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Matt Lewis: Oogedy-Boogedyism?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — I just came from the excellent National Review Institute, so maybe they are on my mind more than usual ... In any event, in perusing the Corner, I see that even the most erudite among us are now in agreement that Kathleen Parker is really an Extra-Terrestrial who is attempting to take over the world (Okay, that's really me. But they do seem to agree she has gone too far). ... Jonah Goldberg's advice to ...

The obligatory “Everyone getting pretty tired of Kathleen Parker’s shtick” post
Hot Air » Top Picks — The obligatory “Everyone getting pretty tired of Kathleen Parker’s shtick” post posted at 4:15 pm on November 19, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly “Everyone” in this case being Jonah Goldberg and the amens that greeted these two shots 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 ...

The Psychology of Oogedy-Boogedyism
Obsidian Wings — ... has stirred up a lot of debate about what exactly is so “oogedy-boogedy” about the “Christian Right.” (Jonah Goldberg thinks not much; ...

Mike Huckabee and libertarians
The Next Right — We've seen a lot of social conservatives upset over 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). Well, I am a libertarian, so let's talk about the Kathleen Parker of the social conservative crowd: Mike Huckabee. This week, Huckabee called ...

OOGEDY-BOOGEDY AND BIBBIDI, BOBBIDI, BOO
Right Wing Nut House — ... way, we will forgive her, right? Boy, I bet Parker’s little smear elicited a snicker or two from her new found friends on the left – a crowd she seems to be playing to more and more lately. But it is the use of the pejorative “oogedy boogedy” that has everyone up in arms on the right. Jonah Goldberg wonders what all the fuss is about: My email box runneth over with nice attaboys and more than a few interesting criticisms regarding my post about Kathleen Parker. Keying off some of the criticisms, here’s one thing I want to know, as I sit here at the Whither Conservatism ...

God, Politics and the GOP
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — ... First, a minor digression: when making a serious argument deploying the term “oogedy-boogedy” about those one is criticizing will result in more focus on the term (amusing as it may be–just say it out loud if you doubt me) than on one’s argument. (See, for example, Jonah Goldberg and ...