alle, since you asked, just a few excerpts:
Having failed to meet the exacting standards of the “true conservatives” within the GOP…
So, anybody who doesn’t like McCain, and won’t vote for McCain is now a “true conservative”, a term that you created and use as an invective. And use. And use. And use. And use.
Having failed to meet the exacting standards of the “true conservatives” within the GOP, these two are the latest heretics and infidels to be identified as “Republican In Name Only.”
If I hold to my principles then I’m derided as a “true conservative”. Presumably, you have some religious convictions, what with The Anchoress and all. Do you have any principles that are irresolute? Oh, yeah, you can hold to yours, that’s ok because I’d never call you a “true Catholic”. I’d never put “scare quotes” around your belief system. It would never occur to me that your beliefs are simply a matter of convenience.
For them there is only one answer, one way to separate the RINOs from the CINOs, the corrupt “establishment” from the incorruptible TCs, and to allow the Talk Radio True Conservatives to save face: secession.
Now we’re getting to it. It’s all about the Talk Radio. Got a problem with the Talk Radio hosts and the people who listen to Talk Radio do you?
See if you can ID the arrogance, condescension and derision:
Yes, it is entirely possible that the purist TCs, forming their True Conservative Party with their impeccably conservative candidate, will someday be courting the CINOs and other filthy moderates for their votes, and relying on the very open-mindedness, pragmatism, and flexibility they currently abhor, to bring about the Great Conservative Nirvana that they seek.
That’s right, you’re a saint. The very model of “open-minded” and “flexible”, at least with everybody who agrees with you. Maybe it’s a good thing to not have a solid belief system. What say we scrap the “Pro-Life” portion of the platform? C’mon! We’re all pragmatists here! What’s 20 or 30 million more dead babies? Think of the moderates that would fill the tent! Yeah, I thought not. Your definition of compromise is me capitulating to your point of view.
It wasn’t about whether or not you should vote for John McCain…it was about the extreme intemperance of the far-right
So, anybody who disagrees with you is “intemperate”? And not just intemperate but extremely intemperate?
