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  • Posted By: Al Jensen @ 02/16/2008 3:21:16 PM

    Editor

    In this volatile age, when everyone in the country is reeling from drive by shootings and campus massacres, it is incredibly irresponsible of the editors to approve a cover showing part of the head of a major presidential candidate just below the words (in large bold type) "There will be blood." Notwithstanding the fact that this is the title of a current movie having nothing to do with the presidential campaign, are there no staff sensitive or perhaps ild enough to remember 1963 and 1968? You could not have planned a cover more dangerous to and unsettled or paranoid mind. For Shame!

    Al Jensen,
    Sacramento CA

  • Posted By: drewgabe @ 02/16/2008 10:42:22 AM

    I think that a lot of people are mising the point of talk radio. They only reinforce the convictions that some of us conservatives have. I don't need them to tell me what I think, I already know what I think through my own beliefs and ideas. McCain, a great American hero, has left true conservatives a little irritated. He has always had the ability to "reach out" to the other side. That is a great thing, but not to the detriment of true, conservative values. The Republican party has moved to the middle, and the Democratic party has moved to the far left. We conservatives feel as though we really have no choice in this election. It is truly a choice between the lesser of the evils. The only thing that I am holding out hope for is a real good vice-presidential pick. That might help out a lot of conservatives, but then again, it may not.

  • Posted By: WanderingMouse @ 02/16/2008 8:42:10 AM

    I'm not feeling much peace and love from "peace and love." You say I am shameless/ignorant and look bigoted. You suggest I should be ashamed to think what I do. Well, peace be with you.

  • Posted By: peace and love @ 02/16/2008 8:27:43 AM

    Finally, one who is shameless/ignorant enough to admit that he/she agrees with Ann. Thanks for coming out even though you look truly bigoted Just my opinion.

  • Posted By: WanderingMouse @ 02/16/2008 8:16:50 AM

    Your first paragraph mischaracterizes what Ann Coulter said. The interviewer, knowing that he is Jewish and she is Christian, chose to boldly take up the issue of religious beliefs with her, and then took offense that she 1) has a non-relativist belief in Christ and 2) believes everyone should know Christ as their Savior. Now if he, as a Jew, doesn't want to hear this, then he shouldn't press the point with a genuine Christian. But he is the one who was uncivil in his intolerance.

  • Posted By: peace and love @ 02/16/2008 7:59:36 AM

    mcgill it must be nice to have a crystal ball to know what would have been. That's your opinion to which you are entitled. My opinion is the if Mr.Gore had won, we would be ahead of the game regarding Global Warming and that he would never ever have invaded a country for the sake of his father. He 's a smart man. The same cant be said for our president. The reality however is that Mr Bush and the GOP have so wrecked the USA and it will take time to fix our country. We need change and we need it now. VOTE DEMOCRAT.

  • Posted By: peace and love @ 02/16/2008 7:57:13 AM

    mcgill it must be nice to have a crystal ball to know what would have been. That's your opinion to which you are entitled. My opinion is the if Mr.Gore had won, we would be ahead of the game regarding Global Warming and that he would never ever have invaded a country for the sake of his father. He 's a smart man. The same cant be said for our president. The reality however is that Mr Bush and the GOP have so wrecked the USA and it will take time to fix our country. We need change and we need it now. VOTE DEMOCRAT.

  • Posted By: peace and love @ 02/15/2008 9:50:37 PM

    Thanks Retired Marine. I knew this was all Clinton's fault. That's pretty funny but in reality Bush is to blame for this mess. The GOP is to blame. The GOP did it and if things were going well, we can all be sure that the GOP would be taking credit. They would have to - they had Congress and The White House until last November. Vote the liars out. VOTE DEMOCRAT FOR CHANGE AND CHOICE. Thanks for the laugh Mr. Marine.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/15/2008 9:37:16 PM

    I listen to talk radio quite often. It does give a sense of the current "feelings" of the moment. The problem is, they think that they speak for us, and that the listening public is too unenlightened to think for themselves. I have heard many strong arguments for policy from most of the pundits. However, I have also heard many plain stupid ego-driven comments from them . Myself, I think Rush is still on the Oxy"s and that Coulter needs to get laid. She's too high strung. Maybe an unsatisfied ***.

    We know right from wrong, good from bad, righteous from evil. and up from down. I for one wish we would turn them off for 30 days and see what happens.

