tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8476572611416396494..comments2024-03-19T00:44:18.309-05:00Comments on Althouse: Man, these people need to come to Madison and do PR for me.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36934158908684814642014-10-31T02:23:37.127-05:002014-10-31T02:23:37.127-05:00Freeman @ 7:03pm,
Ah, going more prepper, eh?
...Freeman @ 7:03pm,<br /><br />Ah, going more prepper, eh? <br /><br /><br />Big Mike,<br /><br />Kelly Ayotte? Please no. The only successful never-been-a-governor president we've had since the 1930's was a guy who ran the biggest mechanized invasion in world history.Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33094733048353961682014-10-29T14:53:59.635-05:002014-10-29T14:53:59.635-05:00"If you don't vote for Hillary, despite h..."If you don't vote for Hillary, despite her being the most mendacious and despicable possible presidential candidate since maybe Johnson in early 1968, before he quit, everyone here will be amazed."<br /><br />You don't think Walker will be on the ticket in 2016? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26216515506415611612014-10-29T12:36:39.508-05:002014-10-29T12:36:39.508-05:00You voted for Obama. If you don't vote for Hil...You voted for Obama. If you don't vote for Hillary, despite her being the most mendacious and despicable possible presidential candidate since maybe Johnson in early 1968, before he quit, everyone here will be amazed. <br /><br />Happy, but amazed.mikeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875483485290838207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5953156535410707392014-10-29T12:03:23.197-05:002014-10-29T12:03:23.197-05:00Ah, so now it isn't Ken in SC anymore. Love y...Ah, so now it isn't Ken in SC anymore. Love your comments. Austin is great. I've got family there.NotWhoIUsedtoBehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568355742926021406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37725830792652578082014-10-29T11:28:09.288-05:002014-10-29T11:28:09.288-05:00I handed out Goldwater bumper stickers in a shoppi...I handed out Goldwater bumper stickers in a shopping center parking lot in Alabama in 64. The only Republican on the local ballot was running against a KKK member. I handed out his stickers too. I bought my first Ayn Rand book in that same shopping center, The Virtue of Selfishness. <br /><br />BTW, I am on my way to my new home in Austin. ken in txhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345764031059905578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18454949671732836692014-10-29T09:52:51.310-05:002014-10-29T09:52:51.310-05:00BTW, I am kind of disappointed in the comment sect...<i>BTW, I am kind of disappointed in the comment section at Insty. It is an echo chamber, who needs it? I can as easily draw the obvious conclusion from one of his posts as anybody, who needs his comment section?</i><br /><br />I don't comment there because I don't feel as if know any of the commenters. Weird, huh? Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67767471046203300882014-10-29T09:51:45.394-05:002014-10-29T09:51:45.394-05:00There has been no return on investment, so I'm...<i>There has been no return on investment, so I'm investing elsewhere.</i><br /><br />Hear hear! Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2393770241180723522014-10-29T09:22:01.590-05:002014-10-29T09:22:01.590-05:00he biggest miscalculation that the Dems made was t...he biggest miscalculation that the Dems made was to sink their first year and all of their momentum into passing Obamacare with no GOP support whatsoever. The biggest miscalculation that the GOP made was allowing Ted Cruz and others to go forward with the fed govt shutdown when they had no plan for winning. The biggest miscalculation the the Tea Party made was failing to recognize that some who agrees with them 80% of the time is not their enemy.<br />All parties need to do a lot better at the political game for the good of the country.<br />Go Walker!<br /><br />Obamacare will ruin the average persons interactions in healthcare (and cost MUCH more) but the "shutdown" was a big nothingburger. If anything the "shutdown" reminded the voters of the vindictiveness of the Obama/government classes.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799959537534877428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5956392096111000502014-10-29T08:40:10.912-05:002014-10-29T08:40:10.912-05:00I suspect part of the problem is the threaded-comm...<i>I suspect part of the problem is the threaded-comments format. Things don't evolve the same way in that form, it seems.</i><br /><br />Branched vs. linear chain growth. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17973168634152685192014-10-29T08:23:48.738-05:002014-10-29T08:23:48.738-05:00OT but it is gratifying to finally see the word in...OT but it is gratifying to finally see the word incompetent sticking to Obama and pols in general by the media [and not just Fox News].<br /><br />It is about time.I'm Full of Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34126296746151928052014-10-29T07:13:50.363-05:002014-10-29T07:13:50.363-05:00"BTW, I am kind of disappointed in the commen..."BTW, I am kind of disappointed in the comment section at Insty."<br /><br />I suspect part of the problem is the threaded-comments format. Things don't evolve the same way in that form, it seems. Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74089437059817213172014-10-29T06:27:03.203-05:002014-10-29T06:27:03.203-05:00Sorry, I got nothing against Hilly but, she's ...Sorry, I got nothing against Hilly but, she's not going to be elected president.She had her shot in'08 and was rejected by her own people in favor of a smooth talking amateur. james conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971699491507200973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47260606774194980752014-10-29T06:21:56.735-05:002014-10-29T06:21:56.735-05:00BTW, I am kind of disappointed in the comment sect...BTW, I am kind of disappointed in the comment section at Insty. It is an echo chamber, who needs it? I can as easily draw the obvious conclusion from one of his posts as anybody, who needs his comment section?tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80317229883515782462014-10-29T06:19:12.155-05:002014-10-29T06:19:12.155-05:00I keep wondering who these non Democrat partisan p...I keep wondering who these non Democrat partisan people upset by the shutdown are?<br /><br />We got sequestration out of it, a trajectory toward a balanced budget, and a lot of pissing and moaning about it from the left and their leader, Obama.<br /><br />What has Obama been able to do since the shutdown? It is like a set of handcuffs and he knows it. If we didn't vote to handcuff Obama when we voted to kick out Pelosi, I don't know what we were voting for.tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34787892753214715392014-10-29T05:35:29.956-05:002014-10-29T05:35:29.956-05:00I don't think people give enough credence to t...I don't think people give enough credence to the theory that Bill is the driving force behind Hillary's presidential ambitions. If left to her own devices, I'm not sure she'd want to. Bill, however, is dying to get back to the White House, and his only path is through Hillary. People seem to like Bill and give him the benefit of the doubt; conversely they don't like Hillary, and ascribe all sorts of bad motives to her actions. In reality, I think Bill is subtly or not so subtly pushing her to do this.Joe Schmoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648976007708771203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78163876406006555492014-10-29T05:33:15.335-05:002014-10-29T05:33:15.335-05:00Bob R @8:36 PM had it exactly right.
Anyone pai...Bob R @8:36 PM had it exactly right. <br /><br />Anyone paid from public funds - be it elective office, bureaucrat, teacher, medical service provider, etc. - is motivated to Statism.<br /><br />The "American Dream" is NOT home ownership, college education, secure job, ... <br /><br />The American Dream is FREEDOM FROM GOVERNMENT MOLESTATION.<br /><br />That is why I vote Libertarian. Both major parties are Statist.<br /><br />It is worth quoting Bob R (whether he likes it or not).<br /><br />==========<br /><br /><i>I love all these people bragging that they were smart enough to vote for John McCain. I did too. I always felt choosing the lesser of two evils was the "grown up" thing to do. McCain cured me of that. There is nothing grown up about voting for John McCain. He would have been a very bad president. Maybe not as bad as Obama, but maybe worse. Anyone who voted for McCain or Obama should feel deeply ashamed. We failed in our civic duty.</i>Hammond X. Gritzkofehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00699475004094115240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26151637295170461702014-10-29T04:32:38.229-05:002014-10-29T04:32:38.229-05:00I wore a Nixon button in 1960, but the opportunity...<i>I wore a Nixon button in 1960, but the opportunity to vote in class came in 1964, when each home room had one electoral vote. Not only did I vote for Goldwater, I was instrumental, via class debate, in getting my home room to go for Goldwater, giving him his only electoral vote.</i><br /><br />Are you asking for points for something that happened a half century ago? You're not the same person!<br /><br /><i>I've repeatedly said I don't think the first woman president should be someone who got there through a powerful man and that for Bill Clinton to return to the White House violates the spirit of term limits.</i><br /><br />Good point. To the extent that Hillary leans on Bill for advice and perhaps even guidance, would her elevation to the Presidency violate the 22nd amendment? I'd argue that nothing in the 22nd amendment says one can't be an <i>advisor</i> after completing two full terms as President.<br /><br />But I do agree that Susana Martinez or Nikki Haley or Kelly Ayotte would be better as the first female POTUS because in each case they got where they're at on their own. (In that order.)Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45977176413686787922014-10-29T03:46:32.445-05:002014-10-29T03:46:32.445-05:00Ann's problem is that she is not risible.Ann's problem is that she is not risible.T. A. Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09124247983107325609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57615397342291830572014-10-29T03:39:39.372-05:002014-10-29T03:39:39.372-05:001. Only some see you as a big liberal, most see yo...1. Only some see you as a big liberal, most see you as a big fool, who was conned by Obama and will be conned again, or as a cock-tease who <i>pretends</i> to get the male/conservo-libertarian concerns, but returns privately to predictable female/collectivist tendencies.<br /><br />2. For a wide swathe of traditional men, the judicial/law professor temperament is distasteful in a woman: it reminds them unpleasantly of manipulation, deception, or disloyalty in a women close to them -- one they may have trusted to their regret. Indeed, I would argue it is <i>attractive</i> to a fairly narrow range of men in general (aside from outright betas who agree they need sensitivity training to be aware of when they leave hairs in the bathroom sink and who wouldn't dream of fondling an ass without politely asking permission first). Men don't mind reserve in a woman, but when it starts to seem <i>calculating</i> (which it has to be in the professor/judge role) it tends to trigger unease, ranging to paranoia in some cases.