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Mark Levin and the Book That Changed America

By on 11.9.10 @ 6:09AM

Congresswoman Bachmann: Liberty and Tyranny is “intellectual foundation” of Tea Party.

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Skipping 12th grade to move on to Temple University, Levin graduated — at 19 — Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude, with membership in the university’s political science and history honor societies. By 22 he was already a lawyer, having graduated from Temple Law School — finding time along the way to get elected at 19 to his local suburban school board, making him the youngest elected school board member in the history of the state.

Says Bachmann simply: “Mark Levin is an intellectual powerhouse.”

While his talk radio show provides celebrity, there are talk show hosts aplenty with books that fall flat. And while his academic, foundation, and government work provides a solid intellectual base for a book, there are plenty of academic stars, foundation, and ex-government officials who write books that fail to sell. Combined, Levin’s assets could surely help sell a book, and in fact Levin has twice written New York Times bestsellers: Men in Black, a critique of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Rescuing Sprite, a heart-warming (and heart-rending) dog-lovers tale.

But Levin says he never saw Liberty and Tyranny as anything other than a simple defense of the Constitution, or as he would write on the very first page, a story of “fundamental truths, based on decades of observation, exploration, and experience, about conservatism and, conversely, non-conservatism — that is, liberty and tyranny in modern America.” Barack Obama was barely a blip on the political scene at the time Levin conceived the idea for his book — and in fact the President gets only three mentions in the book because it was mostly finished by the time of his election.

Would it sell? Probably. Mark Levin books sell. But a phenomenon? A book that would catapult Levin into the literary stratosphere inhabited by authors like Thomas Paine, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Barry Goldwater? Books that literally changed America? The thought, Levin confesses to me, never entered his mind.

Perhaps tellingly, the book was completely ignored by the liberal media. The New York Times never reviewed the book — although it went out of its way to give a thumbs up review to a book that was laughably wrong in its premise — The Death of Conservatism by NYT Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus. Nor was the Washington Post interested, in spite of the curious fact of those thousands lined up in its own backyard for the Tysons Corner book signing. Nor, but of course, were any of the old media broadcast networks interested — not a word from the Today Show or Good Morning America. 

In yet another sign of old media irrelevance, however, none of this mattered.

Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, both Levin friends, stepped forward. (Here’s Limbaugh and Levin and here. Hannity interviews with Levin can be found here and here.) The two also appeared at a Levin book signing together on Long Island — drawing thousands, as was the case in Virginia.

The book was favorably reviewed in the Washington Times by former Reagan aide Tony Blankley, twice in The American Thinker here and here as well as at Pajamas Media — where prescient reviewer Bernard Chapin labeled it “the most important book of the year.” 

There was a favorable look at National Review and I had reviewed it here at The American Spectator.

And, yes, as was true with Paine, Stowe and Goldwater’s books, Liberty and Tyranny drew critics, in this case a review in the Weekly Standard by Peter Berkowitz..

While Levin answered Berkowitz himself in the American Thinker, it is hard to resist summoning one particular line of logic from Berkowitz this week following the 2010 election results. In a review panning Liberty and Tyranny while making what Berkowitz said was the “compelling case” for moderation, Berkowitz said this:

Without a determined effort to reach out to independents, conservatives and Republicans are doomed to long-term minority status because the number of those identifying as Republicans has plunged while the number of those identifying as independents has surged.

Independents responded to the moderate Republican 2008 nominee John McCain by giving him a moderate 43% of the independent vote. In 2010, with what Berkowitz faulted as Levin’s “fierce polemic” being literally waved in the streets, independents gave 55% of their vote to Republicans.

And, surprisingly, there was an amazingly bad piece at National Review by Jim Manzi, that was positively shredded by James Taylor of the Heartland Institute.

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About the Author

Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author. He writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (209) |

Booger | 11.9.10 @ 6:15AM

New item: President Obama repeatedly misquotes Declaration of Independence, omits "Creator"
http://www.weeklystandard.com/.....11412.html

From the desk of President B. Hussein Obama:

To: Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education

Dear Arne,

How are things going with you these days? As you know, there is nothing more important to our movement than education. Actually, to be more accurate, there is nothing more valuable to our revolution than re-education. What I want to talk to you about today is the re-education program we need to put in place in Amerikkka's schools concerning the racist, misogynist, capitalist bigots who founded this misbegotten nation. For too long we've allowed the children of this nation to be indoctrinated with wild fabrications about their "founding fathers" and their declaration of independence. You have allowed this document, which is quite frankly completely out-dated, to be taught "as is" in Amerikka's class rooms. Well, that's got to change.

I've had a lengthy chat with Attorney General Holder, and he assures me that the wording we've been working with is completely unconstitutional. The document in question actually references a "Creator" when claiming a variety of "rights" in its opening statement (I think they call it a "preamble" or something like that). A.G. Holder is adamant (and I must say that I completely agree with him) that this wording violates the Separation of Church and State, the highest principle upon which our Great Revolution is based. That being the case, I had A.G. Holder put together a crack team over at the Department of Justice to put together a new "preamble" which will be acceptable to be taught in this country's public schools. I am directing you to put this revision into place in all textbooks immediately. It will read as follows:

"We hold these truths to be generally acceptable, contingent upon Federal Court Review, that all sentient beings have evolved equally, and that these sentient beings have a number of rights bestowed to them by a benevolent Federal Government, and that among these rights are Abortion on Demand, Free Love and Expression of Sexuality, Free Health Care, Freedom from Lifestyle Judgments by their Communities, Freedom to Create and Consume Pornography, Miranda Warnings When Arrested by Fascist Pigs, and a Living Wage Guarantee. To make sure that these rights are not violated we have established the ACLU and its subsidiary, the United States Department of Justice. The Federal Government has absolute authority to enforce these rights, and to abolish any citizen or group of citizens opposed to these rights. It is the right and duty of all citizens to unconditionally uphold the Federal Government in its protection of these rights. As these rights are provided by the Federal Government, they may be revoked with or without cause, with or without notice, or distributed upon the basis of race, gender and sexual orientation as the Federal Government sees fit. "

Please see that this new wording goes into place immediately. A.G. Holder assures Me that you will have the full backing of his department. Likewise, Tim Geithner has assured me the IRS will be on hand to provide any needed help with unpatriotic tea-bagger dissidents. And just to be on the safe side, I have consulted with the two Supreme Court justices I have put in place. They assure me that they are VERY comfortable with this language and feel secure that they can put together a five-vote majority to support it if need be. So no sand-bagging, get to work. The children of this pathetic, racist, homophobic, islamophobic, misogynist nation need their re-education now!

Sincerely,

President for Life B. Hussein Obama

http://beautifulletters-bls.blogspot.com/

Franklin| 11.9.10 @ 7:10AM

Booger, Thank you so much for these letters! I look forward to reading them and have bookmarked your blog. You got talent!

chris lynch| 11.9.10 @ 8:01PM

Where Andrew Sullivan is referring to people like Jeffrey Lord; "integral to this process have been conservative "intellectuals" who should and do know better, but have long since sacrificed intellectual honesty for the cheap thrills of enabling power-grabs. more here

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.9.10 @ 7:15AM

Brilliant, Booger.

Heh, Heh, Obama's got a problem. Textbooks across the country always originate in Texas.
See, we are the biggest market.

Mr. Lord

Thank you for the shout-out to Mr. Levin. I agree with Rep Bachman...totally.

Between two covers Levin laid waste to the communists', (pardon the shorthand), bullcorn

(I'm not sure that is good grammar, but it stuck in my mind to be written (smile).

Bob K.| 11.9.10 @ 7:18AM

Booger,
What does your post have to do with Jeff Lord's topic?

You are a bore.

coal carrier| 11.9.10 @ 7:58AM

May I suggest Mr. K that you read the article over again. Then read Mr. Booger’s post again. And maybe read Liberty and Tyranny also. You may then get it, unless of course you are a statist.

wodiej| 11.9.10 @ 7:59AM

Bob K

Where were you educated? Can you read? In order to help you analyze this piece, Booger is referencing liberty and Levin's book is about liberty. I hope this clears things up for you.

jd| 11.9.10 @ 8:12AM

Wow, BobK, have you even read Levin's book?

Booger, as always, you are spot on and I look forward to reading your comments all the time! Your style and wit are really unique. Keep it up!

Booger| 11.9.10 @ 8:28AM

Dear Mr. K.,

Having perused (I looked that up all by myself!) the estimable Mr. Levin's fine (and rightly recommended) book, I am well aware that the basis for Constitutional Liberty in this country (and any other country where it may truly exist) is a recognizance that the rights of man are a gift of God. Conversely, our ill-advised President seems to be of the notion that human rights are bestowed by other humans (government), a position which inevitably leads to Tyranny. Hence, Liberty and Tyranny; thus my post. I hope this clears up the question of relevance. As to being a bore; well, I never claimed to be the next Dean Koontz, but at least I didn't charge a fee! :)

Cordially,

Booger

SonOfSam| 11.9.10 @ 12:30PM

or as William Penn put it "If we are not governed by GOD, we will be ruled by tyrants". But of course, BobK probably hasn't perused any of the writings of the esteemed Christian pacifist who founded one of the thirteen original colonies, and was an early leader in the fight against black slavery. Nope, if we could peer into BobKs mind, we would no doubt learn that William Penn and all the rest of those boring old white dudes are just tea baggers from long ago.

Blackwatch| 11.9.10 @ 11:29PM

Boogster,

Koontz is over-rated in my book.

You are an original American.

Rock on!

Occam's Tool| 11.9.10 @ 2:07PM

Read the book, Mr. K, and you will see. Ideas are important, and educators control the ideas taught. That's Booger's point.

When Obama was elected, our state run elementary school asked for an essay from 1st graders on why this moment was so important and what it meant to them. My five year old daughter did not feel that anyone who did not work had the right to take her money away that she worked for. Therefore, she opposed Obama. She still does, at 7.

jstwndring| 11.9.10 @ 2:57PM

You see, Levin, through his book and radio show, seeks to promote liberty to the masses by reminding us all of our God-given, Constitutional Rights. Obama and the Democrat party, seek to undermine our Constitution and eliminate our rights through the might and power of the state. Link man, link-->think.

Unkle Stinky| 11.12.10 @ 9:39PM

You only think he's boring because you haven't met me, yet. And now you have. Problem solved. I'm a uniter, see?

Con Spiracy| 11.9.10 @ 7:18AM

Booger:
Another excellent missive. If however, it weren't such a cogent expression of his true beliefs, it would be uncontrollably hilarious.

Keep up the great work!

Con Spiracy

Excelsior!

