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1.5.06 @ 12:01AM

STOP McCAIN, VOTE GOP
Re: Lisa Fabrizio's Welfare for Republicans:

Lisa Fabrizio hits both nails on the head. I'm not overly enthusiastic about either McCain or Rudy. While both men have some positives, in my opinion both have committed some political cardinal sins. McCain's are pretty obvious: campaign finance "reform," the Gang of 14 filibuster deal (featuring the Republican Stupid Seven), and the recent torture ban. I could go on, but my fingers don't have the stamina required to type out everything wrong with McCain. Rudy's social issues are troubling, but I could overlook them. My main beef with him is his demonstrated lack of commitment to fiscal responsibility, specifically his opposition to the presidential line item veto. He led the charge to get it declared unconstitutional in the '90s. It would take one hell of an explanation from him to sway me on this one.
-- Scott Warren

Lisa, add another twist to your story. No one is discussing this: No matter who the Republican nominee is, behind the scenes the Clintons will find another Ross Perot to split the Republican vote, and it's hello Commander-in-Chief Hillary! She'll get her 42% from the base no matter what. McCain is the perfect candidate to split the republican vote, but any nominee will do if they can triangulate with a third party candidate. (I still think the Clintons were behind Ross Perot running for pres.)
-- John P.
Elmhurst, Illinois

My, what fun the next two years are going to be for the Democrats and MSM, while us dumb Republicans run around in circles like a pack of mice looking for the food bowl. McCain is sure not my bowl of food and as much as I like Mr. Cheney, I am afraid of his heart problems. If you are into politics this is going to be interesting.
-- Elaine Kyle

As straight-ticket Reagan-Bush (43) conservatives if John McCain is the party's nominee in 2008 we plan to vote for all Republicans down ticket and just ignore the presidential race. We don't fear Hillary or any Democrat that much. Our motto is, "Stop McCain Vote Republican!"
-- Michael & Rhonda Tomlinson
Crownsville, Maryland

METROCONTRADICTIONS
Re: Mark Gauvreau Judge's Right-Wingtips:

You really waste space on this pompous prig?
-- Lee Rodgers
KSFO, San Francisco

I wanted to have some empathy, an inkling of sympathy for Mr. Judge, but I'm sorry, I'm just laughing way too hard.

When did TAS open a "vanity" column?

Well, thank you (and you, Mr. Judge) for my first belly laugh and sardonic head shake of 2006.
-- Chris Rifino
Corpus Christi, Texas

I, too, dislike Gretchen Wilson's song and NASCAR. Also, I am conservative enough to understand that Bill O'Reilly is a populist and not a conservative. In addition to my dislike of celebrations of ignorance and worship of the mob, I also dislike effete, soul-less, pretentious posturing such as that celebrated by Mr. Judge. Sounds like he would have been quite at home in the party of Rockefeller.
-- Chris Lindsey

In "Another Perspective" dated 1/4/2006, Mark Gauvreau Judge shared his very low opinion of Gretchen Wilson, modern conservatism, NASCAR and all the people who enjoy it, Laura Ingraham, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Christians who disagree with him and, of course, the President of the United States. He even trashed some conservatives as reading Theology for Dummies.

What a sad, sad man Mr. Judge is. In his terminal narcissism he actually thinks he is qualified to judge people he considers to be his inferiors. I'm sure his pathetic and diseased personality can only feel good about his own life by feeling superior to someone.

Ironically, the people who represent the things he truly cannot stand about modern conservatism, the people who defend things he considers "dumb, tacky, and second-rate," aren't affected by Mr. Judge's little intellectual tantrum. They will continue to "work hard, go to church and play by the rules" as they did before and as they will continue to do long after Mark Gauvreau Judge's words have been judged insignificant.
-- Gary Boatright

I've always liked Mark Gauvreau Judge's work, but I find at least part of his central thesis about the superiority of being a metrocon questionable and maybe even objectionable. While I agree that there is nothing to celebrate about being tacky or willfully ignorant (which I'm not sure his target group really is), I disagree vigorously that the "second growth" of spirituality involves learning how to purchase and wear the right clothing and accessories. Natty apparel has never been a sign of spiritual maturity as far as I can tell. Were it so the fashionistas would be the deepest folk on earth.

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