Saturday, September 26, 2009

You Have Not Thought This Through

Think Progress tells the story of what happens when a fake conservative like Michelle Bachmann invites a real small-government, limited-intervention conservative like Ron Paul to appear with her:

As Paul spoke passionately about ending all military operations and keeping government out of people’s “lifestyles,” a lone heckler began to shout, “Tell her!” Bachmann remained serene, hands folded in her lap, facing Paul. Bringing up Obama’s announcement that Iran had secret underground nuclear facilities, Paul announced that he had had enough of “fear-mongering” for the sake of the “military-industrial complex.” Bachmann, who once advocated nuking Iran, kept her eyes trained on Paul as her heckler repeated, “Tell her! Tell Michele! Tell her!”

I've noted before that Ron Paul was the only "conservative" running for President last year who actually espoused any real conservative principles, and the other "conservatives" (who were really Daddy-state authoritarians masquerading as conservatives) treated him like a lunatic. I suppose Crazy Shelly Bachmann, who really is a lunatic, figured she and Paul would be kindred spirits.

Look how wrong you can be.

4 comments:

Charlieopera said...

Dusty wrote: "I've noted before that Ron Paul was the only "conservative" running for President last year who actually espoused any real conservative principles, and the other "conservatives" (who were really Daddy-state authoritarians masquerading as conservatives) treated him like a lunatic."

Interesting. I’ve noted before that Dennis Kucinich was the only real “liberal” running for President who actually espoused any real liberal principles, and the other “liberals” (who were really Republicans in drag) treated him like a lunatic (including Obama who joined in laughing Kucinich off the stage more than once).

JD Rhoades said...

True.

Charlieopera said...

My man, we agree!

Name your drink. I'm buying!

John McFetridge said...

Just for the record, no one in the world votes for the "real" thing in the majority. In most countries guys like Paul and Kucinich would lead a third and/or fourth party and whichever way the political wind was blowing would be enough for them to have a say in a coalition or minority government.

Still, you guys enjoy the drinks, I'd buy a round if I was near enough.