[lbo-talk] more noxious crap

[shag carpet bomb]

At 11:25 AM 10/2/2009, Eric Beck wrote:
>This is a great question. The way I see it, conservatives don't really
>stick to their philosophy; that is, the "small government" and civil
>liberties that they talk about all the time are fine as abstract
>principles, but they aren't really essential to their politics. What
>are essential is adherence to extreme nationalism and the desire for
>the death of everyone who is not them. There weren't many protests
>against surveillence and spending while Bush was popular; it only
>became an issue after he was unpopular and expendable, when it was
>easy to dog on him.

yeah. but the point in contention is doug's argument that liberals would 
never get to the point of dogging _any_ democrat out of principle, no 
matter how unpopular.

shag