Nixon said he represented the silent majority and publicly disdained elistists and the intellectual crowd. So my point was it is difficult to claim you are against the anti-intellectuals in today’s GOP while praising Nixon who continuing with Goldwater’s campaign with modifications was the one who helped start the GOP’s campaign against “intellectuals.”

Thank you. I just spent a beautiful weekend with Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Brothers, Sisters and Lay People – and I won’t mention what the Holy Father gave to us – but your timing couldn’t have been more perfect.

Thanks

“Tim Hays
October 15th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
I do want Ed1 somewhere in our loop, next year.”

I hope you are still planning on inviting jiminy.

I hope you are still planning on inviting jiminy.

First, thank you for understanding my pain. That is, the Dodgers losing.

Truth is: the candidate whose advisors would have been best was. ..Mrs. Clinton.

They’ll throw me out of the Republican Party for saying that. And I’ve been a member for 35 years.

Bush screwed us. I voted for him twice. Kill me. What a stupid human. He should be charged with treason. Along with the fools who enabled him. Republican loyalty goes only so far.

I love Chris Buckley.

The old Reaganite,me—
Tim

And yes, the Dodgers like the Yankees are done. I am hoping the Red Sox are out tomorrow as well.

My Dodgers are losing, so I am here back on the blogs.

Yes: I am full of contradictory statements, and you, my friend, have a great memory.

I DID applaud Nixon/Agnew, undoubtedly the romantic in me speaking.

I DID—and DO—disdain the “anti-intellectuals.” For the record: I hate them. Well, not “hate.” I don’t “hate” anybody. Except radical extremists abroad.

But those who are anti-intellectual cause great destruction in our country.

So far as my Republican Party is concerned: last week, George Will (in the Post) and David Brooks (in The Times) spoke for me. I couldn’t have put it any better.

This is not the best year for a Republican to be elected president. In fact, McCain winning might end the Republican Party as we know it. Though I love and admire him.

I apologize for this, but George W. Bush was an idiot. Still is. I am ashamed for his presidency, over the past three years, as a lifelong Republican.

Read my lips: “No NEW Texans!”

I am a Romney Republican. Kill me, should you wish.

I hope only for the greater good of our nation.

Any Democrats done better?

Tim, I am not sure what your argument is. In general, you post a lot of conflicting statements. In another post, you bemoan the anti-illectual sentiment within the Republican Party yet at the same time you repeatedly on this blog have praised Nixon/Agnew and denounce 60’s radicals. Nixon, started the anti-illectual trend in the GOP and if anything cost us a lot of fairly succesful baby boomers’ votes to this day.

If Democrats win the Presidency and expand their House and Senate majorities (hopefully, Republicans turn it around), you can look forward to a liberal renaissance for at least a few decades. If you think Obama is better for the country give him your vote but if you think McCain would be a better President than vote for him. To use McCain’s silly campaign slogan, “put country first” and not worry about the future of the GOP (which I believe you are wrong on). I happen to believe McCain would be better than Obama and if nothing else will at least temper the inclinations of a very Democratic Congress.

The market is cyclical. It will pick up and Democrats will get credit for it, despite doing very little. Remember Clinton in the early 1990’s.

If my Republican ticket is elected this year, it might spell the end of the GOP for twenty years. The next four years are going to be a disaster, and we have no Richard Nixon or Ronald Reagan to save us. Or even a Bill Clinton, the next best thing to an elected Republican president.

Disclosure: I LOVE John McCain. Admire him to the hilt. I WANT him to be president. John McCain DESERVES to be president. In other times, say, eight years ago, over that fool Bush. (I have never liked him.)

Do we, as Republicans, want our next president to preside over a 5,000 DOW?

Little Bush is about to go down with (James) Buchanan and (Herbert) Hoover as one of the worst presidents in history. He has been a public relations DISASTER for us Republicans the past three years.

When I was twelve, in Los Angeles, in 1966, the great RWR initiated his famous “Eleventh Commandment.” It had purpose at the time. Now, weak, thin-skinned Republicans use it as an excuse to avoid criticism. What BS.

Just some food for thought.

In the words of Lyndon Johnson, as savvy a politician as ever lived: “It’s better to be on the outside of the tent, pissing in, than (vice versa).”

Think of that in November.

May God save us in America.

I don’t think anyone blames Charlie Black for Dole losing.

I don’t think anyone in the campaign is responsible for McCain picking Palin other than McCain himself. It is clear that McCain’s campaign and any independent politico felt that McCain had to do something with his VP selection to excite people and MCCAIN decided that Palin was the right choice. If McCain didn’t want her, he wouldn’t have picked her.

In general, McCain needed a better staff but unfortunately, there is a dearth of talented political consultants in the GOP right now. Bush’s 2004 team was about as good as it gets in the GOP and I wouldn’t say they were any better than the Democrats on the other side tactically (although I would take Rove or Mehlman over Shrum).

I believe the choice currently is McCain or Obama. McCain is infinitely more qualified than Obama to run our country.

Or do you disagree?

If the campaign were Palin against Obama – I still believe Palin is more qualified.

IMHO

Buckley’s son is only notable because as he admits in his piece his last name is Buckley. I would add that Buckley’s son justification is basically Obama is more intelligent than McCain. Which is probably true but this isn’t an IQ test and I know plenty of intelligent people with wacky ideas. Just go down to Berkeley… I find it incredibly obnoxious that Buckley did what many in the msm did, tell Republicans to support McCain in the primary and then turn around and tell Republicans they aren’t supporting McCain. Buckley, really doesn’t justify his change in position other than perhaps he was planning to vote against any Republican.

The Bradley effect is an overhyped phenomenon. In only two elections involving African-Americans has it happened. In 2006, Harold Ford Jr. actually did better than exit polling in Tennesseee. If Obama is ahead in polling at the end by a substantial margin, he will be the next President.

If one who was previously planning to vote for the Presidential nominee doesn’t vote for the Presidential nominee because of the Vice Presidential nominee that is absurd. A VP does hardly anything. Palin, will get a voice in energy policy and that is it. If you were undecided before her selection that would be one thing but if you were previously planning to vote for McCain and now won’t, that is another. If you don’t like McCain or you are no longer happy with the Republican party that is one thing but to claim you are not voting for McCain (at a time when he is getting crushed in the polls) because of Palin is like only rooting for A-Rod when he is winning the MVP. It strikes one as wanting to be on the winning side.

SR, I believe Obama being African-American actually helps him more than hurts him. A lot of white people and African-Americans who would either not come out to vote or alternatively not vote Democratic (more of the latter group) are voting for him precisely because he is Black. Many whites feel better about the country’s past if we have a black man as President. This number far outweighs the limited number of people that won’t vote for Obama because of his race.

Consultant-Cheney is not a neocon but a traditional conservative who is hawkish on foreign policy. His views on foreign policy are not that different from Henry Kissinger. Cheney served in both HW’s and Ford’s administration in senior positions. In general, that is a slur that is thrown around way too often and typically inaccurately.

I did read Chris’s DailyBeast column and his resignation.

I also agree with you that it is the economy that will be driving the race and, hold your breath, I do not think the Bradley Effect is going to be that big.

But I still like Sarah.

The GOP has had to walk a very fine line this year and it is hurting McCain. The very campaign strategy that defeated McCain in 2000 they are trying to employ now with bogus whisper campaigns and racial tones but it doesn’t seem to be working.