Sheila| 11.9.10 @ 10:51AM

This was one of your best, Booger! Please start now on one regarding the holiday (now banned) formerly known as Christmas - it's needed and is sure to be a winner.

loulou| 11.9.10 @ 11:24AM

Nice letter but may I offer a suggestion?
Brevity is the soul of wit. (Shakespeare)

kenneth ferrell| 11.11.10 @ 4:03PM

touche.

Alan Brooks| 11.9.10 @ 9:55PM

Tyranny, like, say,
the Confederacy was?

Martin Treptow| 11.10.10 @ 7:16PM

Mr. Brooks,

You are a one-note flute, a one-trick pony.

Move along, or invent a time machine and take yourself back to the 1850's, what you (always) have to say won't sound like nonsense to the people back then.

Troll.

Fail. (ed)

Cheers!

kenneth ferrell| 11.11.10 @ 4:06PM

of course we all know there were no cases of mistreatment of blacks up north,correct?nothing like revisionist history by the left wing idiots.

Alan Brooks| 11.11.10 @ 4:28PM

I'm still stupid!

P. LaMontagne| 11.9.10 @ 7:06AM

Wow. We are treated yet again to Jeff Lord's hero-worship of pro-Republican celebrities. This column is turning into Entertainment Tonight for the Fox News crowd.

coal carrier| 11.9.10 @ 8:03AM

Apparently another George Soros statist.

Blackwatch| 11.9.10 @ 11:32PM

I just thought it was another insufferable Frenchman.

Stephanie| 11.9.10 @ 8:26AM

Go jump in a lake. You're not wanted here.

Doctor Right| 11.9.10 @ 9:37AM

PLEASE: DON'T chase the idiot liberals off of this forum!

Nothing reinforces the righteousness of Conservatism like unabashed, dumb liberalism.

Folks like "P. LaMontagne" are a true gift!

P. LaMontagne| 11.9.10 @ 9:53AM

Exhibit A.

SonOfSam| 11.9.10 @ 12:32PM

yes, and they are an excellent source of intellectual roughage.

keep blubbering into your hope and change blankie, Monty: we the people outnumber your pathetic kind

Unkle Stinky| 11.12.10 @ 9:52PM

"excellent source of intellectual roughage"

Yeah. They make me poop!

Richard| 11.10.10 @ 9:55AM

Agreed! The more liberals blather, the deeper the hole they dig for themselves among critical thinkers (which does not include the True Believers who pore over the NY Times editorial page every morning for inspiration, or the scramble-headed listeners of NPR).

loulou| 11.9.10 @ 11:26AM

Where's he gonna go? PuffHo?
This is his job. Just ignore him.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 1:17PM

Or.. take a long walk off a short pier.

NavyBrat | 11.9.10 @ 8:57AM

So who's keeping you here? Trust me, no one will miss you if you don't show up again. Maybe you can go back to the Flushington Post or the Daily Krap if its so bad here.

P. LaMontagne| 11.9.10 @ 9:45AM

You people really need to work on your Manichean worldview. You assume all critics of the GOP are Leftists, but this can only be because you have sealed yourself in a pro-Republican bubble and do not read or understand criticism of the GOP from the right. You really need to understand that "conservatism" and "pro-Republicanism" are not synonymous.

This country will not be righted by continuing to worship the pro-Republican celebrities who supported the GOP with all they had throughout the disastrous liberal presidency of George W. Bush. The Tea Parties are a step in the right direction, but even they - the most right-wing faction of the GOP - were nowhere to be found when GWB was pushing crippling entitlement programs and rocketing spending into the Carterian stratosphere. The TP had it right in sticking to their guns and backing right wing candidates even at the expense of losing the race - that is the only way to correct the GOP, and correcting the GOP is the only way to correct America (politically). The GOP must be wrangled away from the Left and back to the Right, and this must be done by refusing them support when they run left-wing candidates, even if that means losing in the short term, and by criticizing them from the right, i.e. for reckless spending, for embracing multiculturalism, for venerating the heroes of PC/Cultural Marxism (Martin Luther King), for safeguarding past radical left wing achievements (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid), for defending the Holy Texts of Liberal Egalitarianism (Civil Rights Act etc) and especially for failing to defend our nation and people against foreign invasion (from Mexico).

Come on people let's do this.

Todd S| 11.9.10 @ 10:53AM

What the hell are you talking about? No one has supported the Tea Party more than Mark Levin as the article states explicitly. No one called out the likes of John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Charlie Crist etc. for being the RINO's they are like Mark Levin has yet you refer to him dismissively as a "pro-Republican celebrity". He also led the charge along with Rush Limbaugh against George Bush's ill-fated attempt at amnesty and helped defeat it so you are being a complete ignoramus when you criticize Jeffrey Lord's article.

Ronnie| 11.9.10 @ 11:09AM

Right On! Levin is exactly what LaMontagne is claiming to be.

Apparently, LaMontagne has never heard Levin or even read the article.

Todd S| 11.9.10 @ 11:59AM

Don't think I will get a reply because he is called out on his ignorance and there is no good reply to that other to say he is wrong and to eat humble pie. Funny he claims to be the "real conservative" but could be so completely ignorant about Mark Levin and his fine book that has set the agenda for real conservatives to follow and defeat the liberal propaganda.

Alan Brooks| 11.9.10 @ 10:30PM

"that has set the agenda for real conservatives to follow and defeat the liberal propaganda."

No, the GOP will botch it up yet again-- just you watch.

blackwatch| 11.9.10 @ 11:37PM

they do that and the ax handles come out of the trunk. I'm serious.

Remember when those seniors surrounded Dan Rostenkowski's car? We need to put some fear into those weasels.

This is life and death of the nation and those fu*ks better not screw with our future anymore.

Alan Brooks| 11.10.10 @ 12:15AM

"This is life and death of the nation and those fu*ks better not screw with our future anymore."

They screwed the pooch in
'88
'92
'96
2000
'04
'08

Alan Brooks| 11.10.10 @ 12:16AM

... not very encouraging.

Alan Brooks| 11.11.10 @ 4:30PM

I'm a card-carrying Marxist member of Morons R US.

Ryan| 11.9.10 @ 1:41PM

Have you even been around here all that long? Most of us share similar opinions to yours.

Radegunda| 11.10.10 @ 2:45AM

You should educate yourself on your subject before you try to sound like a smarty-pants.

Levin is first and foremost a conservative. He is only "pro-Republican" when the Republicans in question are actually conservative. He is strenuously critical of non-conservative "Repubicans" (not a typo).

jstwndring| 11.9.10 @ 3:03PM

"This column is turning into Entertainment Tonight for the Fox News crowd."
--------------------------------------------------------------
And a big crowd we are! Ahh, but we're not so easily dismissed anymore, are we? Long gone are the days of Left-dominated news coverage. ;)

Appleby| 11.9.10 @ 7:07AM

I am sure you cannot buy this book in Canada. Heck, we couldnt even get Mark Steyns New York Times Bestselling books until he wrote a sarcastic article for McLeans Magazine called *Dude, Wheres My Book?* and people started mailing Amazon receipts to their local Canadian bookstores.

We will also not be able to get Mr. Bushs new book either. Fortunately there are the Seven Last Words Of Canada:

I WILL GET IT IN THE STATES.

Think about it.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 11:36AM

Appleby,

"Dude, Where's My Book?" Heh, did he really entitle it that? Hilarious!

I love his wit. There's absolutely nothing so cool as a Brit who's conservative to the core with the Brit sense of humor.. or shall I say, humour?

I love it when he fills in for Rush.

Doug| 11.9.10 @ 6:55PM

Steyn is Canadian-born and a Canadian citizen, but a proud green card holder who lives mainly in New Hampshire.

JP| 11.9.10 @ 7:15AM

Most of the themes Mark Levin hit upon were nothing that hadn't been said these last 20 years. I found the book quite boring.

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.9.10 @ 7:57AM

JP,
You found it boring because you have been "up to speed" these last twenty years. Many people have not.
I found it a wonderfully concise statement of what has been said by brilliant minds over the last THIRTY FIVE years.

Bob K,
grow a sense of ironic humor...or use your scroll button.

loulou| 11.9.10 @ 11:27AM

JP: Are you sure you understood it? People of limited intelligence are often bored.

JP| 11.9.10 @ 12:45PM

Good grief, Levin just spouts things I read in 10th Grade Civics. And you people think he hit on some deepnly hidden secrets. Of course loulou, you probably spent your high school years smoking weed and sipping Wild Turkey.

Ryan| 11.9.10 @ 1:42PM

Unfortunately, the problem primarily lies in the matter that elected officials seem to have forgotten - or deliberately ignore - their 10th grade civics class.

It's also the nature of conservatism - that the core principles don't change, and there are days where policy and punditry are SUPPOSED to sound like civics class.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 1:21PM

Heh, actually loulou, JP's one of those intellectuals who knows so much that isn't true. Or, perhaps he so knows everything there is to know already that to hear it again is oh... so... passe!

Son Of Sam| 11.9.10 @ 12:37PM

JP, one of the central themes of the Star Wars movies -- the turn to the dark side by Anakin Skywalker -- is as old as the Biblical tale of the transformation of Lucifer into Satan. Its still a cool movie, especially when you're 12 years old when you see the first movie.

Just because a theme has been done before doesn't make it boring

JP| 11.9.10 @ 12:47PM

It does, if 2 dozen other people have written about the same theme. Levin is a bit late in the game. I've always liked the guy, but I don't see what the big fuss is about.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 7:15AM

We Tea Party Rebels neither desire nor have Designated Leaders.
We lead ourselves.
The elected Tea Party Candidates are the hired help.
The Tea Party Rebellion is now inside Congress & The GOP.
This election was in actuality, many state & district battles fought after many state & district republican primary battles fought.
We celebrated & now we focus down on the work at hand, inside & outside The Congress & The GOP.
Up The Rebellion!

Carpe Diem.

Conrad Spiracy| 11.9.10 @ 7:22AM

Amen Tim!

The hired help will tend to our business in the DC cesspool. We executive strategists on the ground will continue our planning and execution for Nov, 2012.

Folks, let's begin looking, now and constantly, for more of these new era, Constitution following and defending, candidates in those Federal, State and Local districts that did not prevail this year.

Con Spiracy

Excelsior!

Conrad Spiracy| 11.9.10 @ 7:24AM

Forgot to mention: we cannot forget that this will likely be a 40-50 year war, so we need to ensure following generations are bucked up for battle.

