way their antecedents never did”, Weisberg writes. “The Clinton circle has a pronounced class consciousness that tells them they’re not just lucky to be here. They’re running things because they’re the best”. How could anyone reject the leadership of a group of people so intelligent and famously ‘conscience stricken’? In the Clintons, this sense of entitlement produced a deep anger at the fact that their ambitions encountered resistance.
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That last sentence should explain Bush Derangement. Like I have said all along .. how dare Bush think he can win an election.

And .. it also should explain why Obama gets so angry when his ideas are not lauded and applauded.

[hinckley buzzard]

It's all a part of infantile narcissism, the driving force behind liberal personality disorder.

The core essence of the liberal is the firm belief that he is special, and you're not. It derives from a need to believe that mommy loves him best.

[Pharmboy]

Just read the whole piece...brilliant. Even though all of here at FR knew this already, it's still nice when an academic who can writes puts it all together.

Thanks for posting.

[Rytwyng]

Late to the thread, but could't resist. Krugman wrote of conservatives:

"What do these people really believe? I mean, they're not stupid -- life would be a lot easier if they were. So they know they're not telling the truth...."

How ironic. I have asked myself exactly the same question -- about liberals, probably thousands of times. Especially discussing prolife issues, gun rights, etc. They clearly know they're wrong yet they persist. Why? Why? Why?