The Conservatives don't disappoint
Posted by Ryan W. McMaken at April 22, 2009 10:48 PM
I received some of the highest volume of email ever from
my
article on Conservatives from Monday.
What most surprised me was how many libertarians there are out there who
haven’t fallen for the Conservative charade.
The Conservatives who wrote me, on the other hand, proved themselves to
be impervious to facts again and again, and indeed proved that my article
did not create a caricature of Conservatives.
This comment (from someone in North Carolina who wouldn’t give his name)
was typical:
“I assume YOU FULLY AGREE with everything the Democrat party preaches -
just continue to learn what to think instead of how to think.”
Yup, Bubba, I’m a Democrat. I’m just a really confused one since I’ve
spent the last nine years writing for an "anti-state,"
"pro-market" web site.
And then there were all the Conservatives who were trying to rationalize
and defend Bush’s massive deficits and endless spending of taxpayer
money. They sent me charts and graphs, and other “proof” that Bush was
really a budget slasher. You can’t make this stuff up.
And there was the obscenity. Apparently, the favorite “argument” employed
by Conservatives is the word “bulls**t.” Followed by nothing. Wow. You
decimated my argument!
All I can say in response to the Conservatives (well, to those who are
smarter than the “you’re a Democrat” geniuses):
Prove me wrong. Refuse to support any candidate who doesn’t have a well
established record of slashing government spending. (All spending, not
just the spending that doesn’t go to your favorite special interests like
the Pentagon.) I’ll make it simple for you: Only support Candidates who
pledge to act like Ron Paul.
Then maybe just maybe your claim that you’re all a bunch of principled
opponents of big government might have the tiniest bit of credibility.
But I won’t hold my breath.
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