Comments on: I’m curious to know…

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:25:34 +0000

neo
I have the same question about some of the folks I meet.
Are they really that dumb, or are they pretending? Do they really believe what they’re telling us? Or not?
That might mean they think we’re dumb enough to believe….

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:51:24 +0000

Simon Weaver: I never know whether your naivete and ignorance is genuine or just a pose.

I cited the Chrysler bailout (not GM), and I described a specific policy of Obama’s, not the bailout itself: putting the unions above the supposed first creditors, in violation of contract law. No Republican president would have done so.

In fact, I’m not even sure that most mainstream Democratic presidents would have done so. Obama’s audacious, unashamed leftism and need to pay off the unions that supported him, plus his disinterest in preserving the foundations of trust in contract law on which our capitalist society is built, allowed him to do it.

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:47:18 +0000

Simon.
Yeah.
Because nationalized health care–nationalized anything–makes citizens into subjects. Even their lives are lived at the whim of an unelected, faceless bureaucrat. With that going on, anything else the subjects think is immaterial. You recall how Joe the Plumber had his records plumbed when he asked zero an inconvenient question? Suppose the ‘crats had had his medical records, too?
If there’s something between you and your doctor and the government knows it, it will be leaked if you speak out against the ruling class. Count on it. Some people might choose to be silent instead. Only has to happen a couple of times for the rest of the folks to get the message.
So it really doesn’t matter how he is on the other stuff. If he doesn’t want some unfortunate result of pub-crawling in Singapore to surface, he’ll keep his thoughts to himself.
How is he on the Second Amendment?

By: Simon Weaver

Simon Weaver — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:16:37 +0000

“Your dad would make a liberal/lefty here”

Are you sure? Just because of that one issue? He’s with you on Iran, immigration, religion, traditional values, pretty much everything I can think of.

By: Simon Weaver

Simon Weaver — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:12:27 +0000

Thanks for fixing it, I am away and only have my iPhone. I accidentally hit submit before I could do it myself. Very embarrassing. I thought someone might call me on it.

Oh and that whole saving GM thing. I think a republican president would have done the same. I could be wrong, but it certainly wouldn’t surprise me.

By: IgotBupkis

IgotBupkis — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:50:31 +0000

> I’d like to think that not all conservatives are such trenchant ideologues LOL. ... but it's perfectly ok when libtards are... P.S., note that I fixed that for ya...

By: IgotBupkis

IgotBupkis — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:48:46 +0000

> Not everyone believes Obama is a Marxist.

Not everyone believes the world is round, either.

About the same level of rational sense involved.

By: IgotBupkis

IgotBupkis — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:47:26 +0000

BTW, in support of my thesis regarding the reliability of the LA Times when they make claims, quotes, and statistics -- Patterico goes off on a rant today: L.A. Times Headlines Perpetrate Outrageous Distortion of Campaign Finance Figures in California Gubernatorial Election

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:12:04 +0000

Simon,
He didn’t “merely suggest it”. He tried to get it passed. He lost, fortunately.
See how that works? You say something false and others call you on it.
Apologizing around the world for the US isn’t exactly a conservative program, either.

By: Gringo

Gringo — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:46:07 +0000

Simon Weaver

the most radical left wing thing he has done since coming into office was merely suggesting a public option during the healthcare debate.

So his de facto nationalization of GM and Chrysler is the act of a libertarian?