Comments on: The Stupid Party

By: Simon Winthrop

Simon Winthrop — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:18:12 +0000

Quoting the writer:
“After all, no one ever lost an election by underestimating the greed, fear, and loathing of the American electorate.”

I would humbly submit, except for this one.

By: James M. Martin

James M. Martin — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:28:30 +0000

You got to wonder about a guy brought up as a Hindu who converts to Christeranity. Ask yourself why he would do a thing like that. Does the word, “opportunist” ring any bells?

By: Frankly Curious

Frankly Curious — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:55:09 +0000

I'm not sure what Jindal wants. The Republican base is primarily the rich. That's the take home from Red State Blue State Rich State Poor State. I talk about it here: It's the Poor, Stupid If the Republicans aren't the party of the rich, what are they? In The Reactionary Mind, Corey Robin argues that what defines conservatives (for centuries) is their reaction against social changes. This is why with the exception of Edmund Burke, conservatives rarely turn to any thinkers more than a generation back: they all hold such vile positions. I guess one exception to that would be Ayn Rand, but it isn't because she isn't vile. BTW, I just had an idea for a sequel to Atlas Shrugged. It would be a dystopic novel about what really happens in the "producer's" perfect land. Rand had incredibly primitive ideas about psychology, sociology, economics, and pretty much everything else. And that includes fiction. Her nonfiction is readable. I don't think I could get through AS again. And that's why I won't be writing that sequel.

By: Jeff Snyder

Jeff Snyder — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:29:44 +0000

Perhaps the next time you come across a budget shortfall you can repeal a tax break for corporations instead of taking a meat cleaver to the education budget that might help with the dumbing down problem

By: Alan C

Alan C — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:46:07 +0000

As someone who lives in the same state as Mt. St. Helens, I thought Jindal’s disparagement of volcano monitoring was pretty stupid. As would be a governor of Washington dismissing “something called hurrican monitoring.” That said, I would like it if politicians of all parties worked for the public interest instead of for pressure groups like billionaires and theocrats.