  • Posted By: karstmaster @ 02/13/2008 5:30:00 PM

    Joe, I find it rather humourous that you carp about the "those radical conservatives" and how they've been running things for the last 7+ yrs. Has the conservative base, of which I'm proudly one, really been running things, there wouldn't have been the Harriet Myers debacle, nor McCain's sellout of excellent judicial nominees with his "Gang of 14" nonsense. There wouldn't have been McCain-Feingold, it would have been vetoed out of hand rather than signed into law with the lame hope that the courts would over turn it, Good luck with that happening with the court dominated by the likes of RBG and David David Breyer. Had the conservatives been truly in control, there wouldn't have been an effort to sneak McCain-Kennedy through, in some backroom deal, literally in the dead of night. Had the conservatives been firmly in control, there wouldn't be the possibility of McCain-Leiberman and all the cap and trade destruction of our economy to pander to global warming religion zealots.

    It's your "Centurist Republicans," more commonly known as "RINO's," to the rest of us that are responsible for all that, and so much more, Trying to overturn the ban on partial birth abortion, suing Wisconsin Right to Life, to force them to shutup, to McCain stating that he wouldn't have nominated Samuel Alito because he "wears his conservatism on his sleeve." As if Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Renquist didn't wear their conservatism on their sleeves. McCain's recorded statement of Roberst and Alito being the benchmark for justices in the future means what exactly; that they're too conservative and so he'll nominate more moderate judges so he can pander to his buddies "Chappaquidick" Ted Kennedy, Dick "Turbin" Durbin, Patrick "Leaky" Leahy, Dianne "War Profiteer" Feinstein, "Up"Chuck "Schemer" and Hitlery Rottenhams Klintoon? Given his Senate track record, I'd bet a month's salary that is what he really means with his benchmark statement.

    Regards,

    Mike

    • Posted By: mannasage @ 02/13/2008 6:11:16 PM

      My intent wasn't to amuse you or any Conservative, I'm dead serious about the two has-beens that I wrote about. Your two paragraphs sound like more than carping, you have some petty issues that rankle your ass, & since we've never met, why bother crying on my shoulder?

      Your spelling in paragraph two has me wondering what RX you're on Mike. Newsweek provides us all with a platform in which to air out thoughts, you wouldn't be thinking of denying me my rights, would you?

      Any Republican that runs ,after the mess that the Bush regime has left us, will have an uphill battle in order to win in Nov.,'08, thankfully we won't be having one of your far right bozos trying to climb that hill. If that offends you, HOORAY!

      Kindly,

      Joe


      • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/15/2008 5:53:03 PM

        Joe, maybe if you actually paid attention to what he was saying instead of harping on spelling, you may have seen the message. It is the uphill battle Bush has had with bleeding hearts in congress that has caused the problems, not Bush himself. Had Clinton done something other than blow wind every time we were attacked, perhaps 9/11 would not have happened..

  • Posted By: Indepat @ 02/15/2008 1:14:46 PM

    Sorry oldefarte, I'm not buying and you shouldn't be selling it. Only a political hack, like McCain would attack conservatives who back the military 100% and only a lib would dredge up supposed 2000 campaign spin. We know McCain will pour troops into shadow war and then pull the rug out from under them with court cases in favor of terrorists. The conservatives are real Americans and we've had these liberals like Hi-liar-y and Ba-racist shoved down our throats by the MSM and lib-lovers like McCain. It is the ultimate psychological projection. Vast left wing calls everything conservative vast right wing and has the celeb/media/minority/lib special interest/academia promote it. And then shove a loser rino at us to vote on. My only hope is the sc justices live another four years and Bush blows the hell out of Iran before he leaves.

    • Posted By: oldefarte @ 02/15/2008 3:07:12 PM

      What are you "not buying"? I've had it with you back of the cave troglodytes posing as "conservatives". As one of the other authors noted, yours is not true conservatism - true conservatives want reduced governement. You and your Bushite friends are all for more government intervention, albeit pushing control of your agenda as opposed to the loony left's agenda. "Stalinist" is the better term for your political persuasion. I find it amusing that you think "only a liberal" could make the points I made - yet, on the Patriot Act, it was that arch-conservative, Bob Barr, who joined with Barbara Boxer to question the advisability of letting the government into everyone's home under the name of "fighting terror". Know what Barry Goldwater said when asked about gays in the military? He started talking about a gay friend of his who had climbed the cliffs of Navarone on D-Day with his fellow Rangers to silence the Nazi guns overlooking the landing beaches. Then again, we all know that Barry Goldwater was a flaming liberal, unlike your style of "staunch conservative", you know, guys like Sen. Larry Craig...