Stephanie| 11.9.10 @ 8:31AM

So, we need to be sure to take our children and grandchildren to Tea Party events and teach them of our founders and all they sacrificed to found this great nation. And give them a pocket copy of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

Obamas Anus| 11.9.10 @ 7:51AM

RE: Comment by JP: And what hasn't been said over the past 20 years genius? Levin's book, like all great works, translates the myriad of thoughts, and frustrations of millions into a focus that provides a "That's it!" moment. It makes clear that which we conservatives think and believe but may not be able to articulate. As Einstein explained his great Theory, and Shakespeare his works, Levin explains the conservative thought and statist threat. The founding documents didn't say anything that millions did not think and believe - those documents simply stated those thoughts and beliefs in a manner that spoke for all. That's what makes them brilliant. That's why Levin's book is brilliant. If you were bored by it - well, I understand Al Franken has a new book coming out (crayons not included). Written by others of course.

Obama's Anus OUT!

JP| 11.9.10 @ 12:52PM

Read Albert J Nock, Whittacker Chambers, as well as critical essays of Elliot, Chesterton, Kirk, and Robert Bork. The themes that Levin hit on were covered in one shape or form by these writers and thinkers.

Ryan| 11.9.10 @ 1:44PM

The difference, though, is that Levin has the benefit of being widely read. Yeah, the others may have said the same stuff and may have even said it better, but they didn't get the readership and press.

Why complain when the message is being spread?

JP| 11.9.10 @ 3:23PM

I'm only offering a personal opinion. I never said he was wrong, or I didn't agree with what he wrote. Levin is an outstanding lawyer and partisan. He takes no BS from anyone. It's just that I can only read so many books that essientially say the same thing.

But can't someone offer up a "negative" critique (mine was mild, BTW) and not get trolled on this site?

Ryan| 11.9.10 @ 4:10PM

What? On the webernet?

I wasn't disagreeing, and tone is difficult to capture on newsboards. Sorry about any misinterpretation.

Here's a question - are there really any new ideas out there to be had?

Negro X| 11.9.10 @ 8:03PM

JP,
Yes and obama's opinions and limited thoughts are influenced by, Mao, Lennin, Alinsky, Marx and Rube Goldberg.

DefeatBullies| 11.9.10 @ 7:53AM

URGENT: There needs to be an organized Teaparty/Americans For Prosperity/FreedomWorks… MANDATE to make Dr. Mark Levin The Chairman of the RNC!

The Teaparty MUST put up or shut up.

NO ONE is more qualified, serious or dedicated to what the Republican Party MUST Become and Remain!

The Teaparty leaders Must Start the Levin Campaign, NOW!

Let’s see how committed conservatives are…certainly we’ve seen/see Dr. Levin’s commitment!

coal carrier| 11.9.10 @ 8:10AM

Obviously, another statist.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 8:22AM

Touche'

Good Call Carrier.

Doctor Right| 11.9.10 @ 7:55AM

Mark Levin is the intellectual driving force behind the ascendancy of the Conservative movement. He is a fearless defender of freedom and the US Constitution.

The next Republican President should nominate Levin as US Attorney General. He would rip through the Left like a hot knife through butter. Watching him dissect Liberals in the House and Senate would be a joy to behold.

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.9.10 @ 8:00AM

Amen, Doc.

Bob Miller| 11.9.10 @ 9:38AM

I'd like to see the new AG make Eric Holder answer for his crimes against justice.

Deborah D | 11.10.10 @ 8:09AM

Great idea, Doctor!! I can just see it now --

AG Levin ... calling them out (Libs and Rinos alike)... ya pukes! Handcuffing Holder to Nancy Pelosi and making them share a cell for the rest of their lives. Hard to say which one would last the longest!

P.Smith| 11.9.10 @ 8:05AM

I love Mr Levin’s show, and if you listen carefully it is actually one of the most humorous shows on the radio as he skewers liberals. My only criticism of the show is that sometimes he somewhat short with his callers and should show a little more patience. A concern that I have is that sometimes I wonder if the Great One is going to have a heart attack or stroke during one of his justified rants. He is worth finding on the dial if you haven’t done so already.

P.S. His book Liberty and tyranny is a must read…. more so for the wacked liberal.

publius| 11.9.10 @ 8:54AM

Mark Levin is a pit bull clinging to the pants leg of moderation, liberalism and statism, consequently inducing many in this country to finally man up. We owe him dearly.

Frankly, he has written the American people a check we will never be able to repay.

Petronius| 11.9.10 @ 8:56AM

No tingling sensation here but plenty of encouragement. Yes, I want to see another book from Mark Levin. It should be a sweeping attack on entitlements and the prevalent idea that the government is a primarily a support group which replaces mommy when the trids without a clue get their b s degrees from Blue U or Commie College. They can't all be on SNL and wind up in the Senate no matter how many election judges cheat for them.
Booger's missive on re-education is tour de force on more of the same from Our "enemies". I will launch Our re-education of the "unwashed" with one sentence uttered by Sister Superior as she waved her stainless steel combat yardstick the first day of school. "Boys and girls; the world does NOT OWE YOU a living!!"
Success, a good life, and American renewal are all possible. Are Americans beside those of us who make up the Tea Party willing to acculturate to the requirements to bring all this to fruition?

Grzmlyk| 11.9.10 @ 8:57AM

I have to admit, I'm not feeling nearly as triumphant as many who see a conservative ascendancy at long last.

Maybe. I hope so. But of course the sweet spot of the electorate is the coveted independent, and we all know how predictable their swings are from left to right and back again from election to election. They have become a vast binary switch that ticks off with metronomic regularity every election cycle.

If there's one thing Goldwater, Reagan, et al have proven, it's that conservative arguments never win the day and then everybody moves on. They have to be fought for and reargued DAILY.

Liberalism is a voracious weed, the entropy that threatens the garden of social order on a daily basis; look at how many people are openly calling themselves socialists now. It's really kind of shocking. Just 25 years ago, even die-hard liberals like Tip O'Neill would balk at being called socialists. I'm not saying folks like Tip and LBJ weren't socialists, but they had to cloak it in more user-friendly terms. Not so today - the unions and academia and media are only too happy to spout socialism as the brave new world – laughable if it weren’t so destructive.

And I gotta say, I scratch my head over conservative pundits' obstinate refusal to call Obama's pathology out - too often they still gladly offer him the fig leaf of "likeability." Huh?

This is Kool-Aid the craven Bill O'Reilly has been ladling out ever since Obama burst onto the scene; what a great guy Obama is, how much he cares about his country - it's just that his method of saving America might be too strong a tea for your average right-of-center American.

We also see an inexplicably neutered Brit Hume talk about Obama's likeability. Et tu, Brit? Hannity always hedges his criticism of Obama with gratuitous and self-serving comments about what a great father Obama "obviously is." Well, it ain't so obvious to me. And of course Krauthammer, despite his general conservative bona fides, still sleeps with a picture of Obama under his pillow. It must break Charles' heart that Obama is, in the end, just another dime-store schmuck.

The truth is that Obama is an odious human being, an utter narcissist and sociopath, and most of the hoi polloi - that's you and me - have figured that out in spite of the propaganda from left and right.

Sorry, but in my view, a callow, ignorant, arrogant, angry, lazy, narcissistic sociopath is the furthest thing from likeable. And yet, with a few exceptions - Levin, Limbaugh and definitely some others - even conservatives are reluctant to call a pariah a pariah.

I'm reminded of Mussolini - adored by the glitterati across the globe in the thirties, his ignominious end was as a defiled corpse hung upside down from a gas station sign. I don't advocate this literally for Obama, but I won't be happy until even his former acolytes spit upon every last one of those stupid posters of Mr. Hope and Change.

Why is this important? Because I am not convinced that all of this isn't merely setting up Obama for reelection in 2012 - after he's been abetted by the mainstream media in successfully blaming the GOP for the "gridlock" that no doubt will characterize this next congressional session, and the narrative will no doubt emerge how it is the evil, greedy GOP that is putting petty politics above people, whereas the Democrats, of course, are pure of heart.

The mainstream media has already been hard at work spinning the threads of that myth's fabric, and frankly, I think conservative pundits do some of the heavy lifting there when they practice restraint in characterizing the adolescent turd in chief as an essentially decent, intelligent, charming, articulate, likeable human being. Gag me.

Then, too, we'll see what happens to this Congress. I am still unconvinced that the GOP is going to undertake to do what is absolutely essential to saving this republic - which is the summary amputation of entitlement programs. Do they have the political cajones to wield the knife? Maybe Rand Paul. But Rubio? I hope so, but the jury's out. DC changes people.

I worry that they'll take the expeditious way out and keep giving the patient morphine in the form of quantitative easing and bogus CPI indexes and reports about a non-existent "recovery" until the institutional gangrene has spread to the vital organs (which, frankly, it already has).

And as the deluge of inflation puts us all under water, will not the coveted independents, whose memories are conveniently erased every two years, be drawn like the mindless zombies they are toward the government teat that Obama/Pelosi/Reid will still be offering? And isn't that the plan? Hello, Cloward and Piven.

I love Levin - I think the guy's a hero. But I am not at all convinced that this conservative "ascendancy" is any more lasting than the last "conservative ascendancy" ushered in by the 1994 Gingrich congress. Anybody remember that the era of big government was supposedly over?

We're not out of the woods yet – not by a long shot.

It's the cultural rot that has brought us to this precipice; the political class has merely been opportunistic in transforming our collective, luxuriant vanity and guilt over our wealth – and our consumerism – into a fetish for statism. Socialism: The ultimate feel-good luxury that only capitalism can afford.

Even if Obamacare were to take effect in 2014 without mitigation from the Republicans, and its destructive effects were to wreak havoc on millions of Americans' lives, the prevailing culture will still hold it up as a jewel of social justice - even as the wealthy among them flee to other options, in other countries, that will be foreclosed to the "little people."

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.9.10 @ 9:15AM

GRZ,
I hear you talking guy, but I think history is going to take an abrupt turn over the next few months... a very abrupt turn.
I have pulled together some fascinating threads in my newest book. Check out Chapter one on the web site. www.texassaidno.com

P. LaMontagne| 11.9.10 @ 9:52AM

I'm not feeling nearly as triumphant as many who see a conservative ascendancy at long last

Agreed. It is important to keep in mind that two short years ago, and two years before that, the GOP suffered crushing defeat at the hands of the Democrats, and everyone on the Left crowed that this was a mandate, a clear rejection of GOP policies, and that the country had moved decisively to the Left, for good. Sound familiar?

