Conservative -- and cool - How the right has come to reflect middle America's pop culture

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Sunday, August 24, 2003 | James Sullivan

[anymouse]

The conservative commentator James Hirsen, a columnist for Newsmax.com and a regular on Fox News and "The Sean Hannity Show," once played keyboards for the touring Temptations. At the time he was the only white face in the group.

His hiring, he says, was "no affirmative action decision. I really had to be funky, or I lost the gig."

[anymouse]

It's printed in the SF Chronicle, so it must be true. :)

[Paul Atreides]

I didn't read all of the article, but it seems to be saying that Republicans are all flash and schmoozing with the right people. We are more substantive than that.

[rdb3]

The conservative commentator James Hirsen, a columnist for Newsmax.com and a regular on Fox News and "The Sean Hannity Show," once played keyboards for the touring Temptations. At the time he was the only white face in the group.

Cool! The best singing group of all time!

It was the third of September...

[cmsgop]

Thats soooooo cool! Love the gun in your name, I want one!..... :*)

[rdb3]

Love the gun in your name, I want one!..... :*)

Thanx. It was inspired by...

The font name is Mobsters.

[Question_Assumptions]

Bump for later.

[Tamzee]

Without going so far as to pierce anything unusual, yes, conservatives are very cool ;-)

[anymouse]

Agreed.

[anymouse]

Next time read the article. Ann Coulter is quoted saying just the opposite.

[Joe Bonforte]

The Democrats, says Danny Goldberg, have squandered their historic advantage with young people and ordinary working-class Americans by renouncing the pop culture that, for better or worse, makes up the country's common conversational ground.

Liberals will try any excuse to avoid the realization that their philosophy fails because it is false-to-fact. Liberal/leftist/socialist policies always fail - there are no known long term exceptions.

But the writer is on to one thing. As the left's worldview has increasing been shown to be deluded, they have become shrill. Nothing drives off young people faster (or old people for that matter).

[nutmeg]

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[Akron Al]

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[floriduh voter]

We are kewl. Permit me to brag on myself - I think my web site is kewl. Check it out sometime. I am on board to make conservatism and patriotism part of pop culture. It's pretty much my mission statement.

[cmsgop]

Very Well Done,Very Clever.....

[floriduh voter]

We are kewler than democrats. I knew it!

[Reeses]

The party of John F. Kennedy has turned an embarrassed cheek to its own charismatic past

JFK's party today is the Republicans. Arnold belongs to JFK's party and has even married into JFK's family. The Democrat Party hasn't turned a cheek, what they did do is move to the left and become Socialists. The Republican Party has also marched to the left and become JFK Democrats. The conservatives as well as the former Democrats have been abandoned by their parties.

[LS]

I teach 100-120 students per semester. Admittedly, it's a somewhat conservative Catholic school in Ohio, but still, we recruit from all over, including Puerto Rico and we have plenty of foreign students.

My students are moderate-conservative to conservative, for the most part. Yah, there are the anti-war kooks, but this year, with no faculty impetus, the students THEMSELVES formed a "Students for America" club to back down the protestors! I judge (somewhat) where things are by how well my conservative quips/jokes go over during classes---and by the way, no one has to decipher where I stand on important issues. Judging from this, students are definitely not left any more, and gradually swinging to the right. The younger they are (as with the freshmen) the more likely they are to be more conservative.

[Timesink]

Republicans are responsible for turning the Temptations white! Auugh!

[nutmeg]

I will check out your site ASAP.. thanks!