So do they hold their meetings in a large place, like an elevator?
I wouldn't know how to begin estimating the actual number of Hillarycons out there, but I'm constantly running into them.
Take Larry Auster, for example, a well-known conservative blogger with a good-sized following. After reading my "Open Letter to Hillary Conservatives", Mr. Auster posted a little piece on Saturday, March 1 proudly declaring himself to be just that; a "Hillary conservative". Here it is:
by Lawrence Auster
"When Richard Poe's latest article, entitled 'An Open Letter to Hillary Conservatives,' arrived in my e-mail today, I eagerly read it, since I am a Hillary conservative. But, while interestingly breaking down the phenomenon into three types of Hillarycons, it's a disappointing piece. Poe fails to acknowledge any possible rational reason for a conservative to prefer Hillary. For example, he doesn't acknowledge the argument that McCain is totally unacceptable from the point of view of serious conservatives, and therefore it is not irrational of them to regard Hillary as an acceptable alternative to McCain, for both negative and positive reasons. First, Hillary represents a less radical path than the unknown Obama-god. Second, her victory would finally remove the insane neocons from power along with their Thousand Year Iraq. And third, her presidency would give conservatives a chance to rediscover conservatism again by having a leftist Democrat in the White House whom they will oppose rather than a leftist Republican in the White House whom they will support. But Poe, instead of acknowledging any possible rational reasons for preferring Hillary, denounces all three types of Hillarycons as deluded or mischievous."
A number of interesting comments follow.