Comments on: Catfight in The Corner! Lopez vs. Parker

By: Kirk Petersen

Kirk Petersen — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:16:00 +0000

Robert, it’s the whole “doing it in the Oval Office” thing that puts Clinton in a different league. That, and the sheer number of incidents and allegations over an extended period of time.

By: men are so obvious

men are so obvious — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:16:00 +0000

Watch the joint Palin/McCain interview with Katie Couric and you will see an old geezer who is clearly smitten and totally blind to the fact that the woman sitting next to him is a total airhead (who happens to be governor of Alaska). Palin’s career path is obvious–she is a future talking head on the Fox(y) News Channel

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:27:00 +0000

I’ve said for some time now: of course Sarah Palin was picked because of her looks. Imagine McCain picking a woman with the same thin resume and (lack of) qualifications…who looked like Camilla Parker Bowles (no offense to to Bowles).

By: Robert Green

Robert Green — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:48:00 +0000

i am deeply confused by something you wrote in your otherwise very well thought out post: why do you think that “McCain isn’t nearly as big a pig…as Clinton” when it comes to sex? why does McCain get such a pass from pretty much everyone, right and left? the man’s first wife was crippled by a horrible car accident while he was in the hanoi hilton, and yet she bravely soldiered on (as it were), taking care of their children until his return. and when he saw her upon his return, he very soon thereafter started cheating on her with a younger, blonder, hotter woman (aka Cindy), one whose ambitions matched his own. he then used her money to better his career.

he also is quoted as having told a colleague that he wanted to go to brazil after his war college experience rather than somewhere like the middle east because “i have a better chance of getting laid there”. of course, he was married at the time.

i think he is every bit the dog that clinton is (just from what we know on the record) so why does he get a pass? i don’t get it.

By: Kirk Petersen

Kirk Petersen — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:35:00 +0000

Let's try again on coding that link to the "socialist" quote by Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

By: Kirk Petersen

Kirk Petersen — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:26:00 +0000

Welcome, Scott and Theo.

poperatzo, for the record, I reject the substance of your comment. I do not believe that Obama’s race is a primary or even secondary concern for Kathryn Lopez or any of the posters in The Corner.

It’s certainly possible to find anti-Obama racism on the Internets, but I have never seen it on The Corner or on NRO.

By and large, the mainstream conservatives who oppose Obama do so not because he is black, but because he is “one step away from being a socialist,” as Texas Gov. Rick Perry said — http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/magazine/24wwln-Q4-t.html.

And no, “socialist” is not a racial code word.

By: poperatzo

poperatzo — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:51:00 +0000

I'm not much for "cat fights" but a fight between Katherine Lopez and another NRO columnist is too delicious to pass up.

It's been happening a lot lately, with little battles on NRO involving Frum, Chris Buckley, Ken Adelman vs the Bush Koolaid drinkers. They just can't countenance any fellow "conservative" going off the reservation. Though I can't tell if they're more upset about the fact that one of their pals endorsed a Democrat or because they endorsed a scary black man. I love it when they show their true natures.

FUN!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:45:00 +0000

Wow… I like reading 3QD – I’ve never been welcomed to a blog before : )

I’d have to say that I agree with the Pretty Palin syndrome. Men tend to start drooling at her after a set time in her presence – it’s a shame, but she’s right to work it for all she can get. It isn’t like men don’t do the same. Now if only I could admire her political stance as much as her tenacity…

By: Theo

Theo — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:58:00 +0000

Perhaps McCain would be less “adventuresome” in terms of his personal behavior, or perhaps not; we have no way of knowing before hand. My point (I was the anonymous of 4:04pm. Sorry, had to look up my password) was simply that the portrayals of McCain as a man of sterling character are not reflected in much of his personal behavior.

Also, Clinton, for all his flaws, now seems like a comparatively responsible leader. He balanced the budget and shrank welfare rolls. Flogging his personal misdeeds may be amusing, but it looks petty in light of the very real, and costly, mistakes made over the past 8 years.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:53:00 +0000

Ollie: You might try culture11, which is a conservative-leaning blog that pretty much explicitly rejects the “Obama is a muslim terrorist” sort of argument–a style of argument that unfortunately IS all too commonplace on The Corner. Many whacky Obama conspiracy theories seem to be recycled there.

WRT the chances of McCain cheating in the White House should he be elected. The man is 72 years old, and doesn’t appear to be in the greatest of health. Plus, most of his fortune is due to Cindy anyway… (I seem to remember hordes of conservatives making fun of Kerry four years ago for marrying a wealthy heiress…)

Back to the topic at hand: Who knows what McCain was thinking. But whatever it was, it may end up costing him the election.