The GOP's Fiscal Fraudulence

[heliochrome85]

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/t ... point.html

Andrew Sullivan, as usual, right on the money.

[BusyBadger]

Andrew Sullivan, as usual, right on the money.

Sullivan...

...supports the flat tax, free market healthcare, strong national defense, privatizing social security & fighting a war on what he calls "Jihadist terror". Is morally opposed to abortion and wants to overturn Roe v. Wade (though he can accept first trimester abortions), opposes the panacea of universal healthcare, the welfare state & cap-and-trade and Kyoto-style approaches to climate change, supported Bush in 2000, endorsed Ron Paul for the GOP ticket...

It's odd to hear you use the qualifer "as usual" in there as those are all conservative stances (well, except for that first trimester and Ron Paul bit). And he's spot on about the problems within the GOP and the state of conservatism in America.

Here's a good article from a couple of years ago about his political alignment. With an outstanding quote:

"Although I am a religious person, I do not believe that any specific form of religion has a veto in determining who is or is not a political conservative in a secular society. I think non-believers can be conservatives - and Hindus and Muslims and Jews and Christians. The conservative political temperament is not a theological position that belongs to any denomination or God."

And his observations about the GOP:

"The fact that I have been relentless and impolite in pointing this out - as the GOP has collapsed for these very reasons - suggests to me that the GOP is still more interested in persecuting critics, especially the more effective ones, than reforming for the future."

[heliochrome85]

i read andrew every day. he is conservative in his views, as am i. that being said, he does not speak for the GOP and was pushed out of the conservative movement thanks to the radicalizaton weve seen of the GOPs agenda in the last 10 years or so. The reality is that i highly respect the man because while i might not agree with him 100%, he is at least well thought out in his arguments. he doesnt just dismiss things because he disagrees with them, and is open to being proven wrong, and has freely admitted his wrongdoings.

this is his post from 10/10/10, which was the tenth anniversary of his blog. its a damn fine read.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/t ... -2010.html

[audtatious]

Thanks for the links, I'll have to read his stuff when I get a chance.