Who is the foremost US Conservative intellectual?

Seriously, right now, you’d probably find more cogent conservative ideas among Democrats than you would Republicans.

Seriously, just get rid of that shit. What are they going to do, fire you?

If I wanted to try the OR CD2 again, I’d be showing my face in all the little meetings and talking to every pol of whatever size that might support me – now. Never showing at this date as a candidate but as someone who cares and asks questions and builds a subconsciousness of my name so that when it shows in a campaign there is a recognition with a favorable emotion under it. Short of huge national interest in the contest you cannot out raise or out resource an incumbent and incumbents know that keeping their name out there is that free media advantage that’s horrid hard to beat. The campaign coffers need the constant little flow in the first year and the assuaging of the biggies.

What they’ve got is stupid, I agree, but they can’t forego the earned media exposure. I don’t see this country rolling in roses in spring 2010, so gloves may come off in a real serious way from challengers. It would be my bet that there are still a few House Districts that can be picked off and some 2010 Senators have to be shitting bricks right now. "God help me if Obama’s stuff starts working and he keeps being liked," has to be one of their foremost thoughts at this point. You’ve noted it yourself in this respect, Obama isn’t playing to the Congressional Republicans – he’s working the voters and right now he’s gold.

For some damn reason, Greg Walden (R-OR2) is popular, he’s a shitty speaker, he reliably votes the party line, he keeps his head down in DC, and other than guns doesn’t represent the interests of OR2’s general populace in the least. I’d say that as long as he wants the seat picking him off is at least a 4 year project capped by lots of money in the last 1 1/2. Not going to happen, the seat ain’t that important. You’ll hear little from Greg, because all he can do is hurt himself, he’ll let the rest of them do the dirty work.

There are lots of good crisis blogs out there, some written by Democrats who – GASP! – oppose the stimulus bill and who give good, qualified judgements on why they do – here are 4:

http://ashizashiz.blogspot.com/

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/

http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/

http://market-ticker.denninger.net/

Last is Karl Denninger’s.

Something tells me Sarah Palin made a phone call to Bobby Jindal today to say "See? It wasn’t just me, that dirty liberal media is railroading Republicans".

I can only smile when I think of the stupidity.

Finally, time is the only thing on your side.

Actually even that is working against them.

Most of them are old.

Hopefully many of them will drop dead soon and leave the world a better place.

Also, Rush never puts himself in a position where he is directly confronted by anyone other than a dittohead. He can keep spewing endlessly from his lair, alone with the mic, and is never in the hot seat. He could never be a politician.

IOKIYAR

;)

And that Chris M.., with his disgusting, amoral man-crush on a guy/loser/sociopath who he thinks has balls but is merely a criminal, also deserves a Karmic cumuppance?

Just wondering, cause, it seems like the standards for "Karma backlash" for me consist of mearly having a mean thought in my head. So to go further, even visualizing an anonymous someone begging for mercy or painkillers or O2 and having a very liberal Black EMT in the ambulance with him tell him to STFU might result in me losing my ATM card or getting another speeding ticket or my Capital One Care credit line being cut or something.

So I wouldn’t want to tempt the gods with my evil, violent and vengeful thoughts because, frankly , I’ve had way too much bad luck lately.

Jab, jab, jab, head fake, jab, right hook. KO. No one saw it coming when it was right there in front of them.

Meep, meep. Also.

My father would have if he were alive.