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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:38 PM Original message |
Christopher Buckley leaves National Review-“been effectively fatwahed by the conservative movement” |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Come over to the light, Chris. Leave the dark side behind. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. his books are excellent and really funny. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas. n/t |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. it always amazes me that they are amazed |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. At least the Mafia folks now |
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RTFirefly (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Leave McCain's marital history out of this! |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. He ain't the only conservative/republican to leave a sinking ship |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Hitchens is a party of one. |
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thenam (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Even his father was alienated by Neo-Cons and such |
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torbird (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Gee, Chris: Sow, meet Reap. |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. expect many months of total meltdown in the competing "conservative" ranks |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm hoping the Republican party will soon be a fringe, regional party. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. I could see the Libertarian party supplanting the Republican party in the West |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. That NR editor, Richard Lowry, is the one who "creamed" his pants on TV when talking about Palin. |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. He's one sick bastard. n/t |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. No wonder he fatwa-ed Buckley... |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. A thousand starbursts? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. So what's a former National Review columnist |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. He'll end up writing a book about his NR years and how the current Conservatives aren't the ones he |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Yay for |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. He's pretty good at cleaning boat bottoms |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. ha |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. Many old style Rethugs have felt their party has left them |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. It slowly built, but each event you mention was a milestone. |
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theothersnippywshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. "When did this crappy part of the Rethug party start?" |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. Their party has left them ... |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. the 'Big' Tent of the Holy Oil Oligarchy is getting smaller and smaller and smaller |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. I heard an interview with him |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. k and r nt |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. Buckley, like his father, is so gifted in the way he tap dances around his core contradiction |
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WallStreetNobody (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. All the true conservatives are leaving the party |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. Best thing that could have happened to him. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. K&R to shine light on conservative extremism. ///nt |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. I love seeing these people.. |
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Best_man23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
32. As a writer, the best form of revenge |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
33. He should join forces with David Brock |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. I am always angered by former-right-wingers crying about how mean their own kind are. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. he really didn't seem too broken up about it, he still owns a big chunk of the Review |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. Looks like he finally got tired of the neocons. Even his father couldn't stand them. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. Bad, Bad Mistake, Rich Lowry |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
40. Sweet, Sweet, Schadenfreude... K & R !!! |
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