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1 posted on 06/04/2008 10:45:28 AM PDT by moderatewolverine
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I always liked Rush’s definition of what is a liberal and what is a conservative.

“A liberal is someone who believes people are basically good. A conservative believes that people are basically selfish.”

I’ve thought about it a lot in the years since I first heard him say this and he’s right. It sounds simplistic but there’s so much territory it covers the statement is more truthful every day.


2 posted on 06/04/2008 10:47:33 AM PDT by Kieri (Midwest Snark Claw & Feather Club Founder)
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It’s not often you see Colbert at a loss for words. Will gave as good as he got.


5 posted on 06/04/2008 10:56:02 AM PDT by Bigoleelephant (Lawyers are to America what lead was to Rome.)
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I really, really dislike Colbert.
The pseudo-conservative schtick wears on me. It also gives Colbert the framework to be particularly vicious and seem innocuous.

George Will had a book to sell, so he did what he had to do. I was really glad to see that he smacked Colbert down.


9 posted on 06/04/2008 11:21:58 AM PDT by brownsfan (Algore makes P.T. Barnum look like a piker.)
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Colbert is such a prick. George Will even manages to look like a genius compared to the Prick!


12 posted on 06/04/2008 11:39:17 AM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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When asked to describe the difference between liberals and conservatives (2:10), Will succinctly answers, "the difference between the truth and confusion."

I respect George Will, but wouldn't it have been more accurate to say, 'the difference between liberals and conservatives is the difference between the confusion and truth? Shouldn't the order have been switched?

15 posted on 06/04/2008 12:12:27 PM PDT by Dr._Joseph_Warren
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Conservatives believe in the individual. Liberals believe in the government.


16 posted on 06/04/2008 12:15:18 PM PDT by floozy22
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bump


22 posted on 06/04/2008 1:19:49 PM PDT by Skooz (Any nation that would elect Hillary Clinton as its president has forfeited its right to exist.)
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ping for later...


23 posted on 06/04/2008 2:04:27 PM PDT by dmanLA
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