This election was a repudiation of the ruling establishment, just as 2008 + 2006 were. It was not a political realignment, but an expression of frustration and disgust with Washington. The last three elections showed the same thing - that the electorate wanted to Throw The Bums Out. Only the bums have changed.

simon templar| 11.9.10 @ 10:14AM

You have overlooked some very important differences in the electorate of then and now. First, you did not see millions of Americans buying book copies of the constitution, millions joining a Tea Party movement, millions turning off the major TV networks, conservatibe book sales going through the roof, town halls on fire being broadcasted on national television, constitutional conservatives being elected to office, or the breath and magnitude of conservative republicans elected to legislatures and governships. The election was a repudiation of Progressive Agenda and its establishment in Washington - both the RINOS and the Radical democrats. The last election was a repudiation of the Iraq war and the nation building. Most people were not aware of the spending issues, the looming hidden housing scandal, etc. At that point the spending was enormous but relatively manageable...that is... not life threatening. Fifty-eight percent want obamacare repealed! That is enormous and significant awakening in the public..its more than just lets throw the bums out because of an economic downturn or a particular dissatifaction with a specific foreign policy.

simon templar| 11.9.10 @ 10:22AM

Yeah, its not a political realignment as in Republican vs. Democratic politics..tweedledee vs. tweedledum as defined by the punch and judy show going on for the last century. Establishment Republicans are on probation. Democrats are being seen for what they are and are being repudiated. People are gravitating towards principles of fiscal conservativism, limited government, less taxes..not partys.

Simon Templar| 11.9.10 @ 9:56AM

GRZ, your spot on. I share the same concerns and observations. All the more important that we not back down or give up. The Tea party shows great promise that independents and even democrats can be awakened and educated. The ideas that Levin puts forth must be promoted. There are some major differences between conservative movements of yesterday and today. One being the existance of the internet. We now have alternative media outlets that did not exist as well as instant communication and information technology like email, blogs, facebook, twitter, and instant meeting software. We need to use these new tools as they are a very threat to the leftist agenda...as you can see by their recent attempts to control them. Your commentary here has been a contribution to educating and spreading the truth. So, keep writing and continue to be active..keep the faith and keep pressing on.

Grzmlyk| 11.9.10 @ 10:35AM

Thank you, Simon:

I agree, the Tea Party movement IS encouraging, and the level of awareness among those of us who are exploited by the ruling class is rising.

To the extent to which our collapse is not already a fait accompli, I am concerned about our culture, which determines the direction toward which political weathervane points - that's where our pathology lies. It's so easy to eviscerate Sarah Palin (even many on the right, most recently Peggy Noonan, take joy in that) as a moron, but John Kerry and Al Gore and Obama himself are held up as Big Thinkers. How is that even possible once you've heard any one of them speak off the cuff? I watch my liberal friends react to some of these leftist pronouncements and I think, don't they recognize the untenable, UNSUSTAINABLE logic behind these empty pronouncements?

Idiots like Joy Behar or Sean Penn or Sheryl Crow (all of whom have profited handsomely from the very economic system they want to destroy) can get away with saying outrageous and seditious things because our popular culture remains far left even if our erstwhile quiescent citizenry is not.

And yes, even though I have issues with Fox News, I think it is vastly fairer than the traditional news outlets. (But even at that, why give voice to propraganda hacks like Bob Beckel or America's enemies at CAIR?)

And, while the new media have helped conservatives begin to shed the moniker of "silent majority, " I do get exasperated when people say the rise of Fox, the dominance of conservative talk radio and the emergence of conservative outlets on the Internet are ipso facto proof that conservatism will win the day.

These things have helped us coalesce, that's for sure. But we must remember that the left has access to new media too, and there are dozens of well-trafficked leftist Web sites and new stars emerging in the Marxist firmament, like Markos Moulitsas or Ariana Huffington or Jon Stewart.

And, despite the precipitous fall of the NY Times, Maureen Dowd, Frank Rich and Paul Krugman are still household names. Ditto Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Diane Sawyer, Bob Schieffer, Christiane Amanpour etc.

We need to get back to a culture where people don't proudly espouse outright tyranny with no repercussions or even opprobrium whatsoever. Just as one example, the illegal alien crowd advocates nothing less than the dissolution of America as a nation state. Why? Because it boosts their popularity among the indoctrinated youth (and the not-so youthful) who do not understand the ramifications that will redound even to them.

So I'm very glad we've established a beach head - but will we keep it, or be pushed back into the sea?

Sheila| 11.9.10 @ 11:19AM

Excellent post, Grzmlyk - haven't seen one from you for a bit. It's more comforting than you know that I am not alone in finding most commenters here well intentioned, but naive and short sighted. Obama truly is odious (I was uselessly warning friends and relatives he was a Stalinist long before he was the Dems' nominee), and it's taken me months to bring even my spouse around to admitting that his economic actions are not the result of stupidity but malevolence. This refusal to call him evil is a direct result of the left's destruction of traditional Christianity, which too many forget is not all sweetness and light, but most definitely includes a need to battle evil, sin, and Satan. Marco Rubio is the new rock star, but he has made a bit much of his Cuban roots and the need for an overhaul of our immigration policy so people don't need to come here illegally - i.e. an increase in our already catastrophic numbers of presumptively "legal" immigrants. Listening to Allen West can be inspirational; he's one of the few who understands that the misnamed "War on Terror" is yet another installment in a clash of religions and civilizations. Yet he, too, admiringly quotes from the documented plagiarist, serial adulterer and communist sympathizer MLK as an American icon. I like Rubio and West; I like Sarah Palin too - but I will not idolize anyone and conservatives looking for a new object of hero-worship make me extremely wary.

Politics doesn't begin to address the "cultural rot" that you correctly note has brought us to this precipice - they are a symptom and not the cause. The lemmings will jump, I have no doubt; it's just a matter of which "hero" they will follow and when. I conclude with timeless words from a Founding Father (none of that sexless "founders" for me; there were no female signatories to the Declaration): "In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." Thomas Jefferson got it right - and I quote him not in the spirit of blind hero worship, but rather educated admirer.

Grzmlyk| 11.9.10 @ 11:55AM

Thanks, Sheila:

I wrote a comprehensive response and then accidentally deleted it. But I LOVE what you have to say, and I love the quote from Jefferson.

I've been busy at work, which is why I haven't been posting. Also, it does get predictable - while there are a lot of good posts here on any given day, so much of it seems like a predictable food fight between conservatives and trolls.

Yeah, Obama is malevolent. There is absolutely no way any honest psychologist could look at this guy and conclude anything different - if he weren't black, and if he weren't president.

And what has our first Affirmative Action president delivered? Yup. Garbage in, garbage out.

Not that this is news, but because he is black, soooo many conservatives, independents and liberals alike saw his election as absolution for our evil past as a slave economy. Which, of course, every advanced civilization practiced prior to the industrial revolution.

But of course those of us Americans who are white - and YOU know who you are - are particularly evil and bigoted and hateful - even if it was your great, great, great grandfather who might or might not have endorsed slavery.

Can we ever put the victimization genie back into the bottle? I don't think so. It's so disheartening when even conservatives adopt the rubric of liberalism - never so obvious as when they refer to "African Americans." Too precious.

That's the reason so many adopt the memes of liberalism - and thereby cede much of the argument to liberals by essentially endorsing their definition of the way things are.

Glenn Beck is another one who tries to inoculate himself against the charge of racism by fetishizing MLK - he invokes him all the time. That's a complex topic, of course, but I do wonder what this country would look like if we hadn't agreed to enshrine blacks' perpetual victim status in our institutions - and then allow every other victim group to have political power way out of proportion to its demographic reality.

So now we're encouraging homosexuality in schools because, what, 5% of people are homosexual? WTF?

And I agree - if you're looking for idols in the sewage of politics, you are going to be disappointed.

Yes, I have no confidence in Man - whose soul is corruptable and subject to mischief. But Jefferson has been discarded: The brave new world of socialism will deliver us from ever having to suffer unfairness or offense or undeserved wealth.

Sure, it's failed everwhere it's been implemented, but, as he himself pointed out, we didn't have Barack then.

Joe Oliva| 11.9.10 @ 12:18PM

Mark Levin's book is a must read as they say for anyone hoping to do battle with the statists. I couldn't put the book down when I read it.

We need to keep in mind two additional thoughts as we go forward. The first is that we "boomers" have to admit to our share of the blame in all this. We grew up in the fifties and we have been partying ever since. What we failed to see is that we partied on our grandkid's dimes.

The two major entitlements, SS & Medicare are going to have to be cut back! There is no way around that. That means we must be willing to sacrifice if this financial mess is to be solved. We cannot leave it to our grandkids to pay off the debt we built up. It may be true that we were duped by the elites, but nonetheless, we are going to have to settle for less if we care about the future we are passing on.

The second point we need to remember is that a large part of our cultural rot is spiritual in nature. If we are not a Christian nation, then we are not anything other than a passing ship in the long night of history.

But we are a Christian nation, and this country was founded by those who knew that. America was given birth to allow the truth of God to flourish, and we should be remembering God's word to us all. He states that if His people turn from Him, He will turn from them and allow the hand of the stranger (Could that possibly be Obama?) to rule over them. But if we would turn again to Him, He would hear and bless His people.

The political awakening of America is step one, and the spiritual awakening must follow. As RR said, if we aren't a nation under God, we will become a nation gone under.

Thanks to all of you and the countless other Tea Party folks and true patriots who are willing to stand up and fight. May God bless this great nation.

Mimi| 11.9.10 @ 9:06AM

Again...Thank-you Jeffrey Lord for so honoring the esteemed Mark Levin.... this is long over-due! the whole NATION owes him a debt of gratitude. I myself see, bigger things down the road than " HEAD" of the Republican Party or Attorney General for the likes of our...Mark Levin. More than anybody out there...or rumored to be "OUT" there He has leadership qualities and the ability to evoke TRUST in his words more than anyPATRIOT...bar NONE!!!

William R| 11.9.10 @ 9:07AM

The Tyranny of Mark Levin’s “Liberty

http://takimag.com/article/the.....s_liberty/

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.9.10 @ 9:22AM

Wow, William,

TACKY is exactly right. Thank you for that surely authoritive article...HAH!
She is certainly an ankle biter isn't she?
a perfect link to define ankle biting a giant.

William R| 11.9.10 @ 9:34AM

Ken, you're welcome. I think it cuts right through the BS. Levin talks a good game, but he's just a rude blowhard jerk. How anyone can talk Liberty and support the foreign policy of Bush Cheney is absurd.

Ryan| 11.9.10 @ 1:48PM

What domestic liberties are endangered by a robust foreign policy?

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 11:55AM

Remember, the Paul-bot anti-semites absolutely despise Mark Levin.
For them the worst thing in the world is a true conservative pro-Israel Jew like Mark or David Horowitz.

William R| 11.9.10 @ 1:21PM

Red Diaper Baby David Horowitz a true conservative. Hilarious. You never cease to amaze Margie with your stupidity.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 1:33PM

Heh, happy to be considered stupid by the likes of a gutter mind Jew hater.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 5:51PM

Anti-Catholic Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie Playe The Jew Hater Card Ad Nauseum Again.

