Past conservatives (notably Robert Taft and Barry Goldwater) have speculated about whether or not it is appropriate for the government to enforce integration in violation of the personal freedoms of its opponents, but it is important to note they did not oppose firm government enforcement of equal voting rights and protection of individual civil liberties and that their consideration of the issue was an ongoing process. Goldwater, for instance, finally came to the conclusion that individual civil rights for every citizen justified government action against citizens choosing to deny those rights to others. The conservative positions on these issues was far more nuanced and thoughtful (far more similar to many liberal positions on abortion than to today’s conservative positions on, say, gay rights) than those advanced by the right to day. Barry Goldwater had the same problem of nuanced thought and constant evaluation of his own positions that caused modern conservatives to condemn Al Gore and John Kerry as ‘flip-floppers’, for instance. Though they held or considered positions on which the contemporary claim of liberal fascism is based, such past conservatives believed they were serving a place in the greater political dialogue while today’s conservatives seek to own the dialogue.

So while the idea that government protection of the natural rights of citizens violates the natural rights of the citizens from which they need to be protected is not new, they idea that it somehow a Nazi-esque threat to freedom for all is very new and not consistent with similar conservative positions of the past. It’s a sign of just how far the self-appointed heirs of Taft and Goldwater really are from their genuine roots.

As bizarre as it sounds for Eric to be calling the left fascists, you probably don’t know how bizarre it gets (unless you have read Eric’s other writings). Eric, while labeling himself a libertarian, has supported what amounts to a military dictatorship which would deny civil liberties to anyone who opposes the war on “Islamo-fascism.”

Correct. Because you already ARE liars.

People Magazine and Greta Van Sustern must be shaking in their boots.

Murray Chotiner.

Here’s a handy mnemonic:  In his book Eight Million Ways to Die, Lawrence Block writes of a character who registers at a hotel as “Charles Owen Jones”.  It’s a play on words:  he’s a ballsy guy, so he signs himself “C. O. Jones”, i.e., “cojones”.

Considering how poor the ratings are at MSNBC, perhaps they will put on such a show if they think there would be a large enough audience. However this still wouldn’t get any voters to return to the GOP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tuck