Posted on 12/05/2008 10:34:15 PM PST by neverdem
I’m trying to understand Kathleen Parker and why she hated Sarah Palin.
I loved Sarah Palin and called for her to be the VP choice before McLiberal chose her.
If social conservatives don’t understand why there is antipathy towards her, just realize that there are 3 wings to the conservative movement. She is an A+ in in social conservatism, incomplete on foreign policy conservatism and an F on economic conservatism.
There ARE NO RULES for what is allowed in the public square, or what kind of arguments are permitted in election campaigns. If an atheist wishes to bash religion while campaigning for public office, fine. If a Bible-thumping troglodyte wishes to make nothing but Biblically-based arguments during an election campaign fine. If a Catholic wants to campaign waving a Rosary around during all his speeches, fine.
As long as THE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO VOTE for the people they want in public office—guess what?—the people will be SELF-GOVERNING.
John F. Kennedy got it EXACTLY WRONG in his famous speech in 1960, when he promised that “his” religion had no influence on HIS beliefs.
That has been the standard ever since—candidates for public office—well, actually, just those who have a reputation for actually BELIEVING in their religion—have been called upon to promise that their religion is so private, they won’t impose it on themselves.
This SUCKS.
What Kennedy SHOULD have told the ministers is: There is nothing in the Catholic Faith that is a threat to the U.S. Constitution. So you can take your “concerns” about whether a Catholic can serve as President as a loyal American citizen, and shove them.
Instead, Kennedy promised (a promise he kept) to be a bad Catholic in the White House, just as he had been a bad Catholic his entire life. Catholic politicians have been pressured to live up to Kennedy’s standard ever since.
Given the dislike of Huckabee among economic conservatives, are folks like David Frum and Kathleen Parker justified in bashing Evanglicals?
Yes.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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Parker hated Palin because her husband thought she was hot.
Kathleen Parker is the latest Arianna Huffington (loose in her politically tied principles looking for a Sorosesque sugar-daddy). KP is the new darling of MSNBC.
Mark
You haven't been to a college campus lately (at least not since the mid-1980s), have you?
Mark
Sounds a lot like ooga booga.
From her column:
In the several days since I first used the term in a column describing the Republican party’s “religious” problem, oogedy-boogedy seems to have entered the bloxicon. (New word invented right here, meaning: the blogosphere’s lexicon.) Google produces more than 26,000 references.Despite its sudden popularity, oogedy-boogedy is nonetheless causing some consternation and confusion. What does it mean and whence does it come? In the Dec. 15 issue of National Review, Ramesh Ponnuru writes that he doesn’t know what oogedy-boogedy means, “but I gather it’s bad.”...
First, to the origins. “Oogedy-boogedy” was bequeathed to me several years ago by my dear, departed friend, political cartoonist Doug Marlette. We were doubtless talking about our shared Southern heritage, about which one does not speak long without mentioning religion.
And, you betcha, oogedy-boogedy.
Sounds horribly racist to me.
The Urban Dictionary has two references:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ooga%20booga%20booga1. Ooga Booga Booga
A sad but surprisingly affective phrase often used by Eustace to scare the crap out of Courage in the animated cartoon, Courage the Cowardly Dog. When scaring someone using this phrase, be sure to wear a mask larger than your body.Eustace: Hey ya stupid dog, look what I got for ya'...
Courage: Aru?
*turns around and puts on giant scary mask*
Eustace: OOGA BOOGA BOOGA!!!!
Courage: AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!2. ooga booga booga
2nd most commonly used scare phrase. The first is Boo! Person walks around the corner and out of no where a man pops up and says "Ooga booga booga!"
To me, it sounds like she's trying to connect religious beliefs to witch doctors using 20th century xenophobic hokum.
Ooga Booga also got a smile out of some DUmmies:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4450484
(remember the chant from "I can't fight this feeling"?)
No way is/was she an "F". She extols the virtues of spending cuts, she supports free trade, and she want voters to keep more of their own money. Far from an 'F"!
Is there a reason why National Review is still carrying Kathleen Parker? I agree that she’s the next Arianna Huffington. The warning signs with Huffington were when she did the “Strange Bedfellows” segment with Al Frankin on Politically Incorrect and I’m getting the same sort of vibe here.
Just please don’t click on links to Parker articles.
At best, I have found her utterly unremarkable. Now I actively campaign for FR to not provide her with any hits. It's not like your going to miss a single witty word.
Like most of our conservative pundits, she is probably connected through the ancient "Partisan Review" nexus. They have gotten to decide for too many years who gets to sit in pundit seats.
The internet gives us Malkin, Coulter and writers who have some juice an spirit to them.
Go here and pay special attention to the comments from ‘Ace.’ He’s the owner of this blog and an insider.
By gummies! Kathleen Parker, estrogen airhead, is RIGHT!
Reason should inform our public debates!
That's why many Obama voters are confident that Sarah Palin was a good VP pick by Obama, and that the Republicans' deathgrip control of Congress was finally shattered only a month ago.
No, I don't know who Barney Frank is...
LOL!
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