[St. Louis Conservative]

Another gem from Dr. Sowell.

[hihoherman]

Two groups are pretty much exclusive of each other. The right gets its own voters from a separate pool. While, now, the democrats not only have the leftoids; they’ve gotten back mainstream voters. Which is why they are in the majority, again.

The GOP has not yet come to terms with how they lost all those voters who do make a difference. Except, it’s easy to spot. Creationism, plus all its guises; and taking away choice, are big LOSERS! Can the GOP spot losers? I dunno. They gave space to Ron Paul! They went out of their way when running up to the presidency, they made about ten men spend fortunes. (With Rudy Guiliani opting to only go broke in Florida. And, like Hillary, he, too, came up short.) While, somehow, McCain was given the nomination. What kind of deal was that? Bob Dole wasn’t enough of a loser?

[GoodDay]

I’m laughing here.

LOL! Just imagine: Steele opens his mouth and says something incredibly stupid, and already he’s had to apologize to Rush, AND he’s been b-slapped by the most important conservative intellectual in the entire country! In case you’re curious, Dr. Sowell learned economics from George Stigler — a Nobel laureate, friend of Milton Friedman’s, and one of the big names in free-market economics at University of Chicago. Sowell was later taken under the wing of Milton Friedman.

So as far as I’m concerned, Steele just got a tongue lashing from the entire Chicago School of economics for being (excuse, please) a putz, and just NOT GETTING IT.

Sorry, but I do think that’s pretty funny!

[jazusamo]

Maybe those Republicans who put a high value on being accepted in elite circles should be embarrassed by the narrowness of their elite friends,

We have two columns by Dr. Sowell this evening and they're both excellent.

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[Leisler]

It’s pathetic that the GOP has such girly men that they stew and pine for metrosexual Democrat love and affection.

[Victoria Delsoul]

New Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's cheap shot at Rush's program as "ugly" set off the latest round of infighting. That is the kind of thing usually said by liberals who have never listened to the program.

I agree with that.

[nomoremods]

I love this man; he is my absolute favorite columnist and thank God he’s on our side! Thanks for posting this.

[TAdams8591]

It amazes me so many conservatives and Republicans are willing to PUBLICLY BETRAY fellow conservatives and Republicans to and in front of Liberal Democrats. It's as if they believe the conversation is private and the subject of their critical comments won't find out.

Here's a clue: We can ALL HEAR you! : )

[Christian4Bush]

“Sowell, Man” bump

[Waryone]

Yet the Republicans have never articulated that argument, and their opportunism in trying to get black votes by becoming imitation Democrats has failed miserably for decades on end.

It may be too late now, but if the Republican Party was really interested in getting the black vote, there are two things they could do that would make the work easier.

1. Be solidly pro marriage and anti special rights for gays.

2. Be anti amnesty, anti-illegal alien, and pro defended borders.

Whenever I bring these topics up, most black people are 100% for the conservative position, but their argument was always they didn't see any difference between the Republicans and the Democrats for them to change. No matter how cogent the conservative position happens to be, the Rudy McRomneys representing the party are the ones holding the Republicans back.

[lentulusgracchus]

There was a companion piece in yesterday's Wall Street Journal by black conservative Shelby Steele that reprised the attractions of liberalism and race-pimp politics (excuse me, I meant "identity politics") for minorities and contrasts the straightness of conservatism with the more payoff-oriented, identity-affirming, white-dissing (even -hating), goodies-providing fuzzies of white and ethnic liberalism.

Steele concludes by rejecting liberalism as patronizing and dishonest in part, and as folly in other parts, since history can never be undone, but, he implies, it can be and it is being played for all it is worth by liberal and race-pimp pols.

Nevertheless, he concludes that conservatism's appeal to minorities will always be weak compared with the appeal of liberalism. (I would go further and say that both pale next to nativism, white-hating racial and ethnic jingoism, and other bleeding-red-meat guilty pleasures of the identity-political Left.)

All conservatism has to offer is intellectual honesty, the discipline of self-reliance and responsibility, and self-respect.

[Dead Corpse]

If your first thought is "how do I appease the Left", then you are DOING IT WRONG.

The more they howl in protest, the closer to the mark you are hitting. I was hoping Steele would have more spine than this. I was wrong...

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

An element of the Republican Party has felt a need to distance itself from people who stand up for conservative principles, whether those with principles have been Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh or others.

There's something you don't see every day - an ungrammatical sentence by Thomas Sowell.