A Typical Conservative

Writing at Big Hollywood, John T. Simpson describes his life as a conservative Republican:

I go to bed full of hate and wake up the same.  I hate blacks, Hispanics, gays, women, abortion doctors, liberals, Lefties, Democrats, you name ‘em, I hate ‘em if they’re not like me. I especially hate President Obama for being black. Just ask Janeane Garofalo, although being a Stalinist Socialist doesn’t help Obama’s cause any with me. Fact is, Obama could be a GOP Michael Steele Uncle Tom, and I’d still hate him even more than liberals hate Steele. Skin color trumps all. Thank God I was born the right color, or I’d probably kill myself. Wait, the hoods are dry! Be right back.

Where was I? Oh, yeah. Joe is my hero and role model, Archie Bunker a distant second, Ted Nugent a close third. I have posters of all of them lining my walls, alongside such conservative Republican heroes as Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Adolf Hitler and Darth Vader.

I used to have one of Robert C. Byrd, but he lost me when he left the Klan and became the Conscience of the Senate. Whatever that means. Didn’t know the Senate had one. But I never understood that. How can a white guy in good conscience leave the Klan?

The “Bush lied, people died” crowd and their celebrity mouthpieces delight in encouraging these stereotypes among centrists, independents, and so-called “low information” voters.  It isn’t ignorance, it’s an ongoing political strategy at work every day in American classrooms and newspapers.

Unfortunately, it seems to be a winning strategy.  Ridiculing it is a good first step, but not one that will win elections.  Until conservatives can recapture their role in shaping the political narrative, their message will be ignored by the voters in the middle who are unwilling to align themselves with what they see as the party of hate.

July 16, 2009 · Filed Under Conservatism, Republican Strategy

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Smart Girl Nation

If you just can’t get enough Jenn Q. Public (and really, who can?), check out Smart Girl Nation, a new online conservative magazine.  The editors have been kind enough to publish several of my articles, thus cementing my status as a “Smart Girl.”

Smart Girl Nation launched on Tuesday, and is featured today in Amanda Carpenter’s Hot Button column in the Washington Times.

If you’re arriving here from Smart Girl Nation, please have a look around, leave a comment or two, and consider subscribing to my RSS feed or email updates.

May 8, 2009 · Filed Under Conservatism, The Blogosphere, Women

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The Plumber and The Paperboy

On Red Eye last night, Greg Gutfeld nailed his analysis of Joe the Plumber, creepy conservative wunderkind Jonathan Krohn, and the state of leadership in the conservative movement:

Now I’m not saying that the plumber or the paperboy don’t belong in the conservative movement. They just shouldn’t be IN FRONT of it. We’ll find our leaders, or hopefully, soon they’ll find us. But it’s not going to be a guy whose middle name is an article, or a boy still sleeping in a twin bed. We don’t, in fact, need anyone who “plays a role.” What’s needed is someone, like Kemp, who was both real, and smart – and not a cartoon.

Everything Greg said is fairly obvious, and yet, it’s the kind of obvious that needs to be shouted from the rooftops because so many people aren’t getting it.  Read the whole thing.

May 6, 2009 · Filed Under Conservatism

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