Kathleen Parker, Live from the Crazy Train
The Sundries Shack — I’m beginning to think that something bad happened to Kathleen Parker about two months ago. Either a random Christian ran up behind her and yelled “boo” which caused her to drop her expensive Starbucks latte or someone told her that Sarah Palin was a hell of a lot hotter than she is. Whatever happened, it has sent her right over the edge into frothing rabid knuckeheadedness. Witness this snippet from her latest column , which I suspect was scrawled on a strip of toilet paper in crayon and smuggled out of the hospital by a sympathetic orderly. As Republicans sort out the ...

Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — ... misguided such ideas may seem to the nation's institutions of higher carping. Thomas Friedman: So now all the lazy pundits are back to writing about the Clintons. How should we feel about that? Maureen Dowd: If Hillary Clinton gets to be the Mistress of Foggy Bottom, my forlornness when I'm not writing about the Clintons would be alleviated. David Broder: Not the Clintons!! Nooooo!!! Will no one rid me of this scourge? Kathleen Parker (apostate): As Republicans sort out the reasons for their ...

Oh No She Didn’t
Balloon Juice — Get ready for a major hissy fit: As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit. Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D. I’m bathing in holy water as I type. To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn’t soon cometh. Simply put: Armband religion is killing ...

Persona Non Grata
Obsidian Wings — ... by publius I think Kathleen Parker is officially off the NRO cruise invite list: To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party . . . . So it has been for the Grand Old Party since the 1980s or so, as it has become increasingly beholden to an element that used to be relegated to wooden crates on street corners. . . . Which is to say, the GOP has surrendered its high ground to its lowest brows. I don't entirely agree with ...

Yup, Still Kinda Apathetic
Slublog — ... I will say, though, that if I read one more column like this, in which yet another conservative pundit wants to kick the "oogedy-boogedy" evangelicals out of the GOP I'm going to consider their offer. ...

Free The GOP
Stop The ACLU — ... a bit long winded), I should say I am no big fan of Whitman. Didn’t care for her when I was living in NJ, and still don’t. But, to me, she is making some sense. We shouldn’t expand our base by being a be all say all Party which stands for virtually everything, at least in rhetoric, like the Democrats. We should expand our voting base by being a Party of ideas, and holding our elected officials to those ideals. And, just to be clear, I am not proposing we eliminate God from our Party, as hackjob Kathleen “they don’t like me so I might as well piss off every Conservative from now ...

Losing Their Religion
The Opinionator — Sarah Palin has gone back to Alaska, but Kathleen Parker is still throwing bombs inside the Republican Party’s tent . Parker writes on the op-ed page of The Washington Post that “since the 1980s or so” her party “has become increasingly beholden to an element that used to be relegated to wooden crates on street corners.” Slate’s Josh Levin likens Barack Obama’s call for a college football playoff to a more commonplace form of political pandering: “ ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Kick God Out of the GOP?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — That's the advice from Kathleen Parker writing in today's Washington Post. With all due respect, she's wrong. Faith in God and transcendant moral values isn't what hurts the GOP, although a certain clumsiness in invoking Him and discussing moral issues generally occasionally does. And it's misguided to argue that the GOP will attract more young people if it somehow tries to go atheist in the style of the liberal left -- that, more than anything, will guarantee Republican failure, both because people of faith will leave the party and because intelligent secularist young ...

Kathleen Parker takes on the religious right
Political Animal — ... , before urging Palin to quit the Republican ticket. She was rewarded with literally thousands of angry right-wing emails. Parker, to her enormous credit, continues to push back against conservative orthodoxy. In a ...

The God Gap, Revisited
The Mahablog — For the past few years we’ve been subjected to Amy Sullivan’s admonitions about the Democratic Party’s “God Gap” and how liberals need to learn to talk about religion as glibly as conservatives do. Well, look who’s got a God problem now. Kathleen Parker writes in today’s Washington Post – As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit. Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D. I’m ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — ... I see that Kathleen Parker has declared (in a Washington Post column) that an excess of religious fervor is hurting the Republican Party: ...

