tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post7371918589309650004..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: More on Conservative HacksJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-54783061211987414772010-04-09T16:00:16.154-05:002010-04-09T16:00:16.154-05:00John Edwards was a pretty big fraud. There have be...John Edwards was a pretty big fraud. There have been a few big scandals involving Dem Senators in the last few years, though names escape me. Someone on par with Newt or Palin though? Hmm, well, Noam Chomsky's about as radically unhinged as those two, though luckily he's always been so full of himself he'd never deign to run for office. There are certain other super lefties like him out there who frequently spout the sort of baseless anti-government screeds that we frequently hear from the Union-bashers and Neo-Confederates. The big difference, though, is that they don't get elected to anything.Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776242322789918501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-26214422807248125412010-04-09T10:59:41.604-05:002010-04-09T10:59:41.604-05:00I guess I need to explain what I mean by "fra...I guess I need to explain what I mean by "fraud" here...the way I use it with Newt (and Kudlow, I guess) is that that Newt purports to be a Serious Thinker, and he isn't -- he's just a huckster. I can't really think of a Dem equivalent, but I don't think there's anything inherent in conservatives that makes them especially prone to that. McCain's not like that at all, and I don't use that word for him. McCain just doesn't bother learning about policy. That's fairly common among pols on both sides. Palin? What's phony about her isn't, of course, any claims to knowing anything, but her claims to being an ordinary American...but what's wrong with her as a presidential candidate is that it's a bad idea to have someone as president who knows as much about policy as the average American citizen. <br /><br />I can see the argument that they're all phonies of different stripes. If that's the case, then I'd say that I can think of at least two or three Democratic candidates for president from 2004 who I'd consider to be phonies of one stripe or another. Make that at least three or four. Not the (presidential) nominee.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-16984497675105818642010-04-09T08:02:30.652-05:002010-04-09T08:02:30.652-05:00I second this. And it's got to be somebody wh...I second this. And it's got to be somebody who's lies and/or ignorance have been repeatedly exposed.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-78942885356743163862010-04-08T19:27:59.405-05:002010-04-08T19:27:59.405-05:00Who's the fraud, Jonathan, on the Dem side on ...Who's the fraud, Jonathan, on the Dem side on the scale of Palin, Newt, Kudlow, McCain? You claim "both sides," so name a Dem fraud like those named above on the national stage. No fair rummaging through the Democratic Underground for obscure commenters either. We are talking frauds with almost daily access to national television and respectable print news venues.Jamesnoreply@blogger.com