Comments on: Colbert Means It? http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/28/colbert-means-it/ Unfair ... Imbalanced Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:15:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: John Lofton, Recovering Republican http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/28/colbert-means-it/comment-page-1/#comment-53300 John Lofton, Recovering Republican Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:44:33 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=19621#comment-53300 Forget "conservatism," please. It has, operationally, de facto, been Godless and thus irrelevant. Secular conservatism will not defeat secular liberalism because to God they are two atheistic peas-in-a-pod and thus predestined to failure. As Stonewall Jackson's Chief of Staff R.L. Dabney said of such a humanistic belief more than 100 years ago: ”[Secular conservatism] is a party which never conserves anything. Its history has been that it demurs to each aggression of the progressive party, and aims to save its credit by a respectable amount of growling, but always acquiesces at last in the innovation. What was the resisted novelty of yesterday is today .one of the accepted principles of conservatism; it is now conservative only in affecting to resist the next innovation, which will tomorrow be forced upon its timidity and will be succeeded by some third revolution; to be denounced and then adopted in its turn. American conservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward towards perdition. It remains behind it, but never retards it, and always advances near its leader. This pretended salt hath utterly lost its savor: wherewith shall it be salted? Its impotency is not hard, indeed, to explain. It .is worthless because it is the conservatism of expediency only, and not of sturdy principle. It intends to risk nothing serious for the sake of the truth." Our country is collapsing because we have turned our back on God (Psalm 9:17) and refused to kiss His Son (Psalm 2). John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com Recovering Republican JLof@aol.com Forget “conservatism,” please. It has, operationally, de facto, been Godless and thus irrelevant. Secular conservatism will not defeat secular liberalism because to God they are two atheistic peas-in-a-pod and thus predestined to failure. As Stonewall Jackson’s Chief of Staff R.L. Dabney said of such a humanistic belief more than 100 years ago:

”[Secular conservatism] is a party which never conserves anything. Its history has been that it demurs to each aggression of the progressive party, and aims to save its credit by a respectable amount of growling, but always acquiesces at last in the innovation. What was the resisted novelty of yesterday is today .one of the accepted principles of conservatism; it is now conservative only in affecting to resist the next innovation, which will tomorrow be forced upon its timidity and will be succeeded by some third revolution; to be denounced and then adopted in its turn. American conservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward towards perdition. It remains behind it, but never retards it, and always advances near its leader. This pretended salt hath utterly lost its savor: wherewith shall it be salted? Its impotency is not hard, indeed, to explain. It .is worthless because it is the conservatism of expediency only, and not of sturdy principle. It intends to risk nothing serious for the sake of the truth.”

Our country is collapsing because we have turned our back on God (Psalm 9:17) and refused to kiss His Son (Psalm 2).

John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com

Recovering Republican

JLof@aol.com

]]> By: El Grande Beano http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/28/colbert-means-it/comment-page-1/#comment-53187 El Grande Beano Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:41:08 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=19621#comment-53187 This is absolutely hysterical! Good for Colbert, but bad for the reputation of the GOP. Although, they do say that a strong intellect correlates well with the appreciation of good satire. Given that consideration, I suppose this is a completely understandable result. This is absolutely hysterical! Good for Colbert, but bad for the reputation of the GOP. Although, they do say that a strong intellect correlates well with the appreciation of good satire. Given that consideration, I suppose this is a completely understandable result.

]]> By: Pat Hendrix http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/28/colbert-means-it/comment-page-1/#comment-53076 Pat Hendrix Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:12:46 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=19621#comment-53076 A Republican pretending to be a Democrat pretending to be a Republican. Andy Koffman would be proud. A Republican pretending to be a Democrat pretending to be a Republican. Andy Koffman would be proud.

]]> By: Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/28/colbert-means-it/comment-page-1/#comment-53054 Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:49:49 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=19621#comment-53054 I think Colbert does a good job of poking fun of folks on both sides, and part of what makes him so compelling is trying to figure out at what points he goes in or out of character. For example, I think he does take religion pretty seriously. Or maybe I'm just falling into the "trap." Either way, watching him de-pants the guy who wrote "Blogging the Bible" was funny. I think Colbert does a good job of poking fun of folks on both sides, and part of what makes him so compelling is trying to figure out at what points he goes in or out of character. For example, I think he does take religion pretty seriously. Or maybe I’m just falling into the “trap.” Either way, watching him de-pants the guy who wrote “Blogging the Bible” was funny.

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