Kathleen Parker Takes on Reagan
Taylor Marsh — ... Let’s all hope the Republican intelligentsia continues to ignore Kathleen Parker’s wisdom. Many see Parker as taking on the religious right. No doubt she is. But for those of us old enough to remember the politics of the 1980s, she’s doing something much more fundamentally earth shattering. She’s treading on hallowed political ground. Because it was Ronald Reagan who invited them in. ...

Heresy of the Day
N/A — ... , no!     ” . . . the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn’t soon cometh.“ Kathleen Parker is turning more and more into a heretik.  Sort of. ...

Staggering bigotry of Kathleen Parker
The Anchoress — ... After reading this execrable bit of bigotry and preening martyrdom by Kathleen Parker - who apparently has discovered the magic formula for “instant media love” which is, of course, “going maverick on your own tribe,” she is quickly joining my list of ...

MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News — ... Stump [image] House GOP Leadership Elections – Jay Newton-Small, Swampland [image] Can GM Survive? Wall Street’s View – Jane Hamsher, firedoglake [image] Faith in Free Markets – Gary Andres, Weekly Standard [image] More on Michael Steele – Erick Erickson, RedState [image] Obama Reforming College Football? – Josh Levin, Slate [image] Quit It - Kathryn Lopez, The Corner OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Giving Up on God – Kathleen Parker, Washington Post Clinton May Need to Pay Off Debt Before ...

one can only hope
skippy the bush kangaroo — via memeorandum, we find ourselves agreeing w/conservative writer kathleen parker @ washpost vis-a-vis fundamentalists as a political power: ...

“No Room for RINOs”
protein wisdom — ... the left. It’s a lack enthusiasm for a party that failed to deliver the smaller government it promised in Washington. At least the GOP, in settling on future leaders like Governors Jindal, Sanford and Palin, seems to understand that. Indeed. But care must be taken not to confuse conservative principles of governing with issues of morality often tied to conservatism — at least the way it has been branded by a left-leaning media and opportunistic Democrats. Whitman and people like Kathleen Parker (and other country club Republicans whose allegiance seems to be tied more to ...

Quote of the day
Sister Toldjah — ... That was Jonah Goldberg, lashing out at Palin-bashing columnist and newfound darling of the left Kathleen Parker and her latest screed, this time against evangelical conservatives. ...

Conservative writer Kathleen Parker says the religious right is killing the Republican party
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — A real tour de force here. You may recall that Parker was one of the first, and only, conservatives to come out an admit that Sarah Palin was an embarrassment. Here she takes on quite possible the GOP's biggest sacred cow, the religious right. She calls it "armband religion" - which means, I think, wearing your religion on your sleeve (but I can't seem to throw off the feeling that she meant a bit of a fascism allusion here as well). This is a hugely important piece - a must read. Here's an excerpt: ...

Kathleen Parker: 'G-O-D' Big Problem For GOP
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Kathleen Parker is continuing on her new shtick: pretending to be conservative while bashing conservatives. Her latest effort in this gig is this Washington Post column titled, "Giving Up on God." As you can see, it resembles the fake "advice" that liberals often give to Republicans but in this case it is coming from somebody supposedly conservative. So let us now watch Parker with her latest bid to remain popular with the Georgetown party set (emphasis mine): ...

Go Away
Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda — ... Mistress Cynica points us to this bit of fucktardery from Kathleen Parker: As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit. Likely will?  Oh please.  They will continue to rearrange deck chairs. Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D. I’m bathing in holy water as I type. To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ...

Midday open thread
Daily Kos — ... Conservatives are firing back against Kathleen Parker for claiming in her column this morning that the GOP's Christian-Right wing is too powerful and makes their party essentially unelectable. The argument is that the Christian Right is powerless in the GOP, and that its agenda gets short shrift. John Cole fires back, ...

The Republicans Need This Woman’s Voice
Comments from Left Field — ... Sadly, my opinions on the matter aren’t likely to change many minds, especially not those minds that really matter, me being the Democrat that I am.  No, the Republican Party needs a wake up call, and they need it from one of their own.  Kathleen Parker provides such a summons to good sense: ...

