Comments on: SEARCHING FOR ROOTS http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/11/23/searching-for-roots/ Politics served up with a smile... And a stilletto. Sat, 16 May 2026 02:20:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nothing » Independence http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/11/23/searching-for-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-166205 Nothing » Independence Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:10:46 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=902#comment-166205 [...] Now, RightWingNuthouse has published a short essay that provides the beginning of a different read on the same subject. I urge you, supporters and trolls alike, to go read it right now. It provokes some interesting thoughts and ideas that I think we ALL need to be looking at. [...] [...] Now, RightWingNuthouse has published a short essay that provides the beginning of a different read on the same subject. I urge you, supporters and trolls alike, to go read it right now. It provokes some interesting thoughts and ideas that I think we ALL need to be looking at. [...]

]]> By: docdave http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/11/23/searching-for-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-101224 docdave Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:39:09 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=902#comment-101224 “They’ve been in power too long,” Mr. Nofziger says of Republicans. “Any time you put any political party in power for too long, it becomes corrupt. It loses its focus. It forgets why it came there.” Could be that's true but how does that relate to the absolute corruption of the Democratic party which has sold out to the extreme lefties and has not been in power for several years. Trouble is if the Republicans have become corrupt who do we have to replace them? Certainly not the current Democrats. “They’ve been in power too long,” Mr. Nofziger says of Republicans. “Any time you put any political party in power for too long, it becomes corrupt. It loses its focus. It forgets why it came there.”

Could be that’s true but how does that relate to the absolute corruption of the Democratic party which has sold out to the extreme lefties and has not been in power for several years. Trouble is if the Republicans have become corrupt who do we have to replace them? Certainly not the current Democrats.

]]> By: Jo http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/11/23/searching-for-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-100516 Jo Thu, 24 Nov 2005 11:57:04 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=902#comment-100516 Just a quick note to wish you and yours a great and safe Thanksgiving. :) Just a quick note to wish you and yours a great and safe Thanksgiving. :)

]]> By: ed http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/11/23/searching-for-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-100262 ed Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:54:31 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=902#comment-100262 The last four paragraphs are fascinating. A conservative acknowledging that some non-military federal agencies actually have value and worth in modern America. This would seem to go against the Nofzinger ideals, which frankly seem quite libertarian. The Reagan era, which you invoked, also saw an generous expansion of federal government spending, despite the tax cuts and efforts to rein in bureaucracy. Perhaps smaller government is no longer a mainstream conservative value? Perhaps George Bush reflects 21st Century conservatism more accurately than the old small government wing does? The last four paragraphs are fascinating. A conservative acknowledging that some non-military federal agencies actually have value and worth in modern America. This would seem to go against the Nofzinger ideals, which frankly seem quite libertarian. The Reagan era, which you invoked, also saw an generous expansion of federal government spending, despite the tax cuts and efforts to rein in bureaucracy. Perhaps smaller government is no longer a mainstream conservative value? Perhaps George Bush reflects 21st Century conservatism more accurately than the old small government wing does?

]]> By: Harlan James http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/11/23/searching-for-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-100172 Harlan James Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:45:03 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=902#comment-100172 Given what we've seen as far as an explosion in both the size of our government and the amount of debt piled up these last 5 years, the continuing loyalty of so-called conservatives for George W. Bush has to be a bit of a mystery. I've begun to suspect that many on the left have become quite content to see conservatism and the 2nd Bush so closely linked. No amount of MoveOn.org style propaganda could do the kind of harm to the overall philosophy of conservatism as the person currently serving as its posterboy. Given what we’ve seen as far as an explosion in both the size of our government and the amount of debt piled up these last 5 years, the continuing loyalty of so-called conservatives for George W. Bush has to be a bit of a mystery.

I’ve begun to suspect that many on the left have become quite content to see conservatism and the 2nd Bush so closely linked. No amount of MoveOn.org style propaganda could do the kind of harm to the overall philosophy of conservatism as the person currently serving as its posterboy.

]]> By: Big Daddy http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/11/23/searching-for-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-100171 Big Daddy Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:30:15 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=902#comment-100171 Great article. I am linking it to my blog with comments about limited government. Great article. I am linking it to my blog with comments about limited government.

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