Lattes, Limousines and Lefties: How Conservatives Pigeonholed Those Poor Liberals

NY Times (Week in Review) ^ | 3-2-03 | Geoffrey Nunberg

[aculeus]

My contributions:

Mercedes Marxists.

Concorde Commies.

[gitmo]

Can anyone get the point this linguist is attempting to make?

I think this article is supposed to be a practical demonstration of why liberal talk-shows invariably fail. They have no concept of logic nor of cogent thought.

[demnomo]

Great post! Yes, the liberals were (and still are) deathly afraid of the middle class. Like most elitist socialist/communists, they want the poor & the working class to remain victims and down-trodden so that Marxism can firmly take root. Of course, the liberals like Hillary and her ilk want to be "more equal" than most (per: Orwell's Animal Farm) and rule over all...

[Porterville]

Couldn't read through the whole thing, I hate liberals way too much. Too stupid, too base, too animal like; whenever I try to understand a liberal I feel I am trying to communicate with my dog.

[Pharmboy]

Well put.

[Pharmboy]

...whenever I try to understand a liberal I feel I am trying to communicate with my dog.

I hope your dog doesn't read your post: s/he will be insulted. ;-)

[A_perfect_lady]

Liberals too nuanced??? Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!! OMG....

[6ppc]

liberalism as something between a personality disorder and a market segment

Sounds right to me.

[MarkL]

Oh, please don't get me wrong... I prefer Rush to GGL too. It's just that when it comes time to "nit-pickey" stuff, GGL can slam just about anybody.

I guess that I've just heard too many leftists talking about how brilliant their people are (like Cuomo and Gore), and then talking about how conservatives are nothing more than mind numbed robots who take their orders from Rush and GGL. Actually, I've heard some extremely interesting things said by GGL, and he will occasionally really make you think, as does Rush, but Rush makes it FUN!

Mark

[Byron_the_Aussie]

Flyover Latte, anyone?

[SandRat]

I've seen a Levit town house and it was just like the one I grew up in: 700 square feet of living space for a family of four. All of our neighbors worked in the steel mills, the auto factories, the refineries, the lake freighters or the railroads. It was a solid "working middle class" neighborhood. Bill grew up in a working class family and neighborhood just like I did. The Libs didn't get it then and they still don't!

[SandRat]

Hello in the Camp! May I come in? The coffee smells great!

[FreedomPoster]

My summary on this (similar to yours):

Logic and analysis are the mortal enemy of the Left.

What is talk radio but daily analysis of the events of the day? And it is difficult to emote over a radio, with no facial expressions (think Bill biting his lip - but try not to barf).

I can't *wait* to watch them pour money down the rathole of "liberal talk radio".

[Byron_the_Aussie]

You bet! I'll pour you a cup. See any elk up on the mountain today? :)

[SandRat]

You bet! I'll pour you a cup. See any elk up on the mountain today? :)

Only tracks and trash from illegals sneaking across the border. Coffee over the camp fire still tastes the best.