Now, Tell All the Practicing Jews & Muslims Where You Say They Are Going When They Die

Come On TRUTH TELLER FANATIC.

TELL THEM WHERE YOU SAY THEY GO !

Tim*| 11.11.10 @ 4:33PM

Again...Thank-you Jeffrey Lord for so honoring the esteemed Mark Levin.... this is long over-due! the whole NATION owes him a debt of gratitude. I myself see, bigger things down the road than " HEAD" of the Republican Party or Attorney General for the likes of our...Mark Levin. More than anybody out there...or rumored to be "OUT" there He has leadership qualities and the ability to evoke TRUST in his words more than any PATRIOT...bar NONE!!!

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 5:54PM

Now, Anti-Catholic Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie Tell All The Practicing jews & Muslims Where You Say They Go When The Die.

What's The Matter , Fanatic ?
Cat Got Your Tongue

Tim*| 11.11.10 @ 4:34PM

I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me! I hate me!

William R| 11.9.10 @ 9:19AM

For a real book on liberty and conservatism read

"The Revolution A Manifesto" --Ron Paul

"The real truth about Liberty. This book takes a wrecking ball to the political establishment. Senator Goldwater would have loved it -- it's The Conscience of a Conservative for the 21st century." (Barry M. Goldwater, Jr., former member of Congress )

Todd S| 11.9.10 @ 11:17AM

Ron Paul has his strong points but is completely screwed up with his isolationist views that will not work in the real world. It is naive beyond belief to think if we just pulled out all of our military forces around the world that somehow things would improve. The vacuum of power would be replaced by something far worse with China imperialism and Fascist Islam filling up the space. Is that the world you would want to live in or do you think we can just ignore it? That kind of thinking didn't work well in the 1930's and won't work well today. Get over your Ron Paul worship and think more critically about the world we live in today.

William R| 11.9.10 @ 1:24PM

Ron Paul is hardly an isolationist. And if we brought our troops home from Asia, Japan, South Korea, and India can counter anything China might pull. The Russians pulled their troops out of Eastern Europe 20 years ago. It's long past time we came home. Stop subsidizing Europes social welfare state.

Todd S| 11.9.10 @ 1:42PM

You claim Ron Paul is not an isolationist but in the same sentence you say we should pull out all of our troops from around the world, not buying it. You say the Russians pulled out their troops out of Eastern Europe 20 years ago but that was not by choice because the Soviet Empire collapsed thanks to Ronald Reagan. They would not have collapsed if it was not for
Ronald Reagan's foreign policy of keeping our troops and missiles in Europe and building up our military to where the Soviets went bankrupt trying to keep up. There is much more to say about that but I will leave it at that. Our bases around the world are assets and were hard won in Germany, Japan and South Korea and we have the right to keep them. To foolishly abandon them like Ron Paul acolytes say would be idiotic beyond belief.

As far as India countering anything China might pull, you are seriously deluded and have no idea what you are talking about. India is much more preoccupied with Pakistan for good reason and China is more focused on control over South East Asia along with Japan and Korea.

Here is my favorite video of Ron Paul speaking and why I think he is a nut when it comes to foreign policy.

http://hotair.com/archives/200.....occupiers/

Basically he agrees with Michael Moore and that is indefensible whatever you might say. I have much more confidence in his son who does not undermine the necessity of fiscal conservatism with other crackpot ideas.

William R| 11.9.10 @ 1:48PM

Let me get this straight. You don't think we are occupying Iraq and Afghanistan??

Japan, Korea and Europe are all wealthy. They can defend themselves. We are running a 1.4 trillion dollar deficit. We can no longer afford to subsidize Europes welfare state. There's nothing isolationist about bringing troops home from wars that ended 65 years ago. Face it, you are a Wilsonian liberal internationalist.

Ryan| 11.9.10 @ 1:51PM

Argh. You're making a similar mistake that Margie made in the past - conflicting an opposing opinion with liberalism.

Though I partially agree with you about the need to bring some troops home (particularly in a cold war sense), absolute withdrawal is NOT a leftist idea.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 2:10PM

Ryan,

If the Liberal shoe fits, you should wear it.

Nice try with your little poke, there dude.

Ryan| 11.9.10 @ 2:30PM

We've been through this. Isolationism is NOT a "liberal shoe." Neither is internationalism. Both opinions are independant of conservatism. Always have been, always will be.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 2:55PM

Ryan,

Goodness, I wasn't even involved in your conversation, but...
LOL. We will have to agree to disagree.
To me it is like saying, I don't think (personally) that abortion is wrong.
However, I don't think there ought to be a law against it.

-OR-

I support the Troops, but not the war.

-OR-

Child abuse is wrong, but each parent should have the "freedom" to raise their child the way they want.

-OR-

Rape is wrong but I don't think there ought to be a law against it.

So... I'm an Isolationist and a pacifist but don't call me a Leftist?
(Not saying to you personally here but generally).

Same thing with~

"I can't stand the Jews, but I'm a conservative."

Ryan| 11.9.10 @ 4:12PM

Apples and oranges.

It's not just about opposing policies, you're also dealing with historic definitions of conservatives, who ONCE had a standardized idea that non-interventionism was the way to go. That's what you're ignoring - you're viewing the issue through merely 21st-century eyes.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 4:32PM

I will let David Horowitz prove it to you, exactly HOW it is Leftist.

“The left’s “original sin” is utopianism… It is the left’s utopianism that has produced its “anti-Western predispositions”… the belief in an alternate world to replace the one into which he has been born.
Those identifying themselves as Constitutional Republicans, as did Debra Medina, dream of a profoundly transformed America. In this “Constitutional Utopia,” free from the “military-industrial complex,” America would no longer be controlled by greedy corporations and global bankers who plunder the world. Freedom fighters everywhere “would no longer be terrorists since America wouldn’t be an occupier.” We would withdraw to pristine isolationism, a Daniel Boone wilderness with virtually no government involvement in our lives. Of course, initial massive government regulation would be needed to bring about the country’s liberation from the Big Corporations now enslaving us. Once the people are free from the Military-Industrial neo-cons, power would be returned to the small businesses and individuals.
Nihilism is the second element of the Leftist mind-set, it is the bitter hatred for any manifestation of American world intervention. Withdrawal of American military influence is a common theme for the Drs. Paul and sympathizers.
Horowitz points out:
“Today the Left is still divided over its plans for the future, but these plans pale into insignificance in the face of its real passion which is its nihilistic antagonism towards the United States the metropolis at the center of the global capitalist system, and Israel, its imperialist pawn in the Muslim world. The left’s overweening hatred of global capitalism – “globalization” – which is its energizing force, explains how it can make alliances with Islamic fundamentalists who share the same enemy.”
“In the section of Unholy Alliance called The Mind of the Left, I show how this psychological trope distorts and energizes the vision of leftists across the political spectrum…I explain how the left’s religious need for a social redemption overcomes such differences and forges the coalition which includes…Islamofascists as well. This coalition is most obvious and visible in the global crusade of Islamist fundamentalists and secular leftists to produce a second Holocaust of the Jews in the Middle East.”
Mr. Horowitz set out to explain why disparate Leftists put aside conflicting political agendas to unite against the War in Iraq. He could easily extend the boundaries to include those following the Ron Paul Revolution. Dr. Rand Paul spoke of forming a coalition with the Left to “defeat the Military-Industrial Complex,” a move that would eliminate America’s presence in the Middle-East, contributing as effectively as the Left to the Holocaust of which Mr. Horowitz wrote."

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 5:09PM

From President of the United States (and former General of the Army) Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address to the Nation on January 17, 1961
" In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together."

*In the penultimate draft of the address, Eisenhower initially used the term military-industrial-congressional complex, and thus indicated the essential role that the United States Congress plays in the propagation of the military industry. But, it is said, that the president chose to strike the word congressional in order to placate members of the legislative branch of the federal government.

Ike Was Our President & Our General of The Army & David Horowitz is a Red Diaper Baby Israel Firster Agendist.

Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie Is An Israel Firster Agendist Buffoon.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 5:27PM

Sieg Heil! You low life Jew hater.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 5:43PM

Anti-Catholic Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie Plays The Nazi Card for The Umpteenth Time.

Now,Tell all The Practicing Jews & Muslims Where You Say They Go When They Die.

Come On "TRUTH TELLER " tell The Jews & Muslims Precisely Where You Say They Go When They Die.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 5:57PM

Expose, baby! Expose'!

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 6:03PM

What's The Matter Fanatic Bigot Broad , Cat Got Your Tongue?

Contrary To You Joisey White Trash Bigot Pig, I Say That Practicing Jews & Muslims Go To Heaven.

Where's The Big Mouthed TRUTH TELLER Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie Now?

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 6:08PM

Apocalyptic Crank Lady Can't Answer Our President & Our Former General Of The Army IKE.

Aaand Anti-Catholic Crank Lady Victor-Margie Tries The Jew Hater Card Ad infinitum again.

I Say Practicing Jews & Muslims Go To Heaven .

Now Tell Them Where You Say They Go When They Die.

Cat Got Your Tongue Bigot Joisey Broad?

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 6:10PM

Hey psycho puke:

You said you were going to kill me.
Can ya tell us all when?
I mean, inquiring minds want to know.

Marshal Reuben Cogburn| 11.9.10 @ 6:30PM

I mean to kill you in one minute, Victor-Margie. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which'll it be?

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 6:35PM

Suddenly, Anti-Jewish Anti-Muslim Bigot White Trash Joisey Broad Victor-Margie Doesn't Want To Tell Our Practicing Jews & Muslims That She Says They Go To Hell When They Die.

THE TRUTH TELLER GOES MUTE WHEN CONFRONTED WITH HER FANATIC BIGOTRY.

Ryan| 11.10.10 @ 8:23AM

That still doesn't answer the issue that non-interventionism is not a partisan issue.

You're trying to directly relate it specifically to the Israeli issue, but there are plenty out there who actually support Israel and STILL may want an overall military draw-down in some quarters.

They are also VERY FISCALLY AND SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE. I go to a very conservative church with many of them.

Todd S| 11.9.10 @ 2:26PM

I said nothing about whether we are occupying Iraq and Afghanistan but I know what Paul-bots like you think. That is if we just picked up and left The Middle East, Islamic terrorists would have no beef with us which is completely false. If we would just step aside and not interfere with their quest to destroy Israel, they would have no reason to attack us. Is that what you believe?

You are an isolationist so why don't you just admit it instead of calling me a Wilsonian liberal internationalist? I believe in having a strong military to protect our interests around the world and not letting the crazies like Iran and North Korea acquire nuclear weapons and be allowed to blackmail the World.

So tell me what we should do about Israel? Give them no support so that they will be left with no option but to use nuclear weapons in a desperate attempt to protect themselves?

