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George Will | Conservative voters, are you bluffing or for real?
The Kansas City Star ^
| August 29, 2012
| George Will, The Washington Post
Posted on 08/29/2012 11:42:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
George Will is full of self importance, that’s what I say.
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posted on
08/29/2012 11:56:30 PM PDT
by
svcw
(If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
To: svcw
You didn’t read the whole article, did you?
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:04:45 AM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NATURAL BORN CITZEN: BORN IN THE USA OF CITIZEN PARENTS.)
To: SatinDoll
Nope.
Don’t need to, to know that George Will is full of self importance.
Thought that was the question you asked.
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:07:54 AM PDT
by
svcw
(If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
To: svcw
ad hominem: changing the discussion from the ideas presented, to the man presenting them.
So, what about Will's ideas?
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:12:05 AM PDT
by
jobim
(.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
There’s no doubt conservatives are energized. The Rats have managed to get us even more motivated than in 2010. But we’re still not an absolute majority - we need a fair number of independents to buy into our message.
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:16:32 AM PDT
by
aquila48
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I don't get it. Is George Will actually pretending that Mitt is conservative or is that the bluff he is asking about?
I'm just so tried of this pretense that suddenly conservative doesn't include traditional values.
Just stop bothering me. Mitt? Never!
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:17:43 AM PDT
by
donna
(This is what happens when America is no longer a Christian nation.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Good article. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:19:11 AM PDT
by
1035rep
(Obama: "I killed Bin Laden" ...you didn't do that. Somebody else made that happen.)
To: jobim
Why not tell us what you think? (like that's really important or something).
I'll [badly] start us off;
It won't matter one whit if I myself call any bluff, or don't. I'm hopelessly surrounded by Dem voters in a winner-take-all state. It wouldn't matter if I could vote a thousand times, it would still result as if I didn't vote at all, in the end. ALL the electoral votes will end up going to Obama. Unless someone out there really thinks Romney is going to carry California.
If I lived in Florida I would have to consider looking at things more ABO.
So just what is this bluff Will was prattling about? The type that vote Dem but think they are "conservative?"? Like they are going to notice? Will covered that. They won't.
This convention won't convince many or change many minds. Is the bluff really too many will just tell Rino Romney to take a hike?
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:30:22 AM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(going to change my name to "Nobody" then run for elective office)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Good article by George... wish he would use a clearer term than “rent-seeker”. That makes it sound like someone renting out an apartment or house is bad. I can think of a much more lucid replacement term - “favor-seeker”.
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:31:07 AM PDT
by
aquila48
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Will long ago became an insufferable, condescending a-hole who has convinced himself he’s the only intelligent creature on the planet. He believes humans are incapable of acting from altruistic motives. No matter our beliefs, we simply are stupid sheep following the command of our masters. Jerk-off.
To: twister881
Next time, let me know how you really feel.
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:35:14 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: BlueDragon
Could be the GOP-e are worried about no convention bounce. Especially after the no Ryan bounce. That is what’s really at stake.
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:39:27 AM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(I used to want to change the world. Now, I want to stop the world from changing me.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Walter Mondale, conceding to Ronald Reagan after the 1984 election, listed the groups he thought government should assist: the poor, the unemployed, the elderly, the handicapped, the helpless and the sad. Yes, the sad. Looking forward to his upcoming appearance drooling in Charlotte.
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:45:38 AM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: Berlin_Freeper
I’m still not at all sure Romney can pull off a win. All the alphabet network talking heads just loved the guy (compared to any other GOP primary candidate). That should have been our first clue.
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:45:46 AM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(going to change my name to "Nobody" then run for elective office)
To: BlueDragon
I don’t really know either. Soon we will see the convention polls.
Romney might win as long as I don’t support him. My support is the Kiss of Death. :(
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posted on
08/30/2012 12:58:06 AM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(I used to want to change the world. Now, I want to stop the world from changing me.)
To: BlueDragon
Why not tell us what you think? (like that's really important or something).
Does that insult refer to me? But I was responding to svcw.
I'd be happy to comment on your interpretation of Will, but I guess I'd first like to know if you have insulted me. Now, I don't mind a good insult, and have often deserved them. But I like to get them the old-fashioned way: by earning them. Or have I misread you?
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posted on
08/30/2012 1:04:02 AM PDT
by
jobim
(.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Don’t believe everything you read in the funny papers.
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posted on
08/30/2012 1:04:32 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I work with a bunch of people who claim to be conservative but really are a bunch of jealous populists who love Obama’s class warfare. They genuinely believe the media's portrayal of Sarah Palin. They like shooting and hunting but still support the gun grabbing usurper.
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posted on
08/30/2012 1:06:49 AM PDT
by
fireman15
(Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
To: aquila48
To those who keep up on the charade that is the field of economics, the term “rent seeker” or “rent seeking” is a pretty well known one since WWII:
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/RentSeeking.html
I share your wish that the term were more clear for the average person who doesn’t spend their time reading adult fairy tales like economics papers.
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posted on
08/30/2012 1:14:21 AM PDT
by
NVDave
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