<br /><br />3. There's tension between your occasional Woman/Womanhood As Victim ruminations and Instapundit's Men/Manhood As Victim ruminations. It's a very unusual person who can be neutral in the ancient battle of the sexes to win the Most Misunderstood And Exploited prize, or even see the merit that there might be in <i>both</i> sides of the endless argument.<br /><br />4. There's blood in the water. After eight long years of a baffling preference of the majority of their fellow citizens for a smooth-talking prissy sleazebot and mealy-mouthed collectivist nostrums, there's the sense that <i>now</i> the red-blooded God-fearin' straight-shootin' black-coffee-drinkin' American they <i>thought</i> they lived amongst has finally woken up and is about to throw these changelings and cuckoos the hell <i>out</i> -- and the anticipation raises the blood pressure, while the possibility of a slip 'twixt cup and lip jangles the nerves. Result, partisan fervor.<br /><br />5. Instapundit himself has changed (perhaps partly because of 4 above). There is less moderation and reflection, less non-political stuff, less independent libertarian stuff, and much more reflexive Obama hate.<br /><br />6. Most bloggers and persistent commentariats tend to fossilize over time (and the comments in that thread are highly stereotyped). I think it's because it's extremely hard after a while for either the principal or the dinner guests to back down from an iffy and misguided thought -- you get savaged. So after time people tend to be less intellectually adventurous and open. This is a well-known effect in business: the larger the meeting, the more fossilized and traditional the positions. You only really get true experimentation and adventure in the ideas people express when the discussion is small, intimate, and private -- three adjectives that cannot possibly describe public blogging and commenting. <br /><br />7. You also have a streak of provacateur or the intellectual flirt: you say things sometimes just (or mostly just) to provoke reaction and hot discussion. That makes all kinds of sense in your profession, of course. But, again, in a woman it can make many men uneasy -- few like a tease, which is kind of what this is.Carl Phamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03472929788984056650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26868003676249609592014-10-29T02:35:30.202-05:002014-10-29T02:35:30.202-05:00Ok so Althouse voted for repubs in the past. So sh...Ok so Althouse voted for repubs in the past. So she says. So we can't say for sure that she will vote lib this time. And I suppose we can give her the benefit of the doubt.<br /> <br /><br />Its just that vote for Obama is so hard to expunge. Its like a scarlet letter, the letter O emblazoned on her identity. I think it would cancel out the vote for at least three republicans jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/06250384040393259866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32835668465592812462014-10-29T02:35:19.845-05:002014-10-29T02:35:19.845-05:00Ann, you lost the "Anybody but Obama" cr...Ann, you lost the "Anybody but Obama" crowd when you became the "Anybody but McCain" Prof. The fecklessness of Obama is stunning while McCain's Presidency is only conjecture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78578610418635457222014-10-29T02:15:51.168-05:002014-10-29T02:15:51.168-05:00Most of the negative posts reminded me more of lef...Most of the negative posts reminded me more of lefty trolls trying to conduct some sort of divisive psy-ops campaign against the right.<br /><br />Aren't there rooms full of unemployed political science majors being paid minimum wage by George Soros to do just that using multiple avatars?Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25464188588631831212014-10-28T23:16:17.159-05:002014-10-28T23:16:17.159-05:00They kind of see you as Lucy with the football or ...They kind of see you as Lucy with the football or the distaff Mickey Kaus, Ann, in that they expect you to be able to identify what the problems are, but then stay loyal to the team you grew up with. They're just preparing for the pre-election blog post they think will come about 730 days from now.<br /><br />(Chicago Cubs fans can ID the same sort of woes their guys suffer, but still stay loyal to their team despite a century of foul-ups. Even inside government, Daniel Patrick Moynihan was famous from his report in 1965 while working for LBJ on the break-up of black families, up through his 'Boob bait for Bubbas" line about Bill Clinton's economic plans in 1993. Moynihan could identify the problem and go out and criticize those contributing to the problems, but then would turn right around and vote in the U.S. Senate for the same measures that caused the problems. DPM was born a Hell's Kitchen Democrat, and he was going to die a Hell's Kitchen Democrat, even if he knew the whole team was corking their bats, doing steroids and abusing the spouse on the side.)J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39085769843113916962014-10-28T23:07:07.221-05:002014-10-28T23:07:07.221-05:00Since you're checking out instapundit, I'm...Since you're checking out instapundit, I'm wondering what you have to say about the story on Dante Cunningham. Surely, if all violence against women is bad, then fake violence against women, with no repurcussions for teh woman filing a false report is also bad? RecChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332736695988953550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79057713754427158042014-10-28T23:05:43.333-05:002014-10-28T23:05:43.333-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Saint Croixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876368500159112781noreply@blogger.com