William R| 11.9.10 @ 2:42PM

Lets see, you post a link to a hack site like Hot Air making fun of Ron Paul because he believes they're coming over here because we are over there. Guess what, our CIA says the same thing. I'm not a Paulbot. I've been a registered Republican since 1971. You don't even know what isolationism means. I'm a traditional conservative non-interventionist. It's not in our best interest to police the world. First we can't afford it and and our military is stretched to the limit. Israel can take care of itself. What I'm sick to death of is Israel's fifth column in this country that tries to drag the United States into endless war in the Middle East. Right now there is a full court press on by the Israel lobby to get the United States to attack Iran a country that is no threat to my country the United States.

Todd S| 11.9.10 @ 4:40PM

What Ron Paul said speaks for himself regardless if you approve of the site or not. So Iran having a nuclear ICBM (which they are not far away from scarily enough) is not a threat to the US? There is a movie by the name of 33 minutes (how long it would take an ICBM to arrive in the US from Iran) that says otherwise so take your head out of the sand. It would be nice to think we could just ignore the Middle East and that Israel can take care of itself but that is not the reality. We are the World's only superpower (though Obama is doing his best to destroy that) and if we decide to withdraw from any sort of policing, things will get much more dangerous since we are holding the barbarians at the gate.

Israel may be able to defend themselves but once Iran has nuclear weapons, all bets are off. If you don't see the danger of Iran having nuclear weapons to the world at large, you are a damn fool.

victor| 11.9.10 @ 7:49PM

Will-I-Am R.:
" Iran a country that is no threat to my country the United States."

Isn't that what you guys said about Herr Hitler in 1936?
Weren't you the ones who said that we could do business with Herr Hitler?

Refresh my recollection, nothing came of Herr Hitler's plans, did they?

William R| 11.9.10 @ 1:58PM

I said India, Japan, and Korea combined are more than capable of handling China. There's no reason why we should have troops in Japan and Korea today.

Todd S| 11.9.10 @ 2:28PM

Only a fool would say that. Only the US has the military power to deal with China if it came to that and anyone with half a brain knows that.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 5:45PM

Todd S,

William R, Tim*, Toddard, Sean and others you will find have a haven here at AS.. and they are the resident Jew haters.
They will target you with their vile hatred and threaten to even kill you, as Tim* has me. Just yesterday he did it again.
I have no fear of these lying punks. For if he wants to kill me, he will in doing same send me off to Heaven sooner.. but he will send himself to Hell sooner.
I encourage you to continue speaking truth to their despicable ilk.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 6:25PM

Spoken by American Spectator's Resident Anti-Catholic, Anti- Every Religion That Doesn't Heal To Her Apocalyptic Crank Lady Fanatic Religious & Political Agenda.

You Are A White Trash Bigoted Joisey Pig.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 6:40PM

Sorry Tim.*
You can try and paint me into a corner all you wish.
I believe in God, and in Jesus Christ. I know that the Bible contains His words. Do you? I reject any and every Religion that has doctrines that disagree with what is written therein.
You don't happen to like that.
Too bad.

In fact, Tim*, you are the bigot.
You are the hater, both of Jews and Christians.
And for what?
Why is that?
It is between you and your Maker.
Lotsa luck.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 6:45PM

In Fact You Victor-Margie Are An Anti-Catholic Anti-Everybody's Religiobn That Doesn't AssKiss Your Apocalyptic Crank Lady Religion Of Margie.

American Spectator Readers Have Your Number, You Bigoted Fanatic Piece Of Joisey White Trash.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 6:52PM

Right. And God has yours.
After all, we all know that Tim* speaks for everyone both in the TEA party, and here.

Meanwhile:

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." Ex. 20:16.

Oh, that's right, I forgot.
You have said that you believe that the Old Testament no longer applies.
That gives you your free pass.
Heh, so you think.

And what does all this have to do with your hatred of the Jews, anyway?

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 7:17PM

What does it have to do with You saying practicing Jews & Practicing Muslims Don't Go To Heaven And Your Badmouthing Of Our Catholic Pope, Our Catholic Priests And Our Catholic Church?
Hmmmmm ?

Cat Got Your Tongue Bigot Broad ?

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 10:10PM

Hey slob,

You are a lousy example for your Religion. Do you really think your Popes, Nuns and Priests would approve of your filthy self? Would they approve of your lying, slandering and threatening to kill me?

Hmm you filthy slob?

And how about your dead parents, hmm? Think they'd approve of you, slob?

You anti-semitic pig.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 6:59PM

And what does it have to do with you saying you are going to kill me?

Marshall Cogburn| 11.9.10 @ 7:09PM

Over Here Fat Joisey Broad!

I mean to kill you in one minute, Victor-Margie. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which'll it be?

Ryan| 11.9.10 @ 2:31PM

South Korea is pretty much kaput without us over there.

Chris--- Nixa Missouri| 11.9.10 @ 9:22AM

Mark Levin may be an attorney and a radio talk show host, but more important than that;

HE IS an "American Statesman", something the politicians have long forgotten and the libs never knew!

To Mark Levin personally, THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART FOR SAVING OUR COUNTRY IN THIS FIRST WAVE! Round ONE, 14 more to go with a lasting TKO in the 2nd round [2012]

I hate the weekends because your not on the air.
Also I hope your pooch makes a full recovery, I'm a dog lover too, saved many and found good homes for them, to put a smile on a kid's face.

Mark, God Bless you and your entire family
Say hello to your mom and dad for US, truly great people defined by you and you alone.

CONSERVATISM- THE ONLY WAY TO GOVERN!!

owyheewine| 11.9.10 @ 9:43AM

I'm glad that Levin's book has inspired many conservatives to begin to take our country back, but I have to confess that I found it old hat for this old Goldwater conservative. Rush is funnier and better at communicating conservative ideas. I did donate my copy of the book to the local library to help spread the word to the uninitiated.

George S| 11.9.10 @ 10:22AM

Would Levin's book made a difference before the 2008 election? Probably not; Rush Limbaugh has been the intellectual voice of the conservative movement for years prior and Sean Hannity was warning about Obama's statism vis-a-vis his personal relationships -- only to bounce off the hope and change smitten ears of the electorate. Yet it took an Obama and a majority of leftists to scare America straight -- an America fat dumb and happy off of freedom for over 232 years. We saw first hand how liberty can slip away as a government willfully and disdainfully ignores the constitution. It is that first hand experience that triggered the Tea party and that would have happened, IMO, with or without Liberty and Tyranny. Levin's book was cold water in the face that woke us up to what could happen and why. The importance of the book is not in the causing of the uprising, but pointing out how our behavior has to change to keep it from happening again. We would have done the same thing without the book, but we probably would have settled into to our old ways without it -- biding our time till the next Obama. What we do from here on forward will determine if the lesson has been learned.

loulou| 11.9.10 @ 11:28AM

Mark Levin is a national treasure.
IMO his radio show is second only to Rush.

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.9.10 @ 11:54AM

Somebody above...

Mentioned Levin as a candidate for election...NOPE!
Like the most brilliant man I have ever done negotiations with, (Dick Cheny), Levin cannot suffer fools...
Ohh.....softer words...he does not have the "temperament" to run for office.

Mimi| 11.10.10 @ 11:14AM

KEN .....Never thought I would disagree with you..BUT. Are you saying we need a " Mr. NICE GUY "? To run against OBAMA??? No THANKS!!!! Give me a fire-brand, tell it like it is strong man. These are dangerous times, and a NATION to save. This , FIGHT-WAR will be fought not with the ARMOR of old, but with intellectual prowess, and WORDs well said. Mark Levin is a "SON OF LIBERTY" who has the Love of country gentle as a LAMB, And the spirit and spit of a LION in defense of our FREEDOM. Ken...for GOD'S SAKE think of the DEBATE with the sqeamy/Obama and Levin.... NO MATCH!

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 12:06PM

In my not so humble opinion as usual, Mark Levin is is one of the beautiful and rare gems that when he speaks, he speaks for true conservatives the world over. I say a beautiful and rare gem because he is not only a conservative but he is a Jewish and pro-Israel conservative.

To be a real conservative you must be pro-Israel, and I don't care what Religion you call yourself. If you're not a defender of our allies you make yourself an enemy of conservatism, and an enemy of America. And worst of all you make yourself a friend of the terrorists.

Anyone who can say with their mouths that America is the "Aggressor" is a traitor to this country and if we were still hanging men, they ought to be hung.

God bless Mark Levin in perpetuity and long may he reign, along with the rest of us, of course~ who believe in freedom for all.
Heh, put that in your crack pipe & toke it, you scumbag anti-semites.

Ken (old Texican)| 11.9.10 @ 12:46PM

Margie,
Shame on you...............(grin)

OKOK......forget the term "anti-semites".

Call them by their true name..."murderers of Jewish folks"....and "enablers of murderers"...of Jewish folks.

Tim* s of the world, (that asterisk is a puckered you know what), wants to throw good allies under the bus.
Margie, I sent you the book. You have been too lazy to read it...or too busy blabbing instead of learning facts, and preparing for the immediate future... "DO BETTER" ! (grin)

OK, buy the darned .22 rifle and some ammo instead of that new sofa.
PS: please show this post to your husband,Vic.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 1:04PM

Hey you!

New sofa?! Heh, are you kidding? We've spent our money taking in a flea bitten worm infested beautiful long haired orange Tabby cat, took him to the vet and got him treated, and love watching him run around the house like a nut. We considered naming him Old Tex but he's too young, but he IS a rascal. Hmm.

I will read your book as I promised and give you my review as you requested. We've been busy looking for a house.. excuses, excuses. OK, I will start today. We will read it together.

I shoulda got that .22 I saw in the paper but that cute little bundle of fur...

Heh, give me time. I'm a former Northeasterner.

Occam's Tool| 11.9.10 @ 2:10PM

Margie,
CATS are special. Cassius and Rocky, my two, know it. Of course, you know that you are now owned.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 2:16PM

Greetings, OT:

You should see this little tyke. My husband and I had 4 cats between us when we met. His 2 died of old age right before we got married. My two, after, also of old age. My last was about 18 yrs. and I had her since a kitten. That was almost 2 yrs. ago. Gave away all the cat things in the house to a guy who cared for colonies of ferals saying I could never get another.. too heartbreaking.
That was then. Then.. along came this little guy, he's about 6 mos. old. We were out looking at houses and the neighbor next door to this house was feeding him up on his porch. He was covered in grime.. he got a bath but it's still dirty.

Ah, the heartbreak and love that go along with all of this. I am getting old.. I am a weakling.
Yes, I am owned. Once again.

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.9.10 @ 2:21PM

Margie,
gtood idea with the cat.

