Comments on: The Two Races http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/10/16/the-two-races/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:42:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: megamoze http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/10/16/the-two-races/#comment-60718 megamoze Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:46:16 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4965#comment-60718 <i>"I believe that conservatives beat liberals only when we challenge their outdated positions, not embrace them.</i> I once had a right-winger tell me that "conservative" meant forward-thinking and that "liberal" meant clinging to the old ways of doing things. If you want some sense of how backwards these people view reality, there it is. Thompson is just one more. “I believe that conservatives beat liberals only when we challenge their outdated positions, not embrace them.

I once had a right-winger tell me that “conservative” meant forward-thinking and that “liberal” meant clinging to the old ways of doing things. If you want some sense of how backwards these people view reality, there it is. Thompson is just one more.

]]> By: Gyuss Baaltar http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/10/16/the-two-races/#comment-60717 Gyuss Baaltar Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:02:38 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4965#comment-60717 The Republicans have always been upfront about there being two races Race 1- evangelical white people (sometimes even including women!) Race 2- Everyone else The Republicans have always been upfront about there being two races

Race 1- evangelical white people (sometimes even including women!)

Race 2- Everyone else

]]> By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/10/16/the-two-races/#comment-60716 SpiderJ Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:44:34 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4965#comment-60716 "...when we challenge their outdated positions..." Not that I should expect sense from Fred Thompson, but this is just loopy. I thought the whole reason that liberals were driving the country to hell is that we refused to acknowledge, support, and obey the "traditions" of America. How, then, can <i>our</i> positions be "outdated"? “…when we challenge their outdated positions…”

Not that I should expect sense from Fred Thompson, but this is just loopy. I thought the whole reason that liberals were driving the country to hell is that we refused to acknowledge, support, and obey the “traditions” of America. How, then, can our positions be “outdated”?

]]> By: Salmo http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/10/16/the-two-races/#comment-60715 Salmo Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:19:13 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4965#comment-60715 They are still defining their own reality - and the media buys in. Of course, the important point is that they hate liberals. That is why Rude-y is so popular, any wingnut can tell that on that score at least, they are on the same page. They are still defining their own reality – and the media buys in. Of course, the important point is that they hate liberals. That is why Rude-y is so popular, any wingnut can tell that on that score at least, they are on the same page.

]]> By: Enlightened Liberal http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/10/16/the-two-races/#comment-60714 Enlightened Liberal Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:36:20 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4965#comment-60714 I wish there was a Republican candidate that loved their country more than they claim to hate liberals, I might even consider voting for him. I wish there was a Republican candidate that loved their country more than they claim to hate liberals, I might even consider voting for him.

]]> By: z adura http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/10/16/the-two-races/#comment-60713 z adura Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:58:53 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4965#comment-60713 What is going to be really funny in the transition from Primary to General election is how quickly the eventual Republican winner goes from speaking in parseltongue to trying to make sense to the rest of us. How can you talk as a national candidate when you say shit like this? <i> "Some think the way to beat the Democrats in November is to be more like them. I could not disagree more," the one-time Tennessee senator says in remarks he is to deliver before the Conservative Party of New York. "I believe that conservatives beat liberals only when we challenge their outdated positions, not embrace them. This is not a time for philosophical flexibility, it is a time to stand up for what we believe in," Thompson adds.</i> Sounds a little like Custer or Sam Houston... What is going to be really funny in the transition from Primary to General election is how quickly the eventual Republican winner goes from speaking in parseltongue to trying to make sense to the rest of us. How can you talk as a national candidate when you say shit like this?

“Some think the way to beat the Democrats in November is to be more like them. I could not disagree more,” the one-time Tennessee senator says in remarks he is to deliver before the Conservative Party of New York.

“I believe that conservatives beat liberals only when we challenge their outdated positions, not embrace them. This is not a time for philosophical flexibility, it is a time to stand up for what we believe in,” Thompson adds.

Sounds a little like Custer or Sam Houston…

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