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  • Libertarians Should Fear "Crack Up"

    04/05/2005 5:27:27 AM PDT · by crushkerry · 278 replies · 2,819+ views
    ABP ^ | 4/5/05 | Pat Hynes
    The conservative-libertarian marriage is on the rocks. So says the Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds, who sees a “conservative crack-up” afoot. Ryan Sager agrees. Jonah Goldberg of National Review says there will be no crack-up, but doesn’t deny there is marital strife. The relationship between conservatives and libertarians has always been troubled, he argues. Too often, though, the idea of a conservative-libertarian divorce reads like an ultimatum from libertarians, who occasionally express so much frustration at conservative apostasy they threaten to walk away. If we’re going to follow the marriage analogy to its grisly end, this dynamic is akin to a mouthy,...
  • Misunderestimate Dean? (American Spectator article by Freeper)

    02/28/2005 6:45:18 AM PST · by crushkerry · 19 replies · 866+ views
    American Spectator ^ | 2/28/05 | Pat Hynes
    The talking heads' leitmotif of the moment is the admonition that Republicans should not "misunderestimate" newly crowned DNC Chairman Howard Dean. "Say what you want about the former governor of Vermont, but there really is nobody on the liberal landscape that approaches his effectiveness in rousing the rabble," writes Noel Sheppard in ChronWatch. "Say what you want about Gov. Dean, he's an organizer," added Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. Leave aside for a moment the fact that "say what you want about …" is political speak for, "look, I know the guy is a jackass, but …" "Misunderestimating" Dean would...