tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post2132310727144287036..comments2024-03-28T03:31:19.800-04:00Comments on RIGHT SPEAK: Rick Perry "Won" The DebateBOSMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613253160155525089noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-59528085993422082642011-09-08T13:06:35.668-04:002011-09-08T13:06:35.668-04:00Ok, so I am a leftist because I quoted Jonathan Ch...Ok, so I am a leftist because I quoted Jonathan Chait. You got me. Insert head in sand.Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06622986304847436893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-15194854041779995332011-09-08T13:04:55.434-04:002011-09-08T13:04:55.434-04:00Interesting poll, Craig. The real answer is around...Interesting poll, Craig. The real answer is around 90 percent or more, depending on how you count. <br /><br />I am somebody who understands that the scientific consensus throughout history has quite often been wrong, but it is undeniable that that the current scientific consensus is that the globe is warming.Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06622986304847436893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-57364382451638115992011-09-08T12:41:23.054-04:002011-09-08T12:41:23.054-04:00Pablo,
Good post. I kinda, maybe , agree with y...Pablo,<br /> Good post. I kinda, maybe , agree with your point. I looked at the result from a recent Yale University poll on climate change. The question asked was<br /> " To the best of your knowledge, what proportion of climate scientists think that global warming is happening."<br /><br />MORE THAN 60 % of SCIENTISTS<br /> Democrats....42 %<br /> Republicans..26 %<br /> Independents.38 %<br /> Tea Party....13 %<br /><br />FROM 40 % to 60% of SCIENTISTS<br /> Democrats....20 %<br /> Republicans..27 %<br /> Independents.26 %<br /> Tea Party....25 %<br /><br />LESS THAN 40 % of SCIENTISTS<br /> Democrats....10 %<br /> Republicans..14 %<br /> Independents.18 %<br /> Tea Party....37 %<br /><br /> So, I don't know whether to be optimistic or pessimistic<br /><br /> CraigScraigshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138325151411322787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-36629270751986795052011-09-08T11:40:20.148-04:002011-09-08T11:40:20.148-04:00I was extraordinarily disappointed to read the mis...I was extraordinarily disappointed to read the misleading headline of the first post-debate comment on this usually fantastic blog, RIGHTSPEAK. Today, uncharacteristically, this post plays into the hands of LEFTSPEAK.<br /><br />Jonathan Chait? Republicans are going to let an editor of THE NEW REPUBLIC (Al Gore's longtime cheerleader) tell us that we're all nuts and that we will never nominate a candidate of the caliber of Romney?<br /><br />Folks, get a grip. Let's not be defeatist here. Let's not play into the hands of those on the Left who want to redefine the "base" of the Republican Party as a bunch of crazies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-81270978924177666482011-09-08T09:36:34.077-04:002011-09-08T09:36:34.077-04:00There is a reason our nominees have been people li...There is a reason our nominees have been people like Dole, McCain, the two Bushes, etc. <br /><br />Even Reagan payed lip service to supporting FDR's Social Security program.<br /><br />Nobody with Perry style rhetoric has won the GOP nod since Goldwater. Only in 1964 the GOP expected to lose.<br /><br />I don't think ordinary Republicans will throw away this chance to beat Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-68515495508827423902011-09-08T09:31:36.154-04:002011-09-08T09:31:36.154-04:00Poll from WSJ -
Tea Partiers opposes Social Secur...Poll from WSJ -<br /><br />Tea Partiers opposes Social Security cuts by 2-1 margin.<br /><br />Link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704728004576176741120691736.html<br /><br />Perry sounded hostile to the program - he probably just lost Florida in the primary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-90182649279529514432011-09-08T09:19:58.953-04:002011-09-08T09:19:58.953-04:00Perry probably lost the nomination last night. Pol...Perry probably lost the nomination last night. Polls show that even Tea Party members oppose cuts to Social Security and Medicare.<br /><br />People too often confuse the GOP base with talk radio and the far right.<br /><br />The truth is that Perry's rhetoric with entitlement programs is even to the right of the Tea Party.<br /><br />Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/conservative-tea-partiers-oppose-cuts-to-social-security-and-medicare-not-just-liberal-democrats-2011-7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-14140695319068379412011-09-08T09:12:16.678-04:002011-09-08T09:12:16.678-04:00I agree that if people think Perry won the debate,...I agree that if people think Perry won the debate, they aren't thinking very clearly. Among all of the "ums" and "ahs" he managed to spit out a few words here and there. Not all of them were bad, but he didn't really "pull it together" at all last night. What do you expect from a guy who hasn't really had much experience debating?<br /><br />AZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-62951159302395893962011-09-08T08:51:03.053-04:002011-09-08T08:51:03.053-04:00Pablo, I'm sorry that you have a lot of detrac...Pablo, I'm sorry that you have a lot of detractors here who never give your writing a fair shake. I thought that this piece was excellent. <br /><br />I think that you masterfully summed up the state of the GOP with these two sentences,<br /><br />"I have come to the conclusion that the Republican Party is not going to change anytime soon. Its target audience are people just like Rick Perry, those who are liberated from the constraints of reason."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-92000825600350859062011-09-08T06:36:40.488-04:002011-09-08T06:36:40.488-04:00Not a good post. Beside the fact that Chris Matthe...Not a good post. Beside the fact that Chris Matthews could have written it, you are dead wrong. Who exactly is thrilled with Perry's debate performance? Even his apologists are spinning as an OK, but not great performance. Erickson from Redstate and Ace of Spades fall into this category. This isn't what they had hoped to see last night.Right Wingnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387554010360328076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-22027756289802452612011-09-08T04:51:12.621-04:002011-09-08T04:51:12.621-04:00Your post and Mr. Chait's post both sound a bi...Your post and Mr. Chait's post both sound a bit whiney. Some Rick Perry supporters are insisting that he won. They aren't doing so because of some stupid alpha male explanation for ducking questions. They are doing so because they like him and he said the things that they like. Many of them are just ignorant rednecks, but others just hold different views than I do and different views than you do. <br /><br />Most people who are paying attention will see that Rick Perry isn't a bad guy but isn't our best candidate. He didn't win in any sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com