I tell city dwellers every day..........."shoot your neighbors' cats when you get hungry...not your neighbors."

Go get the darned .22!

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 2:46PM

Dear Ken,

Dr. Seuss had a rhyme concerning green eggs and ham. I've changed it slightly:

Green Eggs and Cats
I could not, would not, in a house.
I would not, could not, with a mouse.
I would not eat them with a fox.
I would not eat them in a box.
I would not eat them here or there.
I would not eat them anywhere.
I would not eat green eggs and cats.
I do not like them, Tex-I-am.

:^)
I have to save up for the .22.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 4:51PM

Uh oh ! Kenny The Israel Firster Squirrel took Tim's name in vain again.

Tell Us About Israel Illegally selling U.S. Weapons Technology to The Red Chinese, jeopardizing Our Allies Japan & Taiwan.

You're Up .

William R| 11.9.10 @ 1:27PM

Ronald Reagan thought the United States should be neutral in the Middle East. I guess he's not a real conservative.

And yes, we did launch an aggressive war against Iraq. Deal with it.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 2:07PM

From one of you Lefty favorite sites for info, Wikipedia:

"Iran-Iraq
Originally neutral in the Iran–Iraq War of 1979 to 1988, the Reagan administration began supporting Iraq because an Iranian victory would not serve the interests of the United States.[11] In 1983, Reagan issued a National Security Decision Directive memo, which called for heightened regional military cooperation to defend oil facilities, measures to improve U.S. military capabilities in the Persian Gulf, directed the secretaries of state and defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to take appropriate measures to respond to tensions in the area."

And yes you little nerd it was an aggressive war, duh.

That's not what I said. I said anyone who refers to our country as "The Aggressor" is a traitor.

Snake.

William R| 11.9.10 @ 2:21PM

The Reagan administration provided assistance to both Iraq and Iran. The only time we sent troops to the Middle East was in Lebanon. After 241 Marines were killed by a suicide bomber Reagan pulled the troops out and later said putting them there in the first place was a horrible blunder. In his memoirs he wrote that if the United States had a policy of neutrality in the Middle East those marines would still be alive. And yes you skank, we did launch an aggressive war against Iraq. A country that was no threat to the United States.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 3:03PM

Ever notice how Jew haters like using the word skank?

Sounds like a stinking skunk. Like a Jew hater.
P.U.

William R| 11.9.10 @ 4:27PM

Margie, you're right on schedule. All you do is call people that disagree with you traitors and Jew haters. You are truly reprehensible.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 4:35PM

Liar. I speak the truth.
Everyone knows you hate the Jews, William R.

And I notice what you call people who disagree with you!
Creep.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 6:17PM

I Call You A Joisey White Trash Bigot, Apocalyptic Fanatic Crank Lady Victor-Margie The Anti-Catholic, Anti-Everybody Whose Religion Doesn't Asskiss Your Religious & Political Agenda.

Now tell All The Practicing Jews & Muslims Where You Say They Go When They Die.

You Hypocrite Fraud Bigot Broad.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 5:25PM

Oh Look !
A Anti-Catholic pocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie Plays The Jew Hater Card For The Umpteenth Time.

Now,Tell all The Practicing Jews & Muslims Where You Say They Go When They Die.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 5:31PM

Shut up, pucker butt.
Go kiss Hitler's ass.
Sieg Heil!

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 5:37PM

You're Already Kissin' Bebe ,The Former Bibi's Ass, Israel Firster Fanatic Oinker
Now, Let's See Ya Make Me Shut Up Ya Anti-Catholic Fat White Trash Joisey Pig.

Oh Yeah, Tell Us Where Ya Say Practicing Jews & Mauslims Go Wheen They Die, Truth Teller Bitch.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 5:50PM

How old are you, 5 you little punk?

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 5:58PM

Contrary To You Anti-Catholic Apocalyptic Crank I Say Practicing Jews & Muslims Go To Heaven.

Where Is The Big Mouth TRUTH TELLER Apocalyptic Fanatic Victor-Margie Now ?

Hmmmmm, Big Mouth Bigot Broad ?

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 6:02PM

Everyone knows you're a Jew hater Timmy*.

And a God hater, for you reject His words, and hate Christians who are are true conservatives and back Israel.

Such a small, small man.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 6:13PM

Everybody Knows You're An Anti-Catholic Pig Who Says That Practicing Jews & Practicing Muslims Don't Go To Heaven.

I Say Practicing Jews & Muslims Go To Heaven.

You Fraudulent Hypocrite Joisey White Trash Piece Of Garbage.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 6:17PM

Hey trash can mouth:

Answer this:

Where do practicing Murderers go?

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 6:21PM

You Say Practicing Jews & Muslims Go Where Practicing Murderers Go.

You're A Hypocrite Fraud Bigoted White Trash Pig From Joisey

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 6:25PM

Nope. I never said those things. It's on you to prove that I did. Go to the archives and repost. Not only are you a liar and slanderer but you are all of the things you accuse me of being. And actually, Tim* ~ YOU are anti-Catholic. Because I am sure that your Religion does not approve of you.

Does this describe you, Tim*?

"And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct. They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God's decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them but approve those who practice them." Rom. 1:28-32.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 6:38PM

Ha,Ha,Ha

The FANATIC BIGOT Victor-Margie TRUTH TELLER Is Now Mute About Her Belief That Practicing Jews & Muslims Don't Go To Heaven.

Where Do they Go Then TRUTH TELLER ?

Hmmmmmmm, Bigot Pig ?

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 6:43PM

Well there it is.
You accuse, you prove.
You cannot because you're a liar and you know it.
Now you are reduced to nothingness.
I pity you.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 6:52PM

Like A Caught Criminal The Fraud Hypocrite Truth Teller Fanatic Bigoted Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie Wants Her Lawyer.

You're Not So Truth Teller Bigoted Now !

Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha !

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 6:56PM

You really are insane.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 7:04PM

The Big Yellow Bus Psychotic Fanatic Apocalyptic Margie Calls The Lemon Pie Yellow .

You're A Nasty Ass Psychotic Fanatic Religious-Political NutBag , Who Can't Handle The Truth About Yourself.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 7:08PM

You're really projecting again, Timmy*
Well done.

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 7:20PM

You're Really Psychotic Again Fanatic Religious Nutcase Victor-Margie.
See A Therapist.

Poorly Played.

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 10:06PM

Come on you little slob,

Where's your proof, eh scumbag?

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 10:25PM

You're The Proof Apocalyptic Fanatic White Trash Joisey Bigot Victor-Margie.
You Won't Answer The Question, Because You Don't Want Practicing Jews & Muslims To Read What You've Danced Around All Night & Have Alluded To Repeatedly On Other Occasions, That Your Personal Religion Of Margie Says Those Practicing Jews & Muslims Don't Go To Heaven.

You're A Deceitful Hypocritical Fraud Of A Christian ,Who Is trapped By Your Own Personal Bigoted Nasty Form Of Religion

Margie| 11.10.10 @ 1:53PM

You're a filthy anti-semite who hates the Jews and Bible believing Christians who don't agree with your despicable manner of being.

You're a blatant liar who posts under numerous screen names in the regular's names here in order to try and set us against each other.

Like I said, scumbag~

God is watching you.

RCV| 11.10.10 @ 2:39PM

Why does Timmie capitalize each word?

JP| 11.9.10 @ 3:28PM

Actually, the Soviet Union armed and financed the Iraqi Army. If you never noticed, the Iraqi's used SCUD Missles, T-82 tanks, Ak-47, Russian made RPGs, MIG fighters, HIND helicopters, as well as Soviet uniforms, boots, and ammo. Iraqi officers attened the famous Frunze Military Academy in Moscow; thier organizational structure was based on the Soviet model; and thier tactics were drawn from Soviet Doctrine.

From 1979-1983, Iraq made a killing on oil exports, and used thier large profits to finance their war with Iran.

The US provided the Iraqis very little in the way of military hardware.

Occam's Tool| 11.9.10 @ 2:13PM

RR was not neutral in the Middle East. He was a strong friend of Israel.

As for Iraq, which aggressive war? The first one, in which we fought for the liberation of an ally? Or the second one, in which we resorted to war after a Presidential assassination attempt and repeated violations of UN resolutions?

William R| 11.9.10 @ 2:23PM

Reagan’s wisdom on the Middle East: Leave

http://orangepunch.ocregister......leave/619/

Tim*| 11.9.10 @ 5:32PM

"Now that Rand Paul has won the primary race in Kentucky for the republican nomination, an onslaught from the left, and frankly some of the establishment from the republican side have come to attack the man for his convictions and stances which are conservative and libertarian leaning.

Mark Levin has heard quite enough of the attacks. Frankly, these kinds of attacks I’m seeing against Rand Paul, are the kinds I’ve seen against Sarah Palin and now Nikki Haley. This should be fair warning to conservatives and those of the tea party movement that liberals, democrats, and those in the beltway are threatened by our movement. I wrote much about this in a post I did last week.
Mark Levin explains that the constitution does not state that children born by illegals should be US citizens. Levin points out that tourists and diplomats’ children are born in the US are not citizens, yet illegals who knowingly break the law nonsensically have this right bestowed to their child. Levin berates those who criticize Paul, for rightfully interpreting the constitution."
May 29,2010.

Al Adab| 11.9.10 @ 1:02PM

The Conservative Movement is home to the American political philosophical tradition today. Nothing on The Left providing a basis for Statism comes close to the intellectual tradition of Conservatism.

Our required reading list should include:
God and Man at Yale - Buckley
The Conservative Mind - Kirk
Conscience of a Conservative - Goldwater (Bozell)
Defense of the Constitutions - John Adams
Federalist - to state the obvious
Anything by Thomas Sowell
Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
...and many more. Without a founding in practical political theory self-government is at risk.

Occam's Tool| 11.9.10 @ 2:15PM

Don't forget The Bible.

Al Adab| 11.9.10 @ 3:33PM

More than obvious in my omission as our rights come from our Creator not our governments. . Add also Road to Serfdom - Hayek

Margie| 11.9.10 @ 1:07PM

GW's on with Rush right now!

LOL Rush just asked him how many times a day does he hear people tell him they miss him?

William R| 11.9.10 @ 1:29PM

George Bush doubled the national debt and increased the size of government as much as LBJ. Launched two unnecessary wars yet Limbaugh still defends him. So much for Rush being a true conservative.

loulou| 11.9.10 @ 1:43PM

William R: calm down. You're spiraling out of control. Do you get paid by the word?

Ted R.| 11.9.10 @ 3:43PM

As a staunch Liberal, I have to say that I just can't get over how you Cons think your views represent those of real Americans. Sure, we lost big this last election, but that is only because of the economy, and the expertise the GOP has in playing the Fear and Anger card. They have really got the majority of Independents duped. For now.

