tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post1981781022062460627..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Obama in his natural habitatambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-67129289854882176452008-10-25T06:33:00.000-06:002008-10-25T06:33:00.000-06:00Balko is an example of the expression "too clever ...Balko is an example of the expression "too clever by half". Via some sort of electoral jiu jitsu libertarian principles will one day rise to the forefront. The folks at Reason are often unReason as far as I can see. In some ways I think they despise those who are closer to their principles in practice but aren't Kool-aid drinkers than they do the big government types who make no bones about it.Barry Dauphinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808109325931309525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-88480259891295463822008-10-23T22:27:00.000-06:002008-10-23T22:27:00.000-06:00Libertarians like that are another example of stra...Libertarians like that are another example of strange political bedfellows this year. <BR/><BR/>What's interesting about the PUMAs is how they brush aside the Pro Life/Pro Choice dichotomy in their backing of Palin. It simply isn't functioning as a wedge issue for them in this election.<BR/><BR/>I suspect that their hatred of Obama, coupled with their gender identification with Palin, is allowing them to turn a blind eye to it at the moment, but what happens when the election is over?<BR/><BR/>I suspect many will drift into Independent status, but some will likely stick with the Republicans and exert a leftward pull on the Party.<BR/><BR/>Is there a significant reshuffling of the political landscape, at least at the fringes? Is some sort of oddball conservative feminist core being built around Palin and the PUMAs? Will the Democrats movement towards isolationism appeal to many Libertarians?<BR/><BR/>Probably no to either scenario, but it would be interesting to see the media cover some of these issues, instead of the trivialities and shilling they're fixated on at the moment.ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-39956245351314665892008-10-23T21:00:00.000-06:002008-10-23T21:00:00.000-06:00That'll show 'em!Heh. When I read the comments ove...<I>That'll show 'em!</I><BR/><BR/>Heh. When I read the comments over at Reason.com I sometimes have the sense that they are just another bunch of lefties. Strange...chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164145672293455823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-36649687064336807202008-10-23T20:48:00.000-06:002008-10-23T20:48:00.000-06:00I'll see your PUMA and raise you this disenchanted...I'll see your PUMA and raise you this disenchanted <A HREF="http://www.reason.com/news/show/129599.html" REL="nofollow">libertarian</A>. It would seem that the Republicans have become too Big Government, so he's responding self-righteously by voting for the Biggest Government we've seen in our lifetimes. That'll show 'em!MeaninglessHotAirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11767916621253839341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-50987445627796330932008-10-23T00:33:00.000-06:002008-10-23T00:33:00.000-06:00And after Obama is hung out to dry the PUMAs want ...And after Obama is hung out to dry the PUMAs want to go after Pelosi, Brazile, and Reid. Hey, I can dig that ;) But first we got to get through the next two weeks...<BR/><BR/>It's fascinating to watch so many of the PUMAs go through the same estrangement from the Democrats as I did back in 2003-4. The Republicans won't be the same if many of them come into the party. Might not be a bad thing. Too many Noonans and Brooks about to my way of thinking. It's something of a populist revolt at it's heart.chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164145672293455823noreply@blogger.com