The obligatory “Everyone getting pretty tired of Kathleen Parker’s shtick” post
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... fired from the Corner at her latest . Count me in, albeit reluctantly: If you think her martyr complex is irritating now, wait until she starts citing those posts as evidence that she’s been excommunicated, oogedy-boogedy-like, from the church of conservative opinion. I suspect the reply column — doubtless to be entitled, “Here I Stand, I Can Do No Other” — is being written as we speak. Goldberg: Please stop bragging about how courageous you are for weathering a storm of nasty email you invite on yourself by dancing to a liberal tune. You aren’t special for getting nasty ...

Kathleen Parker: Republican Party Must Get Rid Of God!
Flopping Aces — ... Kathleen Parker must of loved all the attention she got from the liberal’s when she piled onto the Palin Panic Attack express because now she writes a column comparing the religious folks inside the Republican party as low-brows and beasts: ...

Killing The Republican Party
Classical Values — Killing The Republican Party A comment piece (I'm not going to get the hackles up before the discussion starts by giving the name of the author) in The Washington Post talks about long term Republican prospects. It is not pretty. To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh. Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party. And, the truth -- as long as we're setting ourselves free -- is ...

Boehner Beats Lungren As Minority Leader-- But Is Forced To Take On Two Far Right Extremists
DownWithTyranny! — ... Blunt and Doody are terrible leaders; no doubt about it. But were they responsible for the spectacular losses this year? Of course not. God was. And although if He exists I'm sure he recognizes the GOP as the enemy of all Creation, I'm not talking about this-- or rather conservative columnist Kathleen Parker (in today's Washington Post) isn't-- in terms of God hating Republicans. ...

Those Oogedy Boogedy Christians
The Atlantic Politics Channel — 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 ...

Things You Never Think You’ll Say
I Am TRex — ... There are certain things you just don’t think you’ll live to say, like, “Another tour de force from Charlie Sheen” or “A vocal performance of stunning technical brilliance and subtle power by Britney Spears”.  Well, 2008 has been a pretty weird year in many respects, but I just didn’t think I’d ever see the day where I said, “Kathleen Parker makes another good point in her column today”, but whaddya know? There she goes again: As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they ...

Did “Oogedy Boogedy” Christians Scare Swing Voters Away From The GOP?
Say Anything — ... 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 ...

Kathleen Parker has some advice for Republicans
Newshoggers.com — ... by Jay McDonough Gee, conservative columnist Kathleen Parker is getting pretty good at creating a stir.  Ms. Parker caused a number of Republicans to hyperventilate (and a number of Democrats to applaud) when she wrote a blistering criticism of then VP candidate, Sarah Palin.  Ms. Parker's op-ed in today's Washington Post is creating like buzz. To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its ...

Hating God and Republicans
PoliGazette — ... Kathleen Parker hates Sarah Palin, that much we knew from her poison pen columns.  Now the cat’s out of the bag as to why:  it’s because Palin is a Christian.  In Parker’s view, Palin’s religion - that of the most solid part of the Republican base - is responsible for the party’s failures at the ballot box over the last 4 years.  ...

The Psychology of Oogedy-Boogedyism
Obsidian Wings — ... by publius Kathleen Parker’s column has stirred up a lot of debate about what exactly is so “oogedy-boogedy” about the “Christian Right.” (Jonah Goldberg thinks not much; Kevin Drum disagrees). It’s true that many liberals and secularish conservatives are a bit freaked out by that particular wing of the party – but why exactly? It’s certainly not because of religion alone. And it’s not simply because liberals strongly disagree with social conservatives’ political views. I mean, I happen to think that strong versions of ...

Mike Huckabee and libertarians
The Next Right — ... today's intemperate attack by Kathleen Parker (Note: she was unnecessarily contemptuous, but her point 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" is worth serious consideration). ...

God, Politics and the GOP
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — ... Yesterday, Kathleen Parker penned a column for WaPo entitled Giving Up on God that created quite a stir in the ‘Sphere. Her basic thesis is that a main problem facing the Republican Party is to be found within its evangelical base: ...

The Rude Pundit — ... You can pretty much expect that Kathleen Parker, Washington Post right wing columnist, is going to get gang-raped by depraved readers who need someone at whom to direct their barely comprehending, bestial rage. Parker, who already incurred the shit-fling of the 'roid right for saying that Sarah Palin was a stupid choice for VP, has written what most of the smart conservatives have been saying for years: "[T]he evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and ...

