Slog - Comments on Progressive Conservatism? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism One happy thing about the convention: Surprisingly little God-talk. The speeches last night were pretty much Jesus-free (Fred Thompson isn't very religious, Lieberman's Jewish, and Bush was too neutered to do anything except say hello and goodbye). Palin, of course, is all Jesus-y—she signed a "Christian Heritage Week" into law last year. But McCain has a long and bitter history with the evangelicals—I'd hoped he'd mostly ignore them during his campaign and try to build a new Republican base. "Yeah, and then he would've lost 25 percent of the vote," Saul Farber, a young candidate for New York state assembly,... Copyright 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:00:23 -0800 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:07:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball "Hopefully, not much" ??? Oh, Brother Kiley...

Mark my words -- she'll ride into the hall on the back of an ass (paging John Bailo), and palm fronds will be set down in her path by the worshipful delegates.

For, you see, she is not merely religious; she has reached the saintliness of intellectual shallowness so valued by those for whom "Pastor says..." is all the thinking that need be done. About anything. Ever.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1120915 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1120915 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:09:39 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Seriously, this morning they had some radical Red Bushie apologists show up on CNBC and piss off the conservative reporters there by not answering direct questions.

Fiscal discipline? Not gonna come from the Reds - and so the fiscal conservatives are writing the GOP off as a total loss.

Forty years in the wilderness - this is their fate.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1120940 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1120940 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:16:08 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley I should've written "hopefully, not too much." She was chosen specifically for her evangelical cred, but I'm hoping it won't spin out of hand.

Of course, I'm prepared for my hopes to be dashed. And I plan to be at least mildly drunk by the time she starts talking.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1120958 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1120958 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:17:49 -0800 Comment by A Speaking of drunk, we haven't got our cable turned on yet; anywhere on the hill with a sweet tv gonna be showing the speeches tonight? They should be weird in comparison to last week's.

]]> A http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121039 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:28:43 -0800 Comment by A Speaking of drunk, we haven't got our cable turned on yet; anywhere on the hill with a sweet tv gonna be showing the speeches tonight? They should be weird in comparison to last week's.

]]> A http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121053 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121053 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:31:49 -0800 Comment by Dr.No Hopefully there will be lots of ether.

]]> Dr.No http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121157 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121157 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:45:53 -0800 Comment by Jay I hope they say all kinds of retarded religious bullshit. Anything that hurts them is good by me. Play to the hate.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121249 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121249 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:05:00 -0800 Comment by Jay Of course if you actually believe there's some redeemable ideology within the Republican party, I have a bridge to sell you.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121254 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121254 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:06:30 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Is it a bridge to nowhere, Jay?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121263 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121263 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:08:29 -0800 Comment by Regina Spektor's Squeaky Larynx All the nonbelievers, they get to eat dirt, and the believers get to spit on their graves.

]]> Regina Spektor's Squeaky Larynx http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121374 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121374 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:23:16 -0800 Comment by Gomez Funny that progressive conservatism is such a novelty to Brendan. "Don't change/expand things unless the circumstances truly warrant it, and try to minimize resources used in government," is a pretty sound political philosophy.

If the Republican party featured more of this thinking and less of the chicken hawking, economic caste and religious hypocrisy, I could get on board.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121417 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:31:28 -0800 Comment by poppy too bad not even fundamentalist christians are dumb or evil enough to buy libertarian bullshit.

]]> poppy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121523 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:53:48 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I may be wrong, but Sarah Palin smells more like "cynical opportunist" than "to-the-death fundie" to me. Yes, she's been Krazy Kristian up til now, but that's because it served her ambition to do so. I think the national stage is going to reveal a lot more grasping covetousness of power and a lot less Jeebus Talk. Hubby might not be too happy about that, but I get the feeling hubby doesn't get much to say on the subject. His job is to go play with his snowmobiles and fishing boats and Klan rallies and stuff.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121537 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121537 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:58:02 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew "Progressive Conservatism???"

snort

That's like saying "Compassionate Rapist."

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121687 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121687 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:36:21 -0800 Comment by Greg @13: Not thinking that Mr. Palin is going to many Klan events.

Tonight I plan to break out the special sake and yell at my TV with the wife.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1121727 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:47:18 -0800 Comment by mrs. lucky @14: When will the real hate-filled people(who love to call consevatives hate-filled, by the way) come to realize that conservation IS progressive? When will people stop this contrived labeling and name-calling, and begin to have intelligent political discourse? Why is it so hard to grasp that the middle way is the way to go? Get a clue.

]]> mrs. lucky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1122104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1122104 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:16:38 -0800 Comment by Gomez 16. This is a wank blog for diehard liberals, and several of the discussion participants are complete closed-minded assholes. Intelligent, objective, two-way discourse isn't to be expected here, sadly.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1123426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/progressive_conservatism#c1123426 2008 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:07:51 -0800