“Of Course, He Isn’t A Baron Or King Or Anything” so no one pays attention.
Update: Via Jake in the comments – Possibly not.
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“Of Course, He Isn’t A Baron Or King Or Anything” so no one pays attention.
Update: Via Jake in the comments – Possibly not.
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SGEW
Speaking of nobility, the PUMAs are on the prowl again. Now with extra Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild flavor. How long before Phyllis Schlafly gets in on the action, and starts saying how much she always loved Hillary Clinton?
jake
Whoops. Maybe not.
I can’t find the interview with Gilchrest after the ’06 elections. Pissed off, tired, and sad about the ass clowns had done to his party doesn’t begin to describe it. But still not ready to endorse a Dem. Or at least ready to argue about the definition of “endorse.”
Still a shame he’s out.
r€nato
Sounds like someone paid a visit to Gilchrest and ‘persuaded’ him to reconsider.
Sounds a lot like all those people in Alaska who mysteriously clammed up and now refuse to testify in the Palin investigation.
The GOP: it’s not a political party, it’s an organized crime family.
DBWhite
Republicans (the Limbaugh/Malkin set) have long considered Gilchrist one of the worst RINOs, which probably explains why this hasn’t gained traction. Opposing the war in Iraq and supporting environmental protections are mortal sins in the modern GOP, even for a fiscal conservative.
Environmental issues are important in the first district. It’s been hurt badly by the decline of the Chesapeake Bay. Locals have worked as watermen and in related industries for hundreds of years, so it’s both an economic and cultural matter. Sprawl coming across the bay is another related concern. Amazingly, protecting the environment to protect a way of life that has persisted for ages is not considered conservative these days.
I always thought Gilchrist reflected the views of his constituents pretty well. He’s much closer ideologically to the blue dog Democrat running for his seat, Kratovil, than he is to the wingnut who beat him in the primary, Harris, so his Kratovil endorsement makes a lot of sense.
capelza
I think the real Republicans need to take that RINO tag and start using it on the Limbaugh, “Contract With America” crowd and any other assorted jackass that has taken over the GOP.
Make THEM own it.
Brachiator
(hat tip to Andrew Sullivan and dmagazine.com) Former publisher of National Review, Wick Allison, endorses Obama.
Jennifer
The whole Allison piece is worth a read.
Tax Analyst
I saw Serial Ass-Hat Ben Stein on CNN the other night. He absolutely and unequivocally knocked McCain’s financial plans and said he had “the wrong set of Financial advisors”…THEN he said that he wished McCain had OBAMA’S advisors…and then went on to absolutely and unequivocally endorse John McCain. He didn’t even blink when the other person being interviewed (either Rubin or Reich, I can’t remember) suggested that perhaps he should be endorsing Obama instead.
Guess he didn’t realize he had BBQ sauce all over his face.
Brachiator
Thanks for providing the link. Between WordPress problems and my own clumsiness, I couldn’t get the links to behave.
I remember when Stein was amusing, in the days before he became linked with creationists.
This is the second time I’ve read about someone blasting McCain’s economic ignorance, who then goes on to endorse him. There is this weird delusion that even if McCain himself is useless with respect to economic policy, he will at least appoint smart people to run executive branch agencies.
But of course, McCain selected the totally clueless Sarah Palin to be his running mate.
jake
Cee-rist. I almost said I want whatever Ben’s smoking but I don’t think my fragile little mind could take it.
jake
Not Gilchrest. He’s been on the outs and vocally so for a while. I’m surprised he didn’t pull a Chafee.
bootlegger
I’m ready to grow hemp. Lots of it.