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muriel_volestrangler

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67. Hell, it's 7 years since it became a central tenet of Balloon Juice, a leading liberal blog

Mon May 15, 2017, 06:16 PM

May 2017

cleek says:
July 17, 2010 at 1:31 pm
i can do it in one word: ~liberal

or, for those of you who don’t grok the boolean: today’s conservatism is the opposite of what liberals want today: updated daily.

https://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/07/17/just-another-failed-ideology/#comment-1893941

and they've used that many times since then:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22balloon+juice%22+%22conservatism+is+the+opposite+of+what+liberals+want+today+updated+daily%22&oq=%22balloon+juice%22+%22conservatism+is+the+opposite+of+what+liberals+want+today+updated+daily%22

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Chuck Todd - Meet the Press, Sunday, Just formulated something profound [View all] Xipe Totec May 2017 OP

The right has become anti-anti Trump. DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #1

Still just anti-government, I think. Orsino May 2017 #59

Yep. Never underestimate canetoad May 2017 #2

Interesting and very accurate. Tom67 May 2017 #3

They've been gerrymandering..... SergeStorms May 2017 #33

That's why they have started talking about a Constitutional Convention bigbrother05 May 2017 #49

!!! Alice11111 May 2017 #66

They stand for greed and unborn babies. mucifer May 2017 #4

That's our view of them; yes. Not that it's wrong, but they don't see themselves that way. nt Xipe Totec May 2017 #6

No, unborn babies are just useful tools to them. n/t Beartracks May 2017 #35

Yep Freddie May 2017 #51

Their sheep are too dimwitted to see the strong correlation between contraception/abortion MrPurple May 2017 #60

That's it in a nutshell jberryhill May 2017 #5

Recommended. guillaumeb May 2017 #7

they don't want to govern; they want to RULE. n/t lastlib May 2017 #18

And they are. guillaumeb May 2017 #19

Their ideology is tax cuts for the ruling class hibbing May 2017 #8

Tax less Plucketeer May 2017 #10

Anti-Obama Has Been Their Only Motivating Philosophy for 9 years Stallion May 2017 #9

Message deleted by DU the Administrators Useless in FL May 2017 #11

Right wing conservatives bucolic_frolic May 2017 #12

Capitalism was never "founded"; it evolved from feudalism organically - nt KingCharlemagne May 2017 #25

Capitalism grew from technological developments bucolic_frolic May 2017 #30

Um, no. They want government only when it serves their capitalist purposes. Fantastic Anarchist May 2017 #39

Um, no. That's ridiculous. bucolic_frolic May 2017 #43

No, it's not ridiculous at all. Fantastic Anarchist May 2017 #65

and the "anti-whatever the Black guy said" ideology grantcart May 2017 #13

Power is their only ideology & selling out the country is not too low for them to get it. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #14

Anything to stick it to the libtards. NBachers May 2017 #15

They act as if they were still the minority party in opposition Xipe Totec May 2017 #20

I once asked a conservative acquaintance just what it was that conservatives wanted to conserve... lastlib May 2017 #16

Comforting the confortable and afflicting the afflicted. - nt KingCharlemagne May 2017 #26

Actually, it is true lovemydogs May 2017 #17

They're against progress as it does not favor them. Ligyron May 2017 #47

That's why it's better to accentuate the positive BarbD May 2017 #21

Gee Thanks Toad.... Grassy Knoll May 2017 #22

So the GOP is the "Party of No." Right? Nothing new here. N/T slumcamper May 2017 #23

Message deleted by DU the Administrators BigBearJohn May 2017 #24

+1 n/t jaysunb May 2017 #61

Certainly is easier. tazkcmo May 2017 #27

Took him long enough. Volaris May 2017 #28

I heard that but don't know what the hell he meant. And of course, the Righties have always been Akamai May 2017 #29

Trump did not 'win'. He was annointed by Putin. triron May 2017 #31

We've been calling them obstructionists for years. lpbk2713 May 2017 #32

one of these days liberals will figure out it's just a few hundred assholes certainot May 2017 #34

He didn't "formulate" anything, just restated stuff that liberals have been saying... JHB May 2017 #36

Chuck Todd has certainly 'grown up' in these last few years. anniebelle May 2017 #37

I somewhat agree. I think there's a right-wing faction and an anti-left-wing faction. Fantastic Anarchist May 2017 #38

To me, the present day Republicans are those who always resented their parents Jim Beard May 2017 #40

George Washington called it the spirit of party. Bucky May 2017 #41

No shit Cosmocat May 2017 #42

I can agree with that.. disillusioned73 May 2017 #44

It's been that way since GW. They're completely lost. byronius May 2017 #45

Here is a good read on the subject. Snotcicles May 2017 #46

The right is anti-American dalton99a May 2017 #48

Partly true... Mike Nelson May 2017 #50

+1000 n/t jaysunb May 2017 #62

F--- Todd being profound? 47of74 May 2017 #52

They won't defend DFT, they just attack his attackers. Ilsa May 2017 #53

We have come to this: That we call the media's noting the obvious, "profound." WinkyDink May 2017 #54

Confederates. moondust May 2017 #55

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At one time, being a "Conservative" meant.... Xolodno May 2017 #68

That was back in the days when the main language was English DFW May 2017 #70

Bullshit. Read their platform, for one. Check their actions. L. Coyote May 2017 #57

I think their ideology is "money above all else." No? Yes? Honeycombe8 May 2017 #58

I disagree with Todd paulkienitz May 2017 #63

I hope Todd gave credit to the New York Times . FairWinds May 2017 #64

Hell, it's 7 years since it became a central tenet of Balloon Juice, a leading liberal blog muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #67

I usually don't watch that stupid show Dem2 May 2017 #69