tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post1798406002148607459..comments2023-11-02T03:51:26.343-07:00Comments on Coalition for Fog: A reply to a comment that Victor made awhile back ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-21257853046784197682007-09-09T13:29:00.000-07:002007-09-09T13:29:00.000-07:00Excellent website. Good work. Very useful. I will ...Excellent website. Good work. Very useful. I will bookmark!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-92013405295837429632007-08-28T08:15:00.000-07:002007-08-28T08:15:00.000-07:00Glad to read articles like this. Thanks to author!...Glad to read articles like this. Thanks to author!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-2479908446962607622007-08-18T00:38:00.000-07:002007-08-18T00:38:00.000-07:00Thanks for interesting article.Thanks for interesting article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-89918530538696551072007-08-17T14:29:00.000-07:002007-08-17T14:29:00.000-07:00Thanks for article!Thanks for article!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-70963200417457769072007-06-11T11:17:00.000-07:002007-06-11T11:17:00.000-07:00Gentlemen, I stronly suggest that if you don't li...Gentlemen, I stronly suggest that if you don't like Giuliani, please take a look at Duncan Hunter, a congressman from Metropolitan San Diego. He not only opposes abortion (in fact, he favors a constitutional amendment banning it) but also has a strong stance against Islamic terror.<BR/><BR/>It's one thing to complain about something; it's quite another to seek (let alone advocate) viable Joseph D'Hippolitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571554907399914529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-935784310649992162007-06-07T11:19:00.000-07:002007-06-07T11:19:00.000-07:00I would never vote for Guiliani due to his positio...I would never vote for Guiliani due to his position on abortion, and I think enough Republicans would agree with me to make his nomination a disaster for the Republicans and not just on the Presidential level. I think he stands a very small chance of getting the nomination however, and his chances will be even slimmer after Thompson gets into the race and begins to draw off some of his Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-11888611879483232432007-06-07T11:13:00.000-07:002007-06-07T11:13:00.000-07:00Well, hell-- abortion is certainly an existential ...Well, hell-- abortion is certainly an existential matter, from the point of view of the unborn, right? I don't know which chunks of the rationale you buy into, but I for one don't buy that chunk.Andy Nowickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128644133382664355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-13151826895973310442007-06-07T10:32:00.000-07:002007-06-07T10:32:00.000-07:00Andy:I think the thought processes of those who do...Andy:<BR/><BR/>I think the thought processes of those who do say "kick Paul out" go something like the following:<BR/><BR/>Abortion is a disputable political issue within the polity, on which citizens can and do take opposing stances. The war on terror is an existential conflict with outsiders who would kill us all, pro-life and pro-choice alike, circumstances permitting. Further, Paul's commentsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-83040989070703198672007-06-07T10:11:00.000-07:002007-06-07T10:11:00.000-07:00Victor, I didn't figure that you would want to exc...Victor, I didn't figure that you would want to exclude Ron Paul from the debate-- my point was that it seems easy to deduce that the outrage of GOP pundits over Paul's anti-war stance compared to the lack thereof with regard to RG's pro-abortion stance (no one calling for RG being ousted from the debates, as some did with Paul) that being pro-war is non-negotiable, while being pro-abortion isn't Andy Nowickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128644133382664355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-54252497133264596262007-06-06T22:25:00.000-07:002007-06-06T22:25:00.000-07:00than to have [Giuliani] win and have the argument ...<I>than to have [Giuliani] win and have the argument that politicians need not concern themselves with social conservatives at the national level validated.</I><BR/><BR/>Not really. Such a primary result would be a confluence of the pro-abortion Republicans being able to coalesce around one candidate, while the SoCons were split. And unique matters of personality (we wouldn't even be having this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-41278700503388957992007-06-06T13:34:00.000-07:002007-06-06T13:34:00.000-07:00Well...Some Repub pundits wanted to ban Ron Paul f...Well...<BR/>Some Repub pundits wanted to ban Ron Paul from the debates following his expressing his skepticism regarding the war on terror, yet none have expressed a desire to exclude Guliani after he made clear that he's A-OK with legalized abortion. Doesn't this show how in the "big tent" of the GOP, being pro-abortion isn't so bad, but being anti-war is simply beyond the pale?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09302732957291243682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-46860757251024282412007-06-06T11:42:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:42:00.000-07:00No, the fact that the "Surge" seems to be working ...No, the fact that the "Surge" seems to be working indicates that Rumsfeld was basicaly wrong, and his military critics basically right. I always admired Rumsfeld, but I now regret my support for him. Just because the Left hates someone doesn't mean they are right...<BR/><BR/>TschaferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-38570094769097893272007-06-06T11:23:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:23:00.000-07:00Paul:I completely agree and the examples that Rudy...Paul:<BR/><BR/>I completely agree and the examples that Rudy-backers have given (that he rejected a check from a Saudi prince after 9/11, for instance) don't exactly strike me as the most persuasive of examples. <BR/><BR/>I should also add that when I mean criticizing Bush on the war I do not mean an embrace of the anti-war narrative. Rather, I recommend the strategy referred to by Bottum in his torquemada05https://www.blogger.com/profile/02007449752650768676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-66234623419399200422007-06-06T11:18:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:18:00.000-07:00I'm also not nearly as convinced as some people th...<I>I'm also not nearly as convinced as some people that he would be such a great foreign policy president either - his inability to date to criticize Bush in a substantive fashion at a time when both personal and political support for the man remains at record lows due a variety of factors is something that I consider a definite weakness. Romney, McCain, and (still undeclared?) Thompson have all Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com