[pissant]

Douthat: "It certainly didn't take care of itself in this election: Instead, you had a lot of posturing from the Republican ticket about how the GOP is the more proletarian party, joined to very little substance addressed to the actual interests of lower-middle-class voters."

What Mr. Douthat does not grasp is that conservatives, whether they are rich, or "lower middle class" DO NOT WANT ANYTHING FROM the government. They want, just as wealthy conservatives do, the following:

1) Stay the F*** out of our hair
2) Stay within the bounds of the constitution
3) Take less of our hard earned money
4) Respect tradition and history
5) Keep out of the political correctness business
6) Win our wars
7) Quit social engineering
8) Cut spending and slash the size of government
9) Do what is required, but do it WELL
10)Quit catering to no citizens
11)No wasting money on global warming and other enviro-nazi wetdreams.

[nclaurel]

Interesting that they blame Palin and Joe for Obama outing himself as a socialist. And that they don’t think Obama and his minions constant reference to race was a divide. Democrats just can’t get near the truth.

[mtnwmn]

Oh really! I think not!

[Wonder Warthog]

Love the list——it’s right on target. If any political party actually lived by those points, they’d stay in office forever.

[Wuli]

“Prominent intellectuals who once leaned rightward”

Where did most “prominent intellectuals” “once” lean “rightward”?????

I am 60 years old and that never existed in my lifetime.

The vast majority of all “prominent intellectuals” has always been lefties!!!!

[cake_crumb]

"The party has focused on its proletarian rump. Rallies have grown more strident, with howls of 'Communist!'"

That's socialist you pompous ass, or better yet, Marxist. Nothing worse that someone too stupid to see that they're not in the least bit clever.