I think he realized after 2000 how the game had to be played. He did play to the base, especially with Palin, but I doubt it was something he wanted to do. The people in charge of his campaign basically did the same things they did with Bush in 04, but he wasn't that type of candidate and he was stuck between trying…

Because that's roughly the size of your penis.

Point taken. You're an ideologue and I'm a centrist. At least we can have a rational conversation about these things, which was really my original point.

Most of the poor people I know are conservatives.

I'm not suggesting a moral equivalency, clearly there are some people who are more dangerous than others. There is however a similar mindset in the way issues are approached, without really thinking about the merits or positive and negative aspects. It's a knee jerk reaction on the far right and left. Obama is the new…

I think a large part of the reason that McCain got crushed also was that he was a more traditional conservative and didn't play to the base. That was Palin's job, but she didn't do it well enough and also alienated moderate republicans and democrats. Basically they sealed their own fate and the division in the party…

Comically obvious yes, but those moves were fucking amazing.

Legacy
I'm generally not even a fan of dancing but i could watch that shit all day. Dude was awesome.

Jarvis Johnson
ADD or Autism?

Also, Cat Deely is adorable.

I think his marginally more talented partner was what got him through to choreography.

I don't usually watch this but my wife does. Last night's show was very entertaining though.

We already have that and have for years, it's just less benevolent.

Exactly, they play to the base and try to paint themselves as the righteous opposition to big government spending, but when they get into power they do the exact same shit. But they still have the moral issues which will attract christians and the deep south, so no one will realize how badly they're fucking up on all…

That's usally the way it happens. I can see the republicans splintering before the democrats though. Or maybe the extreme sides of both parties will drive people in the center to form their own party of normal people. That would require people to agree on things or debate things rationally though and i don't see that…

If I'm reading the review right, he sounds like he's saying that conservatism has drifted from its ideals of small government, individual rights, and fiscal responsibility to cloudy moral issues which may energize people in the deep south and midwest but drive traditional republicans from the party by being so…

it's only because they've been marginalized to that point. If you talked to a radical hippie five years ago, you would hear much of the same about no war for oil and Bush is Hitler and such nonsense. There's about 15% of people who are either extreme right or extreme left in this country. The rest are more middle of…

Rock Band: Black Metal needs to happen.

You get to battle jesus as the final boss.

Must be all the endo