Who is your favorite conservative pundit?

[sysoprock]

I don't want to hear any "they all suck!" answers either.

Who can present their points from the right and not leave you thinking they are a complete moron?

I would have to say Scarborough, he strikes me as "not as loony" as the rest.

[Goldmund]

1. Man, I don't even like any of the liberal pundits...

Although Keith Olbermann is my favorite.

[sysoprock]

2. I've gotta agree with you on that.

Olbermann is the man.

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. I especially like how he was able to keep a clear head...

...while he was covering up that murder.

[sysoprock]

6. Leaving a body on the floor of your own office?

Yeah if he murdered that girl he did a superb job of covering it up.

[jobycom]

33. He did a great job

He convinced the press to run stories that she had a history of seizures, he convinced the medical examiner and police chief to claim their were no visible wounds or trauma to the body, and then admit they lied about that when they had a good excuse, and he then convinced the media to stop saying she had a history of seizures because it wasn't true.

He may not have killed her, but he certainly obstructed any chance to find out who did. And that's being generous.

[Wat_Tyler]

4. PJ O'Rourke.

At least he's funny.

[helnwhls]

8. I read him too

He used to be the common ground for my very republican Dad.

[Magrittes Pipe]

9. "Modern Manners" is one of my favorite books ever.

[Phillycat]

13. Me too, I was literally just reading this last night.

The chart with the appropriate responses to drugs is utterly hysterical.

[Magrittes Pipe]

14. I like the "polite funeral" section.

[Phillycat]

17. And the thing about PJ is, he's an actual Republican.

You know, smaller federal government, more states' rights, big huge powerful military, fiscal conservatism. As in "Bill Clinton was the best Republican president we've ever had." PJ doesn't really give a fuck about social issues, I don't think.

If Republicans were still actually Republicans, I might even be one.

[Wat_Tyler]

24. O'Rourke couldn't care less about So-con, he's a fizzy.

[Phillycat]

25. What's a fizzy?

[Wat_Tyler]

27. A Fiscal Conservative. A fizzy-con.

[Phillycat]

28. Yes.

That's what I thought.

[Wat_Tyler]

29. Don't worry. I think I'm responsible for the term.

In fact, I may have just made it up in the last five minutes.

[Phillycat]

30. Heh.

I made up the word "observifation" yesterday. For "Observation". Just came out and then I liked it and started using it constantly.

[Phillycat]

26. Dupe post-sorry.

[Demit]

5. to do what to?

Actually I don't mind George Will. He doesn't answer a question by regurgitating talking points whole. Instead he is--gasp! am I about to use the dreaded word--thoughtful.

[Mabus]

7. Barbara Olson

because she's dead.

Oh, sorry, didn't see the second sentence "Who can present their points from the right and not leave you thinking they are a complete moron?" With that limitation, I can't think of any.

[Kolesar]

10. Paul Begala

Prowar and likes George W. Bush. "I like him" "I remember him from Texas. ha ha ha"

[argyl]

11. Charley Reese has strongly voiced his contempt for Smirk; he hasn't minced

any words about his feelings.

[markbark]

12. William F Buckley

A "True" conservative.
Erudite, calm and frightenly intelligent.
Moreover, he can make a lucid argument that DOESN'T devolve into a shouting match.

I read his work and think "Hmm... the guys got a point. I don't AGREE with it, but it least you can understand the position"

With MOST RWP's (right wing pundits) I think "GEEZ what a pinhead" or "I thought the Mossad mopped up all those guys YEARS ago <grin> "


--MAB

[lil-petunia]

15. he's the one.

literate, well spoken, a thinker. He can convince or argue without resorting to abuse.

[CanuckAmok]

37. I've seen a video clip of him threatening to:

"...smash you in the damned face..." to Noam Chomsky.

Hardly non-abusive.

[jobycom]

23. Average mind, excellent vocabulary

Not much of a fan of Buckley. He's like a reverse Hemmingway, grand language but deceptively simple. The old school pundits like Buckley, though, at least are conservatives and say what they believe. From Limbaugh forward, conservative pundits only spout the party line, even if it disagrees with last week's party line. No integrity.

[Misunderestimator]

16. Pat Buchanan

ok, damn it... had a brain fart... I meant Buchanan

[jobycom]

18. Buchanan, by default

I like his attitude, don't like his views. He is honest, though, unlike the majority.

And I agree with the first post, I don't like liberal pundits, either

[Phillycat]

20. You gotta love a guy who says "There's no way all those Jews

voted for me."

Paraphrased, but you know what I mean.

[sangh0]

35. Yeah, you really "gotta love" someone who knows he's an anti-semite

Talk about the soft bigotry of low expectations.

[Phillycat]

42. Well, of course he's an Anti-Semite. He's Pat Buchanan.

That's his THING. My point is that he basically said, "Look, these people don't like me and I don't like them. There's no way those votes are mine." He is honest, though bigoted.

[SaveElmer]

19. Pat Buchanan

Of course I think in terms of his views he is a xenophobic maniac, but he is one of the few pundits who doesn't take himself too seriously. He's got a good sense of humor and can take a hit without getting nasty.

[sysoprock]

22. I agree.

He's a wacko but I read about some of the things he said in his latest book, and he brings up some good points.

[On the Road]

21. Bill Buckley

He's got an impish side. Thrity years ago, he was sort of the Jon Stewart of the right.

[tigereye]

31. yeah his diction makes me laugh

he has a very dry wit, which I like. After that it would be PJ O'ROurke.

[noonwitch]

39. I like Buckley, at least he's smart

Most of the conservative pundits are idiots like Sean Hannity, or psychos like Ann Coulter.

Buckley is from the old days, when you didn't insult someone just because you disagree with him or her.

[sysoprock]

32. The best thing about DU is that we can actually have this discussion.

Imagine a "who is your favorite liberal pundit" thread over at FreeRepublic.

First off, the original poster would be banned, then every single reply would contain the words "traitor", "communist", "bitch" or a permutation of the three.

[LibLover]

34. Rush

I haven't listened to him long enough to know what he says (