In Sign of Conservative Split, a Commentator Is Dismissed (NYTimes)

The New York Times ^ | October 18, 2005 | RICHARD W. STEVENSON

[rmlew]

The great purge has begun.
First conservatives who oppose national dissolution via amnesty were branded racist and undocumented border defense volunteers were called vigilantes by President Bush. Then Conservatives who opposed Harriet E. Miers were called elitist and sexist for demanding competence, a track record, and clearly defined Constiututional Principles for a perspective member of our Judicial Oligarchy. Yesterday, bloggers including Michelle Malkin,were smeared by the Wall Street Journal for exploring the obvious implications of the Oklahoma University bombing.
Now, the National Center for Policy Analysis has canned Bruce Bartlett.

For years I have defended Neo Conservatives from the charges that they are neo-Jacobins and have given the mainstreme conservative movement the benefit of the doubt on its uxorious behaviour towards President Bush.
Thermador has begun, will the ACU be next to face the national razor?

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Probably.

It's times like these that make me grateful for my periodic unemployment.

BTW, there's no "a" in Thermidor.

:))

[rmlew]

BTW, there's no "a" in Thermidor.
Je suis désolé. J'ai oublié comment orthographier le mot

[rmlew]

My french grammar has also gone to heck. Too much booze or too little sleep? ;->
I should have written
Je suis désolé. J'ai oublié comment on orthographie cet mot.

[rmlew]

ping

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Bartlett's latest column.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

My father used to speak French.

He said that the French-Canadians he encountered while vacationing in Montreal were some of the most obnoxious people he had ever met.

He would ask them a question in French and they'd respond in English, and vice-versa.

[leadpenny]

Well, this is one way to make sure a book will be on the best-seller list.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

You know what they say.

The only bad publicity is...

[oblomov]

To be fair, many neo-cons, such as David Frum and Bill Kristol, have been unabashedly on the side of Bartlett and other economic and traditionalist conservatives throughout the Miers flap. The dividing line is not betweeen neo-cons and other conservatives, but between real and phony conservatives.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

ping

[kcvl]

The Final Straw (Conservatives Finally Realizing "Bush is Not One of Them, and Never Has Been")


TownHall.com ^ | 10/18/2005 | Bruce Bartlett


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504423/posts

[NapkinUser]

"BTW, there's no "a" in Thermidor."

See my tagline.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

LMAO.

I guess "Old Hickory" wasn't all bad.

:-)

[MitchellC]

How is this a sign of Conservative split, unless NYT is second-guessing the Center's reason for the dismissal?

[Jumper]

Same French Ecentric language behavior in Belguim; go anywhere in the French-Flemish speaking country and people with speak either language, asking and answering by one person in either language. Worst, this French behavior in mandated by employers of the French Chain Stores who will fire their employees if they answer in Flemish....

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[governsleastgovernsbest]

the benefit of the doubt on its uxorious behaviour towards President Bush.

"Uxorious" is one of my favorite vocabulary words, but given that its meaning is 'excessive fondness for one's wife' is there some 'subliminable' suggestion here on your part?

[Steel and Fire and Stone]

How is this a sign of Conservative split, unless NYT is second-guessing the Center's reason for the dismissal?

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This type of conflict only occurs during a period of vigor and strength. When a group is weakest, it hangs together rather than hang separately for the common good, because defeat is the only other alternative.

When a group is at it's strongest, it has the luxury of introspection. Only when a group feels "safe" or dominant, can it ask questions like "are we being true to our principles?". This conflict is a sign that the GOP "big tent" has just about expanded as far as it can without the far left and far right within the GOP compromising their core principles. The big tent is going to get a lot smaller, and when this shrinkage is complete, guess what? The GOP "majority" will not be left of center (e.g. "moderate" Republicans), because that's not where the heart and soul of the party is, or has ever been.

Contrast the GOP's "split" with the Democrats, who have no conflicts other than how hard they want to turn left. The entire 2004 election was about how politically leftward the Democrat candidates could bend, and still draw in the average independent or cross-over GOP liberal voter. The Democrats have no real conflict about their core principles; indeed, they will tolerate none.

"Conservative" has been such as sexy political term that everyone wants to be one, but about 15% of the GOP are closer to being a Hillary Democrat than a "conservative" Republican, on all but one core issue (e.g. the War on Terror, business taxes, etc.). Unfortunately, about 85% of all committee chairs in the Senate are among them due to the Seniority system (i.e. they were Bob Michael's Senators when the GOP did nothing but lose), which is why the GOP can get nothing done in the Senate.

I'd take the GOP's future with a "conservative split" over the Democrats lifeless, ideal-less monolithe, every day of the week.

SFS

[Jim Noble]

I should have written>

Il faut écriver J'en suis désolé.