tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post520174793859927276..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Attack of the Puristsmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-43689250772483064722009-10-28T06:20:26.504-07:002009-10-28T06:20:26.504-07:00I don't think O'Reilly is painting himself...I don't think O'Reilly is painting himself as anything, and I am certainly not. I just speak my mind and so does O'Reilly. I am not trying to carve anything out. I am just telling everyone how I feel, period.<br /><br />I have nothing against Malkin, and certainly not against Erick Erickson. I have something against corruption, media and otherwise. Malkin is corrupt and I showed it. As for Erickson, all I said was that Redstate is taking sides and names in this battle, and they are. I never said that Erickson hasn't been pragmatic. I don't know enough about his work to offer an opinion. <br /><br />As for Newt, to say that because he did an ad with Nancy Pelosi means that he's the enemy is silly. To roll his entire career into who he endorsed in a special election is also silly. If you think the same person that balanced the budget, cut capital gains, and reformed welfare is a sellout to conservatism is pretty silly.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-27303398566066829042009-10-28T04:39:03.890-07:002009-10-28T04:39:03.890-07:00Newt is a sellout. One of the fundamental governm...Newt is a sellout. One of the fundamental government usurpations of power, (climate change BS) and he sits down next to a crook and endorses it. (Pelosi)Then he endorses a candidate that has absolutely no business being a Republican.<br /><br />Your quote:<br /><i>"Now, mind you, the purists have never run for an election. They've never crafted a bill, governed, or run a party. These purists think that the Republicans could be successful if the only Republicans out there were all down the line conservatives and no one else. In fact, those Republicans that stray are worse than Democrats, they're RINO's. In the circles of the purists, folks like Lindsey Graham are worse than folks like Carl Levin. Levin already works for the enemy. For the purists, Lindsey Graham works for the enemy from our side. The purists want you to toe the line and under no circumstances do you work with the enemy."</i><br /><br />First off.. I like the wolves to be <b>outside</b> my locked doors. Secondly look at the state of the country and tell me things might be done the same way.. just saying..<br /><br />As an aside..<br /><br />You got something about Malkin lately.. not sure why but hey.. and.. Erick at Red State has gone on record demonstrating a little more pragmatism than you suggest. When Specter was still an R, he said "make no mistake about it, he would vote for him." Hardly a purist.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong.. I like your articles, in fact I found your Rathke post full of information not available on the 24 news cycle. In fact I'm not sure how you find the time. <br /><br />What I am starting to see however, is what I see in Bill O'Reilly all too frequently. He attempts to paint himself as "fair" with some BS nuance and then defends it tooth and nail. To some extent it speaks to this topic directly. Your "purist" in my world would be someone who has consistency and live based on <b>some</b> value set. Perfect? No. Better than the alternative? In our view, yes.Jason Gillmanhttp://michigantaxes.com/wordpress/noreply@blogger.com