TNR: Ball Fake [The Loony Left Loses Another Liberal]

The New Republic ^ | 01.21.05 | Tom Frank

[ChicagoRighty]

This is great. I'm going to email to those I know that lean left. Although they are still in so much denial that they probably won't read much of it.

Thanks for the post.

[thoughtomator]

The greatest part of it all is that the loonier they are, the louder they are. Sense and sensibility have no chance in the Democrat party, an institution for which the phrase "bad manners drive out good manners" was invented.

[hunter112]

I would feel a lot better if the democratic party were in the hands of sane men.

All that needs to happen is for the Rats to lose an election by a sizable amount. Something on the order of the LBJ victory in 1964. That transformed the Republican Party into the entity that produced a Ronald Reagan as President. Well, maybe its just wishful thinking that the Rat constituency would unite behind someone thoughtful and decent, their last attempt at this was to back Clinton, and look where that got them!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Good read. I don't think people like those at the gathering he attended are that few and far between...but maybe that's because I'm in Seattle, and I've seen a lot of 'em.

[KC_Conspirator]

Wow is right.

They do hate America and do support terrorists.

I was at the inauguration last week and saw some leftists assault a black woman cop down at D and 7th street. The whole day was filled with them harrassing women and children and getting violent. This is what the left has to offer.

[Ahban]

Conservatives can hope that the Dems go to the dustbin of history and that the Constitution Party becomes the 2nd party in America.

[Ahban]

Conservatives can hope that the Dems go to the dustbin of history and that the Constitution Party becomes the 2nd party in America.

[EveningStar]

Good find! Thanks! :)

[jocon307]

"some of us prefer to think of ourselves as neo-disorganized"

LOL, I like that!

[Sthitch]

Former soldier Stan Goff (supposedly of the Delta Force, Rangers, and Special Forces) spoke at length about the evils of capitalism and declared, "We ain't never resolved nothing through an election."

So from what I can gather, this rocket scientist must be making a statement on the poor state of our educational system. I have never read a quote so poorly put together in my life. Which leads me to believe that he was actually driving trucks at Fort Bragg, and since he occasionally drove past the special forces training area he could claim that he was one of them.

[jocon307]

"What I needed was a Republican like Arnold who would walk up to him and punch him in the face."

LOL, that's good too!

Thanks for posting this, what an amusing article. I'll bet this reporter never misses a pubbie party again, maybe in ANY sense of the term.

[Publius6961]

"Of course, [the Iraqi resistance] is riddled with opportunism, local rivalry, demagoguery, and criminality. But if we were to only support pristine movements, then no resistance will be worthy of our purity."

The beauty of this statement is that it not only works for the near-impossible task of defending Americans W style, but does so in spades.

And it brings to crystal clarity the moronic "deal with only pristine individuals" when gathering foreign intelligence law from the 80s.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

I will say it time and time again - the disintegration of the Democrats is not good for this country. The Democratic party will continue to lose the blue-collar constituency and will become absolutely powerless. This will leave the Republicans with no opposition and will inevitably lead to widespread corruption.

Well yeah the corruption and likely because those smart liberals who flee will enter the Republican big tent, and that will drive the party left, as it moves left Conservatives will jump ship in increasing numbers. Hey it's already starting, Rudy for Pres - Condi for Pres - Arnold for Pres anyone? What's wrong with that saith the new FR RINO? You some kind of radical commie DUer extremist traitor type? Well sort of I guess. I still agree with Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton.

[American in Israel]

The Left is sinking, but the polls still show them at half the country. Let me guess, the polls are conducted by the left.

[EveningStar]

I don't think people like those at the gathering he attended are that few and far between...but maybe that's because I'm in Seattle, and I've seen a lot of 'em.

How far out of Seattle do you have to go in order to get back to the US? :D

[LibertarianInExile]

You must be one of those third-party nutjobs. /sarcasm

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I think the reason I've seen a lot of these types is that I've been one of those fighting the battle against tent cities being set up all over King County. The nuts never fail to come out in support of that.

[rockrr]

"Now I know the reason lions eat their young"

[brushcop]

Now THERE'S an interesting thought...

[Southack]

"After all, who cares what the ideological fringe of the losing side has to say? But the more I heard, the more I became convinced that I had discovered something truly threatening: This band of socialists was the most effective recruiting tool for the Republican Party I'd ever encountered."

Boom!