National Review columnist John Derbyshire has a new book out titled We are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism, which contains a section titled “The Case Against Female Suffrage.” Derbyshire’s main argument against female suffrage is that its bad for conservatives because single women want the government to take care of them and so they vote Democratic, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'conservative logic'
Turning Back the Clock
October 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · AR, Politics
Tags: civil rights·conservative logic·feminism·National Review·racism·white men·women's suffrage
In Fairness, I’m Pretty Sure Some Republicans Do Not Have Mothers
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) is fast becoming one of my favorite senators. Last week, I attended a hearing where she laid into an economist from the Heritage Foundation, pointing out the absurdity of claiming that extending unemployment benefits will lead to people not seeking jobs in an economic climate where there are 15 million people out [...]
Tags: conservative logic·Debbie Stabenow·health care·maternity care·Republicans
A Teaching Moment
September 24th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Law and Justice, Politics
One of the more disturbing aspects of the Tea Party movement and conservative response to Obama in general has been the hysteria over the mundane. The president commemorates September 11th by calling for a National Day of Service? Hijacking national tragedy in the name of Karl Marx! The president addresses school children about the importance [...]
Tags: census worker·conservative logic·Michelle Bachmann·right-wing hysteria·Tea Parties
Pity the Fool
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Law and Justice, Politics, Technology
For those of us no-name types, Twitter provides an outlet for the little germs of wisdom we come up with while drunk and/or pathetically lonely. For political types, however, Twitter is an easily mockable (and equally misguided) excuse for a soapbox. Josh Treviño (former Bush writer of some sort, who now runs a “strategies & [...]
Tags: 287(g)·ACLU·Border Patrol·civil liberties·conservative logic·idiocy·immigrant rights·Immigration·Josh Treviño·racial profiling·Texas·Twitter
Poor Jonah
July 15th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Supreme Court
I feel sorry for Jonah Goldberg, a man caught between two worlds. He wants desperately to be accepted as an intellectual by smart, serious people, yet he also wants to get rich selling books to very stupid people. So he ends up doing things like writing a book where he calls liberals Nazis (using such [...]
Tags: abortion·Ann Coulter·conservative logic·Emily Bazelon·eugenics·Jonah Goldberg·Liberal Fascism·NY Times·Oliver Wendell Holmes·organic food·Rush Limbaugh·Ruth Bader Ginsburg·three generations of imbeciles·weathermen
Poll: Who’s The Craziest?
July 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Arts and Entertainment, Politics
A new Lying To Make Friends feature where honest-to-God elected officials compete with irrelevant celebrities on who can spout the craziest non-sense. Your contestants: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) (Right, a military coup is exactly like following the order of succession mandated by the Constitution or getting more votes than the other candidate) Victoria Jackson (Are [...]
Tags: conservative logic·Jim DeMint·right-wing hysteria·Steve King·The Hills·Victoria Jackson
More Palin!
July 6th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics
Ross Douthat had a column in the NY Times this morning bemoaning the sexism and elitism motivating the media’s treatment of Sarah Palin. As Adam Serwer points out, this follows a pattern of conservatives suddenly caring about issues like sexism whenever a Republican is affected. (Bonus points for the Futurama reference). This discussion demonstrates part [...]
Tags: Adam Serwer·conservative logic·conservatives·John McCain·NY Times·Ross Douthat·Sarah Palin·sexism
Bury the rag deep in your face. . .
June 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Law and Justice, Supreme Court
. . . for now’s the time for your tears.
Tags: conservative logic·criminal justice·DNA testing·Supreme Court