The American Spectator

SoCon| 3.19.10 @ 1:34PM

Uh oh. You're going to make Liberal Reader cry if you call him a "Fascist Liberal!" That really gets his tights in a twist. Haha.

Dan| 3.19.10 @ 2:36PM

Gosh, imagine if the right had been arguing against the bill along these lines all along - instead of screeching about death panels, government takeovers and pulling the plug on grandma. As it stands, both supporters of the president AND loyal opposition reside on the left. The right is marginalized because it doesn't offer honest, substantive criticisms.

Note also the left's willingness to criticize a Democratic president's policies while it matters instead of sullenly mumbling about it long after the pooch has been well and truly screwed.

Really Quin, this short little blog post perfectly encapsulates why Republicans are discredited and why the right is intellectually bankrupt. Well done.

Missy| 3.19.10 @ 7:53PM

"Death Panels" are definitely part of ObamaCare--it's just rationing of medical care. Only corruption laden, morally bankrupt liberals try to deny it. We will defeat you monsters.

The American people will destroy ObamaCare--"Death Panel" it, if you will.

Democrats need to be "Death Paneled" on November 2, 2010--big time.

tonypal| 3.19.10 @ 3:42PM

Dan, leftist delusions, such as the ones on display in your post, are always entertaining. My favorite is " Note also the left's willingness to criticize a Democratic president's policies while it matters instead of sullenly mumbling about it long after the pooch has been well and truly screwed. "

Where are all these statesmen on the left Dan going after Obama? Firedoglake hardly qualifies. On issue after issue, be it healthcare, cap and trade, spending, etc., the entire American left has fallen in line behind the chosen one. Now I know you probably think these are all good things to support, but when the s**t hits the fan, I doubt that you'll be able to identify prominent leftists who spoke out in opposition to O's policies.

I also love your "right is intellectually bankrupt" comment. Give us your evidence. You can go to any number of conservative websites - the Heritage Foundation comes to mind - to read a laundry list of conservative policy positions. Of course, you might have to use the thinking part of your brain, but I have high hopes for you.

Dan| 3.19.10 @ 9:22PM

I'm not sure why you are so dismissive of FDL; it's one of the biggest liberal blogs out there. Glenn Greenwald has launched blistering criticism of Obama on civil liberties and human rights. Corrente has been a pretty consistently skeptical voice coming at Obama from the left as well. It isn't hard to find that kind of commentary and activism.

I don't recall ANY commentary from here, NRO, Weekly Standard or elsewhere questioning the Bush Administration's rush to war in Iraq at the time. Feel free to correct me with links if you can find them. I honestly don't think anyone who has paid attention can miss the difference. The left is much better at criticizing its leaders than the right.

Dan| 3.19.10 @ 9:24PM

As for the pols, I don't recall an equivalent to the Progressive Caucus that opposed Iraq and had to be whipped, cajoled and otherwise persuaded to come along. The closest the GOP has is Ron Paul, and for all the devotion of his followers he remains a very minor player in the party.

Here's why the right is intellectually bankrupt: It has offered precisely one non-lunatic major policy proposal - Paul Ryan's budget - which the GOP leadership sprinted from, raises taxes on 90% of Americans and (continued on next comment)

Dan| 3.19.10 @ 9:24PM

won't even balance the budget in his distant projections. Everything else has been fearmongering or wishful thinking. That's intellectual bankruptcy in my book.

Nobama| 3.20.10 @ 1:11AM

Forget intellectual bankruptcy as you liberal morons stupidly grin while Obama and his Marxist minions in congress spend more trillions of dollars that will force our country into REAL BANKRUPTCY!

That is MORAL BANKRUPTCY. Democrats are dirt, pure and simple--and your corrupt policies are a threat to our freedom.

Rich Rostrom| 3.19.10 @ 7:50PM

"... domination of government by private corporate players who use it to suppress competition and secure their profits — the textbook definition of fascism. "

Wrong, and the Spectator should not be quoting this with approval. Fascism is the consolidation of all activity under the state, including business corporations, labor unions, civic groups, education, recreations, hobbies - everything. Mussolini used "corporations" in the Italian meaning to cover all forms of private organization. It is favorite lie by the Left to claim he meant only business, and to imply business was to control the state, and not vice versa.

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