http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics ... nservative


"Judge Richard Posner, a conservative on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, has long been one of the nation's most respected and admired legal thinkers on the right. But in an interview with NPR, he expressed exasperation at the modern Republican Party, and confessed that he has become "less conservative" as a result."..............................

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You omitted the best part of his comments:

"Posner expressed admiration for President Ronald Reagan and the economist Milton Friedman, two pillars of conservatism. But over the past 10 years, Posner said, "there's been a real deterioration in conservative thinking. And that has to lead people to re-examine and modify their thinking."

"I've become less conservative since the Republican Party started becoming goofy," he said."

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There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed. ~Samuel Johnson

A familiar refrain: "I didn't leave the GOP...The GOP left me..."

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You play pretty good...for a girl.
"I think--Therefore I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh--OR Glenn Beck"
"FauxNews--Unsuitable For Viewers Under 75."
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." -- Sinclair Lewis
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" -- Samuel Johnson (1775)
"Taking Back The Country From Those Who Think It Needs Taking Back."

If I could I would print every article in its entirety but the last time I tried they caught me.

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Yes, you got a spanking for that, bad boy.

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“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” -James Baldwin

I aspire...

He is what you call "RINO". He has not "become" less conservative, he has been outed by conservatives.

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Arlen


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Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps

"RINO"s are people who haven't drunk enough Kool-Aid to become extremist party ideologues yet... When you're THAT far to the right, then everything and everyone that doesn't agree with your fascist views looks like a "RINO"...

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You play pretty good...for a girl.
"I think--Therefore I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh--OR Glenn Beck"
"FauxNews--Unsuitable For Viewers Under 75."
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." -- Sinclair Lewis
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" -- Samuel Johnson (1775)
"Taking Back The Country From Those Who Think It Needs Taking Back."

LOL, and when your that far to the left everyone who does not agree with you is an evil knuckle dragging, microbe, ............did I miss any?

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Oh wait a second, LJ is not far left at all, in fact she is quite moderate and carefully considers both sides of any political issue. I've personally been very impressed with her ability to reason with those who disagree without berating or insulting them. LJ is the kind of person we need in congress... the kind of person who would be more willing to listen to and thoughtfully consider a more conservative point of view (intead of those who insult and name call at every opportunity.

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"Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." ~ Benjamin Franklin

Oh wait a second, LJ is not far left at all, in fact she is quite moderate and carefully considers both sides of any political issue. I've personally been very impressed with her ability to reason with those who disagree without berating or insulting them. LJ is the kind of person we need in congress... the kind of person who would be more willing to listen to and thoughtfully consider a more conservative point of view (intead of those who insult and name call at every opportunity.

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"Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." ~ Benjamin Franklin