Great article in the NY Post.
Personally, I liked having around the Frums and the Meghan McCains — they add different opinions to the conversation and the last thing we need is an echo chamber — but what I don’t like is when they get all uppity and think they’re the “real conservatives.” They are and always will be the freak conservatives. Say it with me: Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeak! If you’re going to call yourself a conservative, then don’t act so flustered by mainstream conservative opinion. That just makes you seem dimwitted.
I’m not sure why we even need to acknowledge them as conservatives. They aren’t.
I can stand here and tell you I am a pro football player (which is true, by the way – wink) when I’m slow and out of shape, and not on a team. I can talk some of the talk and hang out at the stadium and insist that others consider me a pro football player, but it’s all a bunch of crap unless I’m really on a team. Similarly for Frum, Brooks, Noonan, et al. They can write their little articles and name-drop some conservative names and pretend to be conservatives, but it’s all a bunch of crap.
They are free to express their opinions. They are entitled to publish their opinions if they find a willing publisher. They can offer advice to conservatives and the GOP, which we may choose to heed or disregard. But to insert themselves into conservatism and claim that label for themselves because they wrote an interesting column 20 years ago doesn’t cut it.
These FREEEEEAKS would no doubt be offended by the “I Hope He Fails” threads, and would oppose weaponizing large prehistoric reptiles. Hence, I have no use for them.
I think I’d rather engage a Libertarian in conversation than a closet-liberal “moderate” Republican.
Can I be the Conservative Hating Conservative Hater?
That could be taken wrong. I strongly dislike and sometimes wish to use physical force against the CHCs.
I’d like to be the official IMAO RINO Hunter!
LOL, it always strikes me as amazing, when a media whore like frum, mccain, or mccain’s off spring say they are conservative. That is like teddy saying he doesn’t drink, or barney saying he isn’t a purple dinosaur pole smoker, or that one saying he is intellegent, or harry reid saying he is pro-America. It just ain’t so.
Ussjimmycarter’s eyesight is SO good that he can spot a RINO from clear across the country! You are our true grand McRino slayer! (But you’ll have to give up Secretary of No Buggerin’ in the Obama administration.)
McCain’s daughter is true RINO, Jimmy! And I will need my biggest RINO gun to bring’er down ma’ boy! At least she told us all on the view to “Kiss My Fat Ass!”…
Amen #6, I am sick to death of RINOs claiming to be “conservative.” It’s like being “a little bit pregnant.” You either are, or you aren’t.
#8 USSjc —
Target accuired, range 1250, 2 clicks left, 1 click down, wind from the west at 3 knots. 3 second travel.
There’s already a name for folks like Frum and McCain’s spawn: “liberal”
We sure as hell don’t need political advice from the Paris Hilton Wing of the Republican Party.
And I’d like to join the Official IMAO Rino Hunt as well. 🙂
Also Missy McCain Junior kind of acted like “oh gee I’m so hot I can not find everyone and they all just want to date my dad anyway”….I guess if you only hang out where there are a bunch of plastic fruits you should not be surprised when eating is a challenge. I mean her father was a bit of a self promoter in the shameless mode of Teddy Roosevelt. Moo.
As always the comments are better than the posts on IMAO!
While I realize I’ve said this before, and I’m sure frequent posters are getting really tired of me saying it so, I’m sorry (ahead of time) “when are we going to learn how to play nice together. Until we do we are going to be playing catch up. The Left may not like each other but they are willing to work together to get in charge.
Sean, that’s a beautiful sentiment, but the leaders, on the most part, of this party are merely Democrats who marked the wrong box when registering to vote. Unity is important, but unity under compromised principles is useless. A man cannot serve two masters. They can’t register Republican, then act, talk, vote and generally represent Democrat. Period. As a woman of strong principles, I would think that concept would be right in your wheelhouse.
Unless you were talking bout RINOs causing the disunity and division, then you’re spot on and can disregard the above comment.