  • Posted By: ikie12pts @ 02/15/2008 9:24:32 AM

    Who on earth cares what Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity says or thinks? They're all "carnival people"....anything for attention. Long on wind and short on intellect.

    • Posted By: Tracker500 @ 02/15/2008 9:46:40 AM

      You must be an Ed Schultz fan. Now, that is an objective, open-minded talk show host that educated, intelligent, enlightened, peace-loving, compassionate progressives can listen to. LOL

      • Posted By: Shep @ 02/15/2008 1:52:07 PM

        I, personally, do not need any talk show host to do my thinking for me. Sorta like listening to speech by a politico and then some analyst coming on and telling me what they said as if I can't understand plain English. Sometimes these egotistical buffons (legends, in their own minds) are interesting to listen to, and sometimes laugh at, but none of them have ever changed my mind about anything.

  • Posted By: alaskan treehugging gunlover @ 02/15/2008 1:29:28 PM

    The Bush-leaguer doesn't need any help tearing down his legacy. He's doing a splendid job on his own. About the best thing he can hope for is that the boys and girls who write the history books have short or impaired memories.

    An Alaskan Treehugging Gun Lover

  • Posted By: Indepat @ 02/15/2008 1:05:19 PM

    McCain has to declare firmly that he has mistakenly sided with Democrats against tax cuts, border security after amnesty, tough on terrorists, declaring the war a disaster and conservative judges. If he's not willing to do that we need another Perot movement to repair the GOP.

  • Posted By: oldefarte @ 02/15/2008 12:43:20 PM

    I'm a war vet. So is John McCain. Neither Limbaugh nor Coulter have ever served their country in any capacity, let alone in a war. I'm a father of war vets. So is McCain. Neither Coulter nor Limbaugh (nor their hero, George W. Bush-League) can say the same. Where do these people get off impugning a man of McCain's stature and record? Not conservative enough? His conservative ratings are excellent. He's far more conservative than either Romney or Huckleberry-bee, but they were willing to grovel and kiss the ring of obnoxious, right wing pundits and family value preachers living large on the largesse of their followers. Limbaugh needs to get off his self-promoting high horse. He was party to the vile campaign tactics used by Rove and Bush against McCain in 2000 and the result is that the Republican Party is now rightfully despised because of the spendthrift incompetent whom he and Coulter and their ilk backed. Mr. Limbaugh needs to take an Oxycontin and chill out. Then he can give some of that Viagra he likes to smuggle to someone near Ann Coulter, so that she can finally get laid and lose the b*tchiness.

  • Posted By: natchmo @ 02/15/2008 11:40:20 AM

    Why wasting all this coloumn? Neither harpy houlter or limblast are conservatives. Their view of conservative is both radical right (power and control) -and theist ( getting everyone to be "christian"). What they espouse does not resemble traditonal conservatism (though there are definately stalinist trends in both their rantings.). Also, if you must listen - do it carefully. Neither harpy nor limbloom is know for fact nor accuracy. Just "sick" (I mean (hot") air.

    • Posted By: Tracker500 @ 02/15/2008 12:28:11 PM

      Please define traditional conservatism to us.

  • Posted By: natchmo @ 02/15/2008 11:47:21 AM

    I don't understand such column inches wasted on a harpy and a limbarf. I never knew that tradiitonal American coservatism stood for power and control (fascist) or getting us to be christian (theist). In reality they both lean toward stalinism, but neither would ever so admit.. IAC, for those who would listen to "them" focus on the almost complete lack of fact or accuracy.

  • Posted By: peace and love @ 02/15/2008 11:17:36 AM

    I personally , along with many others, heard Ann Coulter tout her support for Hillary should McCain get the nomination. I also heard her request that the Jews be purified.

    Do you, kcarlson, not believe that this was said? I'm not surprised that no one will come out of the closet and actually defend these lunatics. However, we can be sure that there are many who DO believe and follow this thinking. I guess they are just too embarrassed to admit it. I don't blame them. It's shameful.

  • Posted By: kcarlson @ 02/15/2008 9:37:26 AM

    How seriously can we possible take an article full of quotes from unnamed and anonymous sources? I realize that is all the rage now in journalism, but it certainly does not help build the credibility or integrity of either the journalist or of the unnamed source. Maybe you should not put your names on your articles either.

  • Posted By: kcarlson @ 02/15/2008 9:36:55 AM

    How seriously can we possible take an article full of quotes from unnamed and anonymous sources? I realize that is all the rage now in journalism, but it certainly does not help build the credibility or integrity of either the journalist or of the unnamed source. Maybe you should not put your names on your articles either.

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