You, Charles Johnson, and Andrew Sullivan (have you posted any David Frum today?) will not be missed.
(btw: climate change IS (and always has been) a hoax.)
I cannot support a movement that claims to believe in limited government but backed an unlimited domestic and foreign policy presidency that assumed illegal, extra-constitutional dictatorial powers until forced by the system to return to the rule of law.I cannot support a movement that exploded spending and borrowing and blames its successor for the debt.
I cannot support a movement that so abandoned government's minimal and vital role to police markets and address natural disasters that it gave us Katrina and the financial meltdown of 2008.
I cannot support a movement that holds torture as a core value.
I cannot support a movement that holds that purely religious doctrine should govern civil political decisions and that uses the sacredness of religious faith for the pursuit of worldly power.
I cannot support a movement that is deeply homophobic, cynically deploys fear of homosexuals to win votes, and gives off such a racist vibe that its share of the minority vote remains pitiful.
I cannot support a movement which has no real respect for the institutions of government and is prepared to use any tactic and any means to fight political warfare rather than conduct a political conversation.
I cannot support a movement that sees permanent war as compatible with liberal democratic norms and limited government.
I cannot support a movement that criminalizes private behavior in the war on drugs.
I cannot support a movement that would back a vice-presidential candidate manifestly unqualified and duplicitous because of identity politics and electoral cynicism.
I cannot support a movement that regards gay people as threats to their own families.
I cannot support a movement that does not accept evolution as a fact.
I cannot support a movement that sees climate change as a hoax and offers domestic oil exploration as the core plank of an energy policy.
I cannot support a movement that refuses ever to raise taxes, while proposing no meaningful reductions in government spending.
I cannot support a movement that refuses to distance itself from a demagogue like Rush Limbaugh or a nutjob like Glenn Beck.
I cannot support a movement that believes that the United States should be the sole global power, should sustain a permanent war machine to police the entire planet, and sees violence as the core tool for international relations.
He'll swallow camels and strain at gnats.
I cannot read a columnist who is totally obsessed with Sarah Palin’s reproductive system despite being homosexual.
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c-ya.
Too bad that he wasn’t really ever on the “right” to begin with and this is just publicity for his dying blog.
IMHO, promoting Andrew Sullivan(?!) and Charles Johnson(?!) on FR is way worse than promoting Romney.
There are some legitimate points in that list. Unfortunately those problems were Republican problems, not conservative problems. In fact, the whole list is a smear on Republicans and not conservatives. The other things he lists are byproducts of his personal demons and have nothing to do with the role of government.
You’re more than welcome to join them ,’steve-b’.
Actually, he could just leave and quit talking about it.
Hes gone, is he really gone? Good. He is gone.
Now, who cares?
In the end, homosexuality trumps all. Too bad. He has a good mind, but prefers to think with his *****.
Are Andy and Charles dating?
I’ve never even heard of the guy, but good riddance to him.
I think Sullivan needs a new goat.
The list of politicians Sullivan claims to have supported suggests that he really doesn't understand politics, ideology, or the Constitution. Or, more bluntly, he's either stupid or psychotic.
Steve, Charles Johnson NEVER WAS a right-winger, so he cannot be said to have “left”. Back in a 2004 interview, he characterized himself as “center-left”. His only point of congruence with the Right was that he was opposed to militant Islam.
Don’t let the door hit you on your butt on the way out.
“Leaving The Right”
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The title itself is a lie.
It is clear that, the hateful and hostile Johnson was never “on the right”, or even close.
Typical,tired,sophomoric liberal shenanigans, which convinces no one.
“I always voted Republican, until......”
Unlimited? It wasnt "unlimitted". Thats hyperbole.
I cannot support a movement that exploded spending and borrowing and blames its successor for the debt.
Only a portion of the debt. The deficit has quadrupled and most of that is your Messiah's fault.
I cannot support a movement that so abandoned government's minimal and vital role to police markets and address natural disasters that it gave us Katrina and the financial meltdown of 2008.
Katrina was Louisiana's failure for the most part, and "policing" the markets was to a great extent the fault of Democraps in Congress (in the majority since 2006, ie Barney Frank among others)
I cannot support a movement that holds torture as a core value.
Give me a effing break on that one. Across the board? You are liars.
I cannot support a movement that holds that purely religious doctrine should govern civil political decisions and that uses the sacredness of religious faith for the pursuit of worldly power.
What the eff? Are you off your meds with this kind of slanderous exaggeration ?
I cannot support a movement that is deeply homophobic, cynically deploys fear of homosexuals to win votes, and gives off such a racist vibe that its share of the minority vote remains pitiful.
Deeply homophobic means against codification of gay marriage? Geez , what bullspit.
I cannot support a movement which has no real respect for the institutions of government and is prepared to use any tactic and any means to fight political warfare rather than conduct a political conversation.
Oh, I see. The left wants to converse, the right won't let them. .Sullivan is such a schmuck.
I cannot support a movement that sees permanent war as compatible with liberal democratic norms and limited government.
Isnt that what Obama is doing? Quick, close your eyes!
I cannot support a movement that criminalizes private behavior in the war on drugs.
Is this something new? Maybe I missed something.
I cannot support a movement that would back a vice-presidential candidate manifestly unqualified and duplicitous because of identity politics and electoral cynicism.
You mean President Ford's former Press Secretary ? Oh.
I cannot support a movement that regards gay people as threats to their own families.
Oh, back to gays again.
I cannot support a movement that does not accept evolution as a fact.
Is that what he's doing ? Youre so full of s&it. Nothing has changed anywhere in the last 50 years; in public education, in laws on th ebooks, in anything. You people are deranged in your obsessions.
I cannot support a movement that sees climate change as a hoax and offers domestic oil exploration as the core plank of an energy policy.
It's not a hoax? Thats funny, I thought that was settled.
I cannot support a movement that refuses ever to raise taxes, while proposing no meaningful reductions in government spending.
You got me there, but Obama is worse. Care to talk about that?
I cannot support a movement that refuses to distance itself from a demagogue like Rush Limbaugh or a nutjob like Glenn Beck.
The other side has genuine "nutjobs", many of whom are in government; Pelosi, Franken, Maxine Waters, the entire Black Congressional Caucus.
I cannot support a movement that believes that the United States should be the sole global power, should sustain a permanent war machine to police the entire planet, and sees violence as the core tool for international relations.
Whatever. Exaggerate your brains out and close your eyes to the current government. Youre hopeless, Steve-b