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Michael Steele’s dream — “We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-surburban hip-hop settings” — comes true:
“Three things taught me conservative love / Jesus, Ronald Reagan, plus Atlas Shrugged.” Rappers “Serious C.” and “Stiltz” are students [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, non-culture
They’ll have to go back to watching their Abu Ghraib tapes because the new season of “24″ has been postponed indefinitely — another salutary effect of the Hollywood writers’ strike. Make it permanent, guys!
Filed under: Pop culture, media, non-culture
Yee-haw! It’s the Right Brothers with their rocking tribute to our patriotic president, George W. Bush. They break the moron-o-meter, but, say what you will, there’s a lot of truth in that line I’ve used as my title: democracy (and the heroic bombs that bring it) does indeed hit like a tidal wave.
Filed under: Ideology, non-culture
Clark Stooksbury lets the ludicrous Stanley Kurtz have it. Kurtz is a prime example of how certain conservatives now display all the traits of the victim mentality conservatives once despised. They find oppression in every piece of pop-culture detritus that doesn't affirm their own worldview.
Kurtz is frequently in hysterics over a television show called [...]
Filed under: Ideology, Politics, Pop culture, Social criticism, non-culture
From Variety, per Drudge:
At the same time, a few conservative hosts are joining in the chorus of Bush administration criticism on issues such as the Dubai port-management deal, lending some credibility to their claims that they don’t simply parrot Republican National Committee talking points. At the very least, political passions make for a lively debate, [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Ideology, non-culture