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On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 20:27:48 GMT, "Jeff Bishop" <jeff@bishop.name>
wrote:

>
>"Monte" <didereaux@email.com> wrote in message
>news:rpsfouc55pd34fsp5govlmm3homorn34p4@4ax.com...
>> http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock091702.asp
>>
>> Yes, you are reading it correctly!  That IS the National review I am
>> pointing to.   The very same Nat'l review that editorially is too [sic]
>> the right of Pat Buchanan, Jerry Falwell and Karl Rove.
>
>I assume that in your case, "right" is simply a catch-all term for anything
>you don't like?  I have no time for Jerry Falwell or Pat Buchanan, but I
>happen to like 90% of what I read in the National Review, including
>(especially?) this piece.  Since when is it "unconservative" to question the
>liberal mantra that Islam is a religion of peace?  [Assuming, that is, that
>killing all your enemies and declaring "peace" after none but your
>sycophants are left standing doesn't count as promoting "peace?"]
>

<grin>  I am a regular reader of the Nat'l Review, and am about as
centrist as one gets this days.  My noting the mags leanings as far
right, was just that far right, not far whacko-christian-wingnut.  The
NR is very, very consistent in its editorial stance on conservative
issues.  A trait I find admirable, not many of todays media are both
consistent AND plausible.  HAving said that I will add this...I
heartily agree with the sentiments you expressed re: 'to question..."
That is my stance as well.  Todays wing-nuts have commandeered the
ship and completely annihilating the conservative platform.  This has
got to be addressed soon or their will be no place for pragmatic
conservatives to go.

>I'm glad Deroy Murdock had the guts to say what needed to be said.  Too bad
>he can't travel to France anymore, since it's a given that somebody's
>feelings must have been hurt:
>
>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-418738,00.html
>

Again I agree, That article is well written and supportable logically
and factually.


"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart
people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean
it."  --Mark Twain