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Empty Suit 3

John Cole on “Conservatives”:

I am now completely convinced that there is no such thing as “conservative” principles. It is a joke, an empty suit- it means whatever you want it to mean, and right now it means double Gitmo, permanent war, hating on liberals, and tax cuts forever. I guess, in that light, Mitt is the true “conservative,” as he has shown himself willing to do whatever and pay whatever it takes to win the nomination. I simply can not believe that the folks who cheerleaded the Bush administration and who are not even flinching about the new 700 billion dollar military budget have the balls to pretend to be conservative, but, hey, it is their party. I hope they keep wrecking it.

But when folks say “conservative,” and they will say it seriously as if it means something, no doubt also invoking the “mantle of Reagan,” just laugh at them. They might as well be talking about phlogiston. Whatever conservative used to mean, if anything, it no longer does.

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3 comments

  1. Opie

    February 5, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    Do you honestly believe this Frank?

     
  2. Bill

    February 6, 2008 at 4:49 pm

    “…Mitt is the true “conservative,” as he has shown himself willing to do whatever and pay whatever it takes to win the nomination…”

    And Hillary isn’t? Give me a break…

     
  3. Ray

    February 7, 2008 at 11:56 pm

    Frank when I lived in texas I meet hundreds of hardworking people who earned 200 dollars a week or less and lived in trailer parks, but swore they were conservatives.

    Frank, when I lived in west texas I meet virtually an entire town that worked hard for $200 or less yet they swore the were conservatives. Hell they should have all been Marxists.