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October 18, 2008 at 10:13:07

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"Radical conservatives in this country have an interesting time of it, for when they are not being suppressed or mutilated by Liberals, they are being ignored or humiliated by a great many of those of the well-fed Right, whose ignorance and amorality have never been exaggerated for the same reason that one cannot exaggerate infinity."

Fast-forward half a century, and the old is the new.

Radical conservatives are still having an interesting time of it, though these days they are being mutilated by fellow "conservatives." The well-fed Right now cultivates ignorance as a political strategy and humiliates itself when its brightest sons seek sanctuary in the solitude of personal honor.

The truth few wish to utter is that the GOP has abandoned many conservatives, who mostly nurse their angst in private. Those chickens we keep hearing about have indeed come home to roost. Years of pandering to the extreme wing -- the "kooks" the senior Buckley tried to separate from the right -- have created a party no longer attentive to its principles.

So today Buckley's worst fears have be realized. The Republican Party has been taken over by the "kooks." Their crazy chickens will come home to roost on Nov. 4th --  but it won't end there. Because, as the German people discovered  70-years ago, kooks are never more determined, or more dangerous, than when they feel cornered.


You need no further proof than to watch and listen to the video of  Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.

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This is the same women that practically pushed ... by Mr M on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:11:35 AM
I agree by Stephen Pizzo on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:30:50 AM
McCarthy's Heir? by Diane Vandermast on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:04:08 PM
A couple things we can all do about this by Cheryl Abraham on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:08:05 PM
Cheyrl by virginius "gin" arnold on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 6:54:18 PM
She's inspiring by Rob Kall on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:09:12 PM
Thanks for the link by August Adams on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 3:29:29 PM
bottom line... by shirley reese on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:21:36 PM
Whoever tries whatever - no one is as powerful at McCarthy by Margaret Bassett on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:27:11 PM
Great Rob! by Cheryl Abraham on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:30:00 PM
She is a wind-up doll by Maxwell on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:57:14 PM
You are truly clueless by Bruce Cain on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 4:06:46 PM
Oy vey by Glenn Goldman on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:19:29 PM
Almost all in the government are Un-American traitors by arlen custer on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:25:21 PM
The people who wrap themselves in the flag, by Stanimal on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:29:23 PM
Wrap themselves by Archie on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 6:45:03 PM
I'm Un-American because I'm not a fool. by John Hanks on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 at 7:25:37 PM
Blame by Kellis R. Solomon on Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 at 1:19:34 AM
I agree by jeff prager on Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 at 3:30:15 AM
She's wonderful!!!! by David C Beach on Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 at 7:00:50 AM
wonderful? by Archie on Monday, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:38:33 PM

 
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