Conservatives were lucky this past election. But your time is running out, and in your heart you know it. America's Liberal future, like the Obama Era, has only just BEGUN.

Al Adab| 11.9.10 @ 3:58PM

TED,
Interesting comment. Can you list for us the tenents of Liberals which represent "real Americans"? If one understands Liberalism in the classic Lockeian sense you may have a point. Your list would be instructive. If on the other hand you make a case for central planning and redistribution as a means to "social justice" then I think not.

Ryan| 11.9.10 @ 4:14PM

I think that the left has been saying that for well over a century.

LeoInTheWoods| 11.9.10 @ 4:01PM

I find it interesting that De Toucqueville and Levin are foreign born and educated. Are we too close to see this stuff without an outsiders (or, in Mark's case, naturalized) view?

dadfly| 11.9.10 @ 6:13PM

mark levin is a national treasure.

RCV| 11.10.10 @ 2:37PM

He's a blathering idiot. THERE, I'VE SAID IT! THAT'S RIGHT!

nydivide | 11.9.10 @ 6:15PM

This book shows that the so called "liberals" are not actually liberal, and that the so called "progressives" are actually regressive. It also shows that Conservatives want to maintain classical liberalism in our society and that the regressives/Democrats want to destroy it.

Negro X| 11.9.10 @ 8:11PM

Liberalism, political justice, entitlement mentality and political correctness must be eliminated, moderate republicans must be put on notice, no compromising, reaching out and any other form of appeasing the left will not be tolerated.

vtwin| 11.9.10 @ 8:25PM

so this guy singlehandedly created teabagging. weird dude!

Jamie Shafer| 11.10.10 @ 11:39PM

@LeoInTheWoods| 11.9.10 @ 4:01PM
"I find it interesting that De Toqueville and Levin are foreign born and educated." Are we too close to see this stuff without an outsiders (or, in Mark's case, naturalized) view?"
Are you mad? Yes, De Toqueville was a Frenchman who visited the US back in the 19th century, but Mark Levin a naturalized citizen? What turnip truck did you just fall out of? Obviously you have never listened to him. He is 3rd generation (at least) in this country. His grandfather and father served in the US military, and Mark was born in Philly. His views on this country were formed by his grandfather, father and his very American family. He attended Temple University in Philly all the way through because it is a college for those who haven't got the $$$ for the Ivy League. People should be sure of the true facts before opening their mouths, and in fact his education was covered in the article to which this comment thread is attached. Mark Levin is as American as you are presumably.

LibertyLooms| 11.11.10 @ 4:21PM

What's "conservative" about a federal government that is so big it goes to war without a Constitutionally required Declaration of War. Pearl Harbor caused FDR to ask Congress to declare war against Japan. Since then, the US has been in many wars, none of them declared. Levin not only fails to defend the Constitution in this regard, he supports those who throw it aside. Some "conservative."

Osamas Pajamas| 11.11.10 @ 11:58PM

What this country needs is a truly LIBERAL president and congress and judiciary! And I forgive the reader for suspecting that this must be some kind of bad joke!

But the Democrats believe in "statism" --- not "liberalism."

They benefit from the imprecise American political terminology ---- we say "the government" here in the USA ---- rather than "the state." And that's a dangerous problem. Famous brands of statism in recent centuries have been Nazism, socialism, fascism, communism, and welfare statism ---- this last is sort of a mix of fascism and socialism.

Liberalism, on the other hand, is a political philosophy of small, cheap government ---- it is a constabulary ---- and the job of a liberal government is to enforce human rights within its own jurisdiction. I speak of the unalienable and perfectly-natural and universally-valid human rights of life, liberty, private property, and the pursuit of personal happiness.

The first article of private property is "the self" and all other rights are derivatives of and flow from these cardinal rights. These rights ---- The Rights of Man ---- are the gift of nature or of nature's god ---- and they belong to all human beings, everywhere.

Show me a Democrat who subscribes to all of the above, without qualifications or weasel words. The words "liberal" and "liberalism" were hijacked by the Democrats and socialists and fascists long ago ---- and it was the mistake of conservatives and libertarians to let them get away with it.

It is long past time that liberalism be reclaimed, defined, and explained by its rightful owners ---- by the champions of freedom, i.e.: not by Democrats.

Well, how about "progressivism?" Whuzzat?! “Cancer” is “progressive,” too. Isn't “progressivism” just another statist cancer? It chews you up, piece by piece, in the name of Da Peepul? Eat Da Rich? Moral cannibalism, anyone?

Friends of freedom! Friends of peace-through-strength! And friends of prosperity! Declare yourselves to be "liberals," then ---- and kick over the bloody coffee tables --- and overthrow and trounce the Democrats in 2010 and 2012!

Osamas Pajamas| 11.11.10 @ 11:59PM

SAM ADAMS IS MORE THAN JUST A GREAT YANKEE BEER!

TAX HATER SAMUEL ADAMS, ON A ROLL AND ARMED TO THE TEETH, AUGUST, 1776……

"You darkeners of counsel, who would make the property, lives and religion of millions depend on the evasive interpretations of musty parchments; who would send us to antiquated charters of uncertain and contradictory meaning, to prove that the present generation are not bound to be victims to cruel and unforgiving despotism, tell us whether our pious and generous ancestors bequeathed to us the miserable privilege of having the rewards of our honesty, industry, the fruits of those fields which they purchased and bled for, wrested from us at the will of men over whom we have no check.

"Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, What should be the reward of such sacrifices? Bid us and our posterity bow the knee, and supplicate the friendship, and plough, and sow, and reap, to glut the avarice of the men who have let loose on us the dogs of war to riot in our blood and hunt us from the face of the earth? If you love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom – go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.

“Courage, then, my countrymen, our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty. Dismissing, therefore, the justice of our cause, as incontestable, the only question is, What is best for us to pursue in our present circumstances?”

“It does not take a majority to prevail….but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”

“Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.”

“The Constitution shall never be construed… to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”

Osamas Pajamas| 11.12.10 @ 12:00AM

The Democrats have this "enemies list" --- denominated in epithets aimed at the people whose wallets they wish to hijack and take up residence inside. You can be a “Racist!” and you can be a “Homophobe!” and you can be a “Teabagger!” --- a homosexual man taking his partner’s scrotum into his mouth. You can be “Selfish!” and you can be a “Wacko!” and you can be a “Hick!” and you can be a “Rube!” You can be a “Right-wing-nut!” and you can be “Mentally Ill” and you can be a “Warmonger!” and you can be "Unenlightened!" and you can be a “FatCat!” and you can be a “Fascist!” --- although no one more closely approaches the precise description of “Fascist!” than the usual Demo propagandist --- either official, or self-appointed.

So all you have to do to occupy multiple epithets on the Demos’ enemies list is to insist that they take their hands off yourself, off your wallet, off your property, off your kids, off your diet, off your healthcare, off your household appliances, off your car, off your bank account, off your weapons of self-defense, off your liberty, and off your freedom of speech. Insist on all these good things - and that qualifies you to be spat upon by nasty, mean-spirited scum --- by The Friends of All Mankind --- by a gang of lying, thieving, dope-smoking, pill-popping, coke-snorting, sticky-fingered, bloodsxcking, tax-eating, gun-stealing, predatory humanitarian thugs --- by the Democrat party, in other words. No political party in the history of America more profoundly deserves absolute and outright destruction.

Osamas Pajamas| 11.12.10 @ 12:01AM

OhBummer is a b00b and a fool for attacking the American Tea Partiers. He is annoyed that they’re not grateful to him for hijacking the American healthcare system --- the greatest act of vandalism perpetrated upon the American people since a gang of jihadi frootloops and loonytoons hijacked some planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center towers, and the Pentagon, and made a failed attempt to crash into the White House and instead drilled a hole in a Pennsylvania farm thanks to some very courageous American passengers.

And --- now widely seen for what he is --- the president presents a problem for the Democrat-captured media. They pump out his propaganda for him --- and, like the opinion monitors in Ayn Rand’s novel, “Atlas Shrugged” --- they are dodging brickbats and rotten vegetables.

He’s pompous, pampered, and pretentious --- a pseudo-intellectual fop. He’s a glorified, smooth-lyin’ dandy, and slicker than Sick Willie Clinton. He’s a dictator-on-the-make, a bloodsxcking, predatory humanitarian thug, and a low-down skunk.

He’s a fraud and a swindler. He lies when he inhales and he lies when he exhales; his oxygen is the falsification of reality. He lies, placidly and laconically, as if deception were a soporific drug.

He’s a friend of the poor and the downtrodden --- indeed, you can hear the milk of human kindness sloshing around inside of him when he walks.

He declares himself the post-racial leader --- “Let me be clear!” he intones --- and he hides behind his race, daring his critics to put their reputation for fairness at risk.

He pauses to ponder the portent of his propaganda --- and it is fakery; he smiles and his mendacity comes shining through. Shake hands with Barak Hushpuppy OhBummer --- “The Mistake of ‘08” --- the illegal alien squatter in the White House --- and America’s first and last Arab president. Now count your fingers.

Osamas Pajamas| 11.12.10 @ 12:03AM

The Democrats know nothing about economics. They're America's "know-nothing" political party.

Their recipe for fried chicken begins, "First, you steal a chicken." They're not into production --- they're into "redistribution."

It's very simple. You do the work and they'll take your money and property.

It's now time for the privately-employed taxpayers of America to make things very complicated for the tax-eating ruling class.

Overthrow them!

First try the ballot box --- and see if they steal the elections, as they have done often and for decades --- and if they do, escalate to the Second American Revolution.

http://mises.org/books/whathasgovernmentdone.pdf

http://mises.org/rothbard/agd.pdf

o rigoli| 11.13.10 @ 11:22AM

we should look inside our party to improve not what kind of party is going wrong with our neighbors. tax cuts that are not affordable with out true and real federal cutback is once again a way to get the little guy to help the big guy.

uncleFred| 12.9.10 @ 12:57PM

I own a copy. It's a nice presentation of conservative thought and the thoughts of the founders of this nation. It's well written and approachable. In that sense it is an excellent book.

To credit this book with the creation of the Tea Party movement is more than a little over the top.
That this premise can even be offered says more about the failure of public education than the actual roots of the Tea Party. Roots which have firmly part of conservative thought since the ratification of the constitution.

It's a good book to give someone who's never actually read the constitution and the federalist papers. Thats about it.

Books don't change a nation. People change a nation. The people who have risen to the defense of this country and its constitution, rose before this book hit the stands, and would have risen anyway. They already understood the ideas and ideals upon which this nation stands, you do them an injustice to claim this book was their motivation.

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