Comments on: Dear Conservatives: Pick Your Fights

By: s

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:49:16 +0000

Okay…. what is the other side. What did you like about Bush and the things he did.

By: Dave B

Dave B — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:47:38 +0000

Maha/S: I’ve been on both sides and there is no comparison. Political commentary is more conservative because of talk radio and Fox but that is a result of trying to equalize all the other media combined and in general liberal talk shows can’t make it because of the lack of listeners. I think this is the result of conservatives looking for affirmation of their views wherever they can find it where more liberal perspectives are affirmed every day, everywhere, so you’re not looking for a port in a storm. Nine out of ten journalists, nine out of ten editorial writers, newspaper writers, college professors and so on are on the left. It is so much a part of the “natural scenery” so to speak that I think you’re not seeing it from the other side. President Elect Obama is going to need everyone’s support. I, for one, don’t want the right to do to him what the left did to Bush because its bad for all of us and our country.

By: Pat Pattillo

Pat Pattillo — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:42:30 +0000

Conservatives are quite happy with “everything is a scandal”. If they can make just a little headway with this by making any of it stick they can say “See, we are no worse than them.”

They even telegraph their intent. False accusations of voter fraud belie the voter fraud of their own. They make certain that the other side is first accused of what they themselves are contemplating doing. They have elevated this to a finely honed strategy.

By: joanr16

joanr16 — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:03:50 +0000

Oh, give me a break. Y’all on the left have fought almost every single thing that Bush did and/or wanted to do. Name something you supported him on. Name something he was not attacked for.

Mr. Teach, neither you nor your sad hero, the worst president in American history, deserve a break. So you’re not going to get one.

You tell us one real, true thing that Bush did that wasn’t destructive (and likely criminal as well). OK, he signed the “Do Not Call” list into law.

Everything else was an utter failure, and still you support him. That says nothing about us. It says everything about you. When are you going to learn that no one– not even most Republicans anymore– care what you bitter-enders think? The reason for that is simple. Everything you think is wrong.

By: s

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:50:40 +0000

DaveB I am surprised that the conservative perspective is that their view is not given in the media, unless you do not equate conservative with republicans. It was my understanding that the republicans changed the laws so that they could have a monopoly on news in some areas. I should add, I also heard Bush changed the law so that his daughters will decide what information is given to the public.

By: William Teach

William Teach — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:50:16 +0000

Oh, give me a break. Y’all on the left have fought almost every single thing that Bush did and/or wanted to do. Name something you supported him on. Name something he was not attacked for.

Y’all didn’t pick your fights. Everything was a fight, generally degenerating into personal smears.

By: maha

maha — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:19:25 +0000

Dave B — Dude, until this year media, especially political news and commentary, has been overwhelmingly dominated by conservatives. I used to joke that if the cable politics shows ever invited a real liberal on a program and let him finish just one sentence before he was shouted down, I could die happy. (Most of the people on television who are supposed to represent liberalism are not real liberals; they just play the role on TV.) This year I still think McCain caught more breaks than he deserved, but it’s not as blatantly one-sided as it used to be.

By: Dave B

Dave B — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:34:02 +0000

Maha: I consider myself a conservative and I voted for McCain but I’ve got to tell you that your comments were right on the money. If you had a conservative perspective, however, you would see that the media (newspapers, television, programming, public funded ventures), colleges and what is being taught, and so on will never offer equal time and you would feel like everything is stacked against you or your views. It is very frustrating and you might not understand unless you were in that position, but you’re not. The shear numbers of people on the left will always be more simply because of the youth (as I was more liberal at one time), so we’re always outnumbered. As a result the right has turned into something like UFO hunters that find aliens and ET’s in pictures of
dots against the sky. It doesn’t mean we’re wrong on the main issues but it sure does turn people off. It was refreshing to read your comments and again you were dead on.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:24:12 +0000

As an infrequent commenter but a devoted reader, I plan on staying around and reading the intelligent blogs from Maha and the comments from her interesting and informed readers. I love this blog as it mirrors my beliefs and seems to be able to cut through the BS on either side. So long live Maha Blog long may she reign.

By: D.R. Marvel

D.R. Marvel — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:17:48 +0000

Like I tole Tris over to Digby’s place…

We gonna have Saint Sarah to kick around for a good while…Right now she’s the closest thing they got to Ronald Reagan figure…

(Think about that for a minute, but don’t scorch the back o’ yore eyeballs)