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A conservative success: The right tops the best-seller lists and the ratings
Manchester Union Leader ^
| March 3, 2002
| Editorial
Posted on 03/03/2002 7:25:10 AM PST by billorites
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Gloat and snicker.
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posted on
03/03/2002 7:25:46 AM PST
by
WIMom
To: billorites
It's not that conserative media is well-received by the American public, it's because because, generally, conservatives are more educated and interested in things political.
In other words, people who are inclined to be informed about current events are generally conservative. It's why Fox News is dominating cable news. It's why conservative talk radio dominates over liberal radio. And it's why conservative books dominate the current events book market.
Unfortunately, there are large portions of the population who are inclined to be uninformed. And it is for those people that the Daschle soundbite is targeted. That Clinton appealed to. And that Terry McAuliff calls his own.
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posted on
03/03/2002 7:39:29 AM PST
by
tbeatty
To: tbeatty
"generally, conservatives are more educated and interested in things political. "It would seem that having that extra chromosome has worked to our advantage.
To: billorites
Sometimes I wish I had born 150 miles east of here.
To: billorites
I just picked up Barbara Olson's "The Final Days". Started reading it late last night and my blood is still boiling. These two, white trash losers constantly infuriate me. My outrage at their "antics" will never end.
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posted on
03/03/2002 8:11:03 AM PST
by
surrey
To: billorites
Come to think of it, the top-selling newspaper in New Hampshire is the conservative Union Leader. How about that?I used to read that paper every morning before school when I was a kid... it certainly explains a lot ;0)
To: billorites
America Online, the family-oriented Internet service provider run by conservative Steve Case, ....Those of you who have AOL, though, will probably see that the news stories headlined on their Main Menu are still taken from the left-leaning publications, and retain their leftward slant.
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posted on
03/03/2002 8:42:53 AM PST
by
LantzALot
To: billorites
... "Shadow Warriors" by Tom Clancy. I've not read Shadow Warriors, and of the Clancy books I have read, I have seen what would seem more like a conservative slant -- but that's his fiction. When I listen to Clancy in interviews, he sure gives me the impression of a liberal.
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posted on
03/03/2002 8:47:24 AM PST
by
LantzALot
To: billorites
You don't need to read a book to be a left-liberal. You just need to "care".
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posted on
03/03/2002 8:48:21 AM PST
by
ikka
To: billorites
The reason for this is obvious: conservatives read, liberals don't.
To: LantzALot
I always thought AOL was seriously left-leaning and was under the impression Steve Case was a confirmed liberal???
To: LantzALot
When I listen to Clancy in interviews, he sure gives me the impression of a liberal.
I heard him on O'Reilly (I think it was) and wish I could remember exactly what he said but he definitely dissed the liberals. I came away from the interview with the impression he is a conservative?
To: GussiedUp
Well, I missed that one. Glad to hear it, though.
To: GussiedUp
Clancy is what you would probably call a Conservative with a libertarian streak (i.e. he's brilliant).
To: billorites
Gloat and snicker. Hehehe ... me too
Amazing what happens when they publish good books .. people will actually buy them ..
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posted on
03/03/2002 9:24:34 AM PST
by
Mo1
To: billorites
These facts give lie to the manufactured image of liberal success. Liberals are, and have always been, a minority. In the marketplace, the office, the halls of power, and especially on the streets, conservatives rule in numbers. That domination by the socialist minority is part of what makes liberal rule so offensive.
But conservatives are finding their voice. Free Republic is one example of many. And the voice is rising, from a rumble to a roar. God have mercy on the liberals if that roar ever blends to a unified chorus.
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posted on
03/03/2002 9:28:01 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: billorites
Bernie Goldberg, who wrote "Bias", is no conservative, he is a self-professed liberal. Bill O'Reilly isn't a conservative, he's a populist independent. Let's emphasize the credentials of Edmund Morris and David McCullough. Neither men have ever been members of the conservative movement. And this is the first time someone has ever referred to Steve Case, as a conservative. The USA Today, a moderate publication? Yea right.
Hmmm?
To: billorites
For what it's worth, I think the year's best philosophical defense of social conservatism is
Robert P. George's The Clash of Orthodoxies
Alas, not as popular as it deserves to be, though it has cracked the Amazon top 1000 a few times.
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posted on
03/03/2002 11:23:12 AM PST
by
Dumb_Ox
To: billorites
Most Democrats can't read without moving their lips and they don't follow the news.
Unfortunately they vote and breed promiscuously.
So9
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