Conservatives Are Being Picky To A Fault

The Columbus Dispatch ^ | 3/8/07 | George Will

[areafiftyone]

The axiom is as old as human striving: The perfect is the enemy of the good. In politics this means that insisting on perfection in a candidate interferes with selecting a satisfactory one.

Which is why the mood of many of the 6,300 people, lots of them college age, who registered at last week

[jellybean]

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[hosepipe]

[.. Conservatives Are Being Picky To A Fault ..]

George Will is, all frames, no lenses, in this glasses..
The right wing in America (if there still one) is very quiet these days..

George must think he is NOT A RINO, or something..
Delusion and denial are serious diseases these days..

[stephenjohnbanker]

Yep. Jim Rob has been pointing to this quite a bit, lately.

[twonie]

You lazy rascal!! Where's that chart?

[areafiftyone]

Thanks so much! I'll do that next time!

[Dead Corpse]

Saw those. Did my heart some good to see Jim posting them too...

[TommyDale]

"You lazy rascal!! Where's that chart?"

I haven't used a chart. What are you referring to?

[mikeus_maximus]

And with all respect-- and I mean that sincerely-- that's a selfish position. The truth is, we are all going to die. How long this country continues after us is something we can and should influence. Terrorists will not destroy this nation, anymore than barbarians destroyed Rome: we'll continue to rot from the inside until we fall.

[colorado tanker]

Podhoretz knows his stuff.

The primary calendar is way too front loaded next year IMHO. There is value is winnowing the candidates in a longer race, you see how the perform under pressure and they can't fudge an issue. The Dems had a less front loaded, but still fast, process in 2004 and they got Kerry, a lousy candidate.

[Blackirish]

we'll continue to rot from the inside until we fall.

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Take your America is rotting crap somewhere else.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Same here. Jim Rob created this site on principles, not pragmatism. I look forward to his posts like a little boy waiting for the ice cream truck : )

[twonie]

This is politics - big time politics. Hunter is playing beanbag. He says he doesn't need a consultant; well, he needs something. Still, if he gets the nod, I will vote for him.

[twonie]

You're not the one with the chart? Sorry. Maybe you should get one - don't want to get left out!

[TommyDale]

Maybe you should get a new line.

[twonie]

You get your chart first!

[Dead Corpse]

I look forward to his posts like a little boy waiting for the ice cream truck : )

I'm entirely too self centered and egotistical to be anyones fan-boy. But Jim does come up with some excellent stuff.

[TommyDale]

Here's my chart:

[FreeInWV]

"Terrorists will not destroy this nation, anymore than barbarians destroyed Rome: we'll continue to rot from the inside until we fall."

I agree wholeheartedly. The chicken littles in NYC may tremble in fear daily from terrorists, but all of us in floyover country are just going about our lives. I fear domestic enemies attacking our rights more than I fear foreign enemies attacking our soil.

[merry10]

and we all know how that turned out. She didn't look the constitutional lawyer that she is.

[Kevmo]

well said. bump.