Friday, February 12, 2010

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Liberals and libertarians finally break up.....

One mini-saga of the past decade in American politics has been the flirtation—with talk of a deeper partnership—between progressives and libertarians. These two groups were driven together, in the main, by common hostility to huge chunks of the Bush administration's agenda: endless, pointless wars; assaults on civil liberties; cynical vote-buying with federal dollars; and statist panders to the Christian right. This cooperation reached its height during the 2006 election, in which, according to a new study by David Kirby and David Boaz, nearly half of libertarian voters supported Democratic congressional candidates—more than doubling the support levels from the previous midterm election in 2002. (As Jonathan Chait noted after the first Kirby/Boaz study of libertarian voting, their definition is overly broad, encompassing 14 percent of the electorate.) At the time, left-wing blogger Markos Moulitsas hailed the influx of "libertarian democrats" into the Democratic coalition. Soon, even the Cato Institute's Brink Lindsey was proposing a permanent alliance of what he called "liberaltarians."..Link

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Assuming It Supports War..........

THE OREGON WILDERNESS—Frustrated by the widely held assumption that he unequivocally endorses the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a bald eagle said Monday that his thoughts on the conflicts were far more nuanced than many Americans might expect. Speaking to reporters from his nest in the upper branches of a 175-foot ponderosa pine tree, the eagle explained that each member of his species was different and none should be taken for granted as a lockstep supporter of American military policy...Link

Douche.


Beck is a neocon......douche

If there is one thing Glenn Beck can do, it’s blow pretty smoke. Credit to the conservative, “libertarian” talking head for bringing more topical irrelevance to American, and in this case, Texas politics.

In an interview with Texas governor candidate, Debra Medina, Beck led a line of questioning having to do with 9/11, and the truth conspirators who have suggested everything from United States government involvement to a massive cover up. Obviously catching wind that Medina was neither hot nor cold on the issue, and possessing a few “9/11 Truthers” on her staff, he opened the can of worms and shoved it in her face, asking her if she actually believed in the possibility of conspiracy. Medina was caught off-guard for the question, but she responded:..Link