At his closing speech at the CPAC conference, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh doubled down on his widely-controversial claim that he wanted President Barack Obama to fail. Limbaugh’s speech went on more than an hour than what was planned.
The results of the conference straw poll were: Romney 20%, Jindal 14%, Paul 13%, Palin 13%, Gingrich 10%
Conservatives Seek Next Ronald Reagan
The future of the conservative movement presented himself on Friday, and he was 13. Jonathan Krohn, the author of “Define Conservatism” and political prodigy voted “Atlanta’s Most Talented Child” in 2006, was the talk of the Conservative Political Action Conference for a brief portion of the afternoon session. His two-minute address on “Conservative Victories Across the Nation” covered the lost principles of the Republican Party, which he called the “shell” to conservatism’s “filling.” Joe the Plumber was quite impressed with Mr. Krohn. JTP sold 5 copies of his book at CPAC, too.
A conservative is one who adheres to principles of limited government, personal responsibility and moral values.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservative
The problem with conservatives is the conflict between the principle of “limited government”, and one of “moral values”. How can government be “limited”, and also be in the “moral value” business, that’s an oxymoron?
The conservatives need to drop the “moral value” crap, and stick to; limited government, personal responsibility and add “accountability” to their formula.
“The conservatives need to drop the “moral value” crap, and stick to; limited government, personal responsibility and add “accountability” to their formula.”
Thye have this already…they are called Libertarians
Tony,
Here is an audio file of that 13 year old kid and progressive talk radio show host Thom Hartmann http://airamerica.com/content/thom-hartmann-debates-13yr-old-cpac
It runs about 5 minutes and help my interest.
The conversation was civil and the part that I found of interest was that the young man pointed out the “principles” of the GOP that you outlined, as well as “respect for the constitution”, but his man focus on the role of government was not necessarily to insure private rights, but more as a “protector” of the country. It was a pretty narrowly defined role, and if his views are typical for the party, then I think that is one of the splinter philosophies going on. If government is used primarily as a way to fight off “evil doers” as the young conservative said, then that would explain why the GOP doesn’t really want to preserve individual rights – in fact that would be a distant priority in governmental functions.
You are also right on about the “accountability” spoke that needs to be added to the wheel of our US democracy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/opinion/01rich.html?th&…
After his speech, Obama’s numbers hit the stratosphere: CBS News found that support for his economic plans spiked from 63 percent to 80. Had more viewers hung on for the Republican response from Bobby Jindal, the unintentionally farcical governor of Louisiana, Obama might have aced a near-perfect score.
Obama needn’t worry about the Republicans. They’re committing suicide. In the latest New York Times/CBS News survey, 63 percent said that Congressional Republicans opposed the stimulus package mostly for political reasons; only 17 percent felt that the Republicans should stick with their own policies rather than cooperate with Obama and the Democrats.
If you’re baffled why the G.O.P. would thrust Jindal into prime time, the answer is desperation. What such G.O.P. “stars” as Sanford and Jindal have in common, besides their callous neo-Hoover ideology, are their phony efforts to portray themselves as populist heroes. Listening to Jindal talk Tuesday night about his immigrant father’s inability to pay for an obstetrician, you’d never guess that at the time his father was an engineer and his mother an L.S.U. doctoral candidate in nuclear physics.
Sanford’s first political ad in 2002 told of how growing up on his “family’s farm” taught him “about hard work and responsibility.” That “farm,” the Charlotte Observer reported, was a historic plantation appraised at $1.5 million in the early 1980s. From that hardscrabble background, he struggled on to an internship at Goldman Sachs.
Why does Rush Limbaugh look so much like Larry Flynt?
Birds of the same feather.
Red Vixen, kid Jonathan’s a product of the Bush, McLame, GOP era, the GOP is dead. Their desire to control peoples morals killed the party. Thanks for the link.
Tony,
Here is something that I received in email that picks up your point:
As is well known to students of history, in World War II, Germany had lost so many men that they were reduced to sticking children into the fray – manning anti-aircraft guns etc.
Now – the GOP seems ready to repeat history. They have suffered such devastating losses that are looking anywhere and everywhere for leadership. We saw them stick Bobby (Kevin) Jendal into the spotlight with disastrous results last week.
And now we have this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/27/jonathan-krohn-13-y…
The future of the conservative movement presented himself on Friday, and he was 13.
Jonathan Krohn, the author of “Define Conservatism” and political prodigy voted “Atlanta’s Most Talented Child” in 2006, was the talk of the Conservative Political Action Conference for a brief portion of the afternoon session.
Yep – a 13 year old wunderkind is now the bright spot of the party. Sure he’s an obvious prodigy, but puh-leese! This is a kid who sits and listens to talk radio, and has regurgitated it into a book!
There is one bright side to this. At 13, he has mastered conservative philosophy. Perhaps by the time he’s old enough to vote, he’ll understand what a complete sham it is.
Is that Rush Limbaugh or Melahat? They are both about the same size and have the same IQ, so I have trouble telling them apart!