11/20: How Are Obama's Cabinet Picks Playing?
Blogometer — ... this morning to replace Energy & Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell with Rep. Henry Waxman , liberal bloggers were rooting hard for Waxman, whom they thought would be more likely to pursue aggressive climate change policies: PARKER: Kathleen Burns More Bridges Righty bloggers are blasting conservative Washington Post columnist (and noted Sarah Palin critic) Kathleen Parker after she criticized "the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP": ...

So How’s That Center-Right Thing Doing?
Comments from Left Field — ... Party’s image has gone from bad to worse over the past month, as only 34% of Americans in a Nov. 13-16 Gallup Poll say they have a favorable view of the party, down from 40% in mid-October. The 61% now holding an unfavorable view of the GOP is the highest Gallup has recorded for that party since the measure was established in 1992. Keep on pounding those traditional, evangelical, Christian right-wing values, guys. Clearly, it’s a winning strategy.

It's a good thing no one is watching
Power Line — ... Perhaps the worst example is this piece by Kathleen Parker for Washington Post.com, called "Giving Up on God." Parker blames the Republican party's current status on the religious right, an element that, she says, "used to be relegated to wooden crates on street corners." Even assuming, as one must, that Parker is writing for effect and amusement, her piece is pretty disgusting. ...

The Fight For the Soul of the GOP: Rush, Parker, Dobson and Kondracke
Politics Daily — Filed under: RepublicansIt's happening as we speak First we have Kathleen Parker: Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party. And, the truth -- as long as we're setting ourselves free -- is that if one were to eavesdrop on private conversations among the party intelligentsia, one would hear precisely that. Vs. James Dobson: We will continue to stand up for the sanctity of human life, the sacredness of marriage and the right to have a say in the principles that will continue to guide ...

James Dobson vs. Kathleen Parker
Political Animal — ... dialogue -- of either party. Our invitation to engage the process comes straight from our Founders. We will continue to stand up for the sanctity of human life, the sacredness of marriage and the right to have a say in the principles that will continue to guide this nation founded on biblical principles. The headline on Dobson's piece reads, "We Won't Be Silenced." I'm certain Kathleen Parker can defend herself, but looking over Dobson's harangue, I think he missed Parker's point. Her column didn't argue that Dobson and the religious right should be silenced, but rather, that ...

James Dobson argues for the little tent
Newshoggers.com — ... Kathleen Parker's recent Washington Post op-ed argued the GOP's alignment with evangelical Christian movements have marginalized the party, alienated it's historical base, and that any future electoral success will require the Party to appeal to a broader swath of voters.  Actually, Ms. Parker was a wee bit more blunt: ...

A Lack of Ideas Has Consequences
The Next Right — ... is it a betrayal of principle to apply timeless principles to new questions? The answer is quite plainly "no." Of course, the question of which principles in the conservative pantheon are truly timeless becomes the next problem, and this question is what is really lurking beneath all the rhetoric about "updating" conservative ideas - an "update" in this case means throwing out the principles which the author finds archaic, whether they be the "oogedy boogedy" nonsense which is social conservatism or the  " ...

Musical Humbug
The American Spectator — ... And so, to all you secular Scrooges and Grinches and Kathleen Parkers, on behalf of all us Bible-thumping right-wing holy rollers, I wish you a very "oogedy boogedy" Christmas. ...

Dissecting the writings and ideology of Andrew Sullivan
Sister Toldjah — ... and social/Christian conservatives. They – for the most part – took a lot less time to write, a lot less webspace, and got to the point rather than ripping the criticized writer a new a*******. That’s what this critique of Sullivan ideally would have looked like to me. I mean, with everything that is going on in the world, is it worth it to devote the level of time I suspect it took to write this detailed critique of Sullivan in the first place? ...

On “Intellectuals” vs. “True Conservatives”
Ramblings of a Rising Media Star: Mitchell Blatt Blog — ... Indeed, she wrote a column titled Giving Up on God shortly after Obama defeated the RINO whom no true conservative wanted to vote for, in which she said (in similar form to her Hardball appearance): ...