Comments on: Huckabittereinder? http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/ n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:07:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: tz http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/comment-page-1/#comment-10649 tz Wed, 14 May 2008 01:23:37 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/#comment-10649 When they were already Armageddon acolytes, I would think classist/populist would be an improvement. My only problem with Ron Paul is that he has two first names like many talk show hosts. The problem with movement conservatives is they are in the bowels of the GOP. And the elephant seems constipated. I know despair is a terrible sin, but Jesus was never in a democracy faced with picking the lesser evil between the three. Conversely, could even the most ardent and vengeful evangelical think of a worse plague than this election cycle? Huckie was a socialist of the corporate variety. I'm surprised that Johnston's book "Free Lunch" isn't getting more play in the paleo con world. And finally, I suspect the debasement has reached even to the value voters. When they were already Armageddon acolytes, I would think classist/populist would be an improvement.

My only problem with Ron Paul is that he has two first names like many talk show hosts.

The problem with movement conservatives is they are in the bowels of the GOP. And the elephant seems constipated.

I know despair is a terrible sin, but Jesus was never in a democracy faced with picking the lesser evil between the three. Conversely, could even the most ardent and vengeful evangelical think of a worse plague than this election cycle?

Huckie was a socialist of the corporate variety. I’m surprised that Johnston’s book “Free Lunch” isn’t getting more play in the paleo con world.

And finally, I suspect the debasement has reached even to the value voters.

]]> By: Benny One Six http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/comment-page-1/#comment-10640 Benny One Six Tue, 13 May 2008 23:52:08 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/#comment-10640 Oh, I totally agree that he and his supporters were tarred with the class and populist brush... Oh, I totally agree that he and his supporters were tarred with the class and populist brush…

]]> By: Daniel Larison http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/comment-page-1/#comment-10638 Daniel Larison Tue, 13 May 2008 23:50:08 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/#comment-10638 No, he isn't, but those are often the charges leveled at people like his supporters. During the campaign he was demonised as an "economic populist," when he was no such thing, and a "protectionist" because he occasionally said things about fair trade, despite being an avowed supporter of NAFTA and every free trade deal under the sun. Plus, his working-class background, Southern origins and former career as a pastor were all used by the tongue-clucking secular conservatives back east to ridicule and belittle him and his backers. No, he isn’t, but those are often the charges leveled at people like his supporters. During the campaign he was demonised as an “economic populist,” when he was no such thing, and a “protectionist” because he occasionally said things about fair trade, despite being an avowed supporter of NAFTA and every free trade deal under the sun. Plus, his working-class background, Southern origins and former career as a pastor were all used by the tongue-clucking secular conservatives back east to ridicule and belittle him and his backers.

]]> By: Benny One Six http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/comment-page-1/#comment-10636 Benny One Six Tue, 13 May 2008 23:46:01 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/#comment-10636 Well, yes, except that Huckabee wasn't/isn't isolationist or nativist... Well, yes, except that Huckabee wasn’t/isn’t isolationist or nativist…

]]> By: Daniel Larison http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/comment-page-1/#comment-10634 Daniel Larison Tue, 13 May 2008 22:59:44 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/#comment-10634 Correct, Adam. This is something I mentioned once or twice in previous discussions of the elitist charge. Where upscale liberals talk about "voting against their interests" and "bigotry," those people talk about "isolationism" and "nativism." It's the same sneering condescension, just for slightly different objectives. Correct, Adam. This is something I mentioned once or twice in previous discussions of the elitist charge. Where upscale liberals talk about “voting against their interests” and “bigotry,” those people talk about “isolationism” and “nativism.” It’s the same sneering condescension, just for slightly different objectives.

]]> By: Little Boots http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/comment-page-1/#comment-10632 Little Boots Tue, 13 May 2008 22:40:30 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/#comment-10632 Every so often I forget that Robert Novak hasn't crawled under a rock in shame, never to be heard from again. Those are nice moments. Every so often I forget that Robert Novak hasn’t crawled under a rock in shame, never to be heard from again. Those are nice moments.

]]> By: Adam01 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/comment-page-1/#comment-10627 Adam01 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:50:41 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/13/huckabittereinder/#comment-10627 For all of the denunciations of Obama as an out of touch liberal elitist, most of the denunciations of Huckabee and his supporters (remember "Huckleberry"?) came from the NRO/Weekly Standard right, and were couched in expressly class-based terms. For all of the denunciations of Obama as an out of touch liberal elitist, most of the denunciations of Huckabee and his supporters (remember “Huckleberry”?) came from the NRO/Weekly Standard right, and were couched in expressly class-based terms.

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