Robots For Romney
Had something of an insight a few days ago but only now have put all the obvious pieces together.
All the exit polls have shown that those who define themselves as "very conservative" vote for Romney --by a two to one margin. For this reason those on the very right have been saying: "Huckabee, it's time to get out," presuming that Huckabee is drawing from the "very conservative" who, if Huck were not in the race, would vote Romney.
This is very stupid reasoning. The very right's criticism of Huck is that he's not a conservative at all. Why should they assume his voters would have Romney as their second choice? The explanation of course is that the very right knows very well that Huck is very conservative. That's why they automatically assume that with Huck out his votes go to Romney. Their labeling Huck "left" is just a dishonorable slur, but to the very right there is no dishonor in any slur meant to support somebody who is so very cute, the silver templed My Man Rom.
But who are those self-defined "very conservative" voters? Are they conservatives at all?
This was my insight: Actually, they're people who listen to talk radio. That's the sum and entirety of their conservatism. They listen to the God voice of Talk, and they are told they are the chosen, and with great pride and righteousness they vote the Rom, and say (and so proudly they say it of themselves) "We are very conservative." Actually, they're robots. They follow the voice of their masters. And these masters, a small but very very strange group, support Romney. And why not? He's their pick and their creation. A man as genuinely conservative as Bill Clinton, who for some reason they've anointed as Ronald.
These guys are nuts: Big Fats; You're-A-Bigot; The Great American; Big Dope, and others. These guys are utterly, stunningly, totally nuts. I don't know why they're nuts. Possibly in part just because they do have an army of robots, and it's just kind of fun to watch them walk off a cliff. Hard to tell. This is pathology, I will have to think about it more, but it's quite clear: Romney would have no support if it were not for the megaphone of this small number of the mentally disabled.
One nice support for this:
It's nice to have numbers to support common sense. Real conservatives know Romney's not a conservative, that's why they support Huck. And real conservatives know that if Huck does leave, the next best real conservative is MaC
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A splendid article by Robert Robb, considering McCain's conservative credentials, making a Bucklian distinction between being "conservative" and being "a conservative". The first merely designates the personality and philosophical drift or basic orientation; the second designates adherence to an accepted school of conservative doctrine. His conclusion is that McCain has the personality but not the doctrine.
This is fine with me. The doctrine needs work, and Reagan is an old dead white guy. Reaganism in its details is about as appropriate for our time as a buggy whip. I really would not be able to myself write up a conservative doctrine for our time, though I'm pretty sure I'll be able to recognize it when I see it. I do know for an absolute certainty that I can recognize a conservative personality when I see one, and McCain is it and Romney isn't.
All the exit polls have shown that those who define themselves as "very conservative" vote for Romney --by a two to one margin. For this reason those on the very right have been saying: "Huckabee, it's time to get out," presuming that Huckabee is drawing from the "very conservative" who, if Huck were not in the race, would vote Romney.
This is very stupid reasoning. The very right's criticism of Huck is that he's not a conservative at all. Why should they assume his voters would have Romney as their second choice? The explanation of course is that the very right knows very well that Huck is very conservative. That's why they automatically assume that with Huck out his votes go to Romney. Their labeling Huck "left" is just a dishonorable slur, but to the very right there is no dishonor in any slur meant to support somebody who is so very cute, the silver templed My Man Rom.
But who are those self-defined "very conservative" voters? Are they conservatives at all?
This was my insight: Actually, they're people who listen to talk radio. That's the sum and entirety of their conservatism. They listen to the God voice of Talk, and they are told they are the chosen, and with great pride and righteousness they vote the Rom, and say (and so proudly they say it of themselves) "We are very conservative." Actually, they're robots. They follow the voice of their masters. And these masters, a small but very very strange group, support Romney. And why not? He's their pick and their creation. A man as genuinely conservative as Bill Clinton, who for some reason they've anointed as Ronald.
These guys are nuts: Big Fats; You're-A-Bigot; The Great American; Big Dope, and others. These guys are utterly, stunningly, totally nuts. I don't know why they're nuts. Possibly in part just because they do have an army of robots, and it's just kind of fun to watch them walk off a cliff. Hard to tell. This is pathology, I will have to think about it more, but it's quite clear: Romney would have no support if it were not for the megaphone of this small number of the mentally disabled.
One nice support for this:
Latest Fox poll: McCain 48%, Romney 20%, Huckabee 19%
Without Huckabee: McCain 62%, Romney 29%
It's nice to have numbers to support common sense. Real conservatives know Romney's not a conservative, that's why they support Huck. And real conservatives know that if Huck does leave, the next best real conservative is MaC
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A splendid article by Robert Robb, considering McCain's conservative credentials, making a Bucklian distinction between being "conservative" and being "a conservative". The first merely designates the personality and philosophical drift or basic orientation; the second designates adherence to an accepted school of conservative doctrine. His conclusion is that McCain has the personality but not the doctrine.
This is fine with me. The doctrine needs work, and Reagan is an old dead white guy. Reaganism in its details is about as appropriate for our time as a buggy whip. I really would not be able to myself write up a conservative doctrine for our time, though I'm pretty sure I'll be able to recognize it when I see it. I do know for an absolute certainty that I can recognize a conservative personality when I see one, and McCain is it and Romney isn't.
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