spectator.org - 12/11/2008
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All around Washington, and perhaps all around the country, groups
of politically inclined people are having conversations about how
to revitalize the conservative movement, or how to rebuild the
Republican Party (a different thing entirely), or both. But the
usual suspects are out there ...
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“Embracing the Oogedy-Boogedy”
Southern Appeal —
Quin Hillyer has today’s must-read piece . Here’s a taste; All around Washington, and perhaps all around the country, groups of politically inclined people are having conversations about how to revitalize the conservative movement, or how to rebuild the Republican Party (a different thing entirely), or both. But the usual suspects are out there in the meantime using newsprint and megaphones to pound home their message that conservatives and Republicans should either abandon fiscal conservatism/small-government predilections or abandon “social issues” that in the words of the obnoxious Kathleen Parker make its adherents into an “oogedy-boogedy” caucus. ...
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amconmag.com 11/19/2008 — Kathleen Parker is melting down:
And shifting demographics suggest that the Republican Party -- and conservatism with it -- eventually will die out unless religion is returned to the privacy of one's heart where it belongs.
This is wrong, but the ...
Those Oogedy Boogedy Christians
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 11/20/2008 — Is there evidence that suburban independents chose not to vote Republican primarily or even pluralily* because they worried about what Kathleen Parker calls the Oogedy Boogedy sect within the party? (i.e., Andrew's Christianists , Ross's conservative ...
Essence Of Oogedy-Boogedy
obsidianwings.blogs.com 11/25/2008 — by hilzoy
Steve Benen flagged an op-ed in the WSJ that has to be in the running for Dumbest Column Ever. It starts with fairly conventional War on Christmas stuff: "Christmas, the holiday that dare not speak its name." Right.
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The GOP's "Oogedy-Boogedy" Problem
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 11/19/2008 — Contra Parker, Larison doesn't like how the Evangelicals are scapegoated: Certainly there is an argument to be made that dead-end partisans qua
dead-end partisans who cannot speak to anyone outside their party are a
problem, and you can make the ...
John Hawkins : In Defense of "The Oogedy-Boogedy Branch of the GOP"
townhall.com 11/23/2008 — Every time the GOP takes a beating at the ballot box there are calls to get rid of those doggone social conservatives -- or as Kathleen Parker refers to them, the " oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP ." This is a fascinating argument -- well, ...
Two Happy Warriors Were We
spectator.org 1/7/2009 —
The Reagan I Knew
By William F. Buckley, Jr.
(Basic Books, 279 pages, $25)
When William F. Buckley died in February 2008, it was widely
known that he had been working on a book about Ronald Reagan. He
died before completing the ...
He Took a Shoe for His Country
floppingaces.net 1/19/2009 — When the Spanish PM Jose Maria Aznar told Bush that in Europe he was “nearly as unpopular as Ronald Reagan” Bush replied, “I’m keeping pretty good company”.
-Brendon O’Conner on “Unpopular ...
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firedoglake.com 2/2/2009 — Today on Stephanopolous, Jim DeMint repeated the mantra that we never spent our way out of a recession. As he said when defending his "stimulus" bill , which had nothing other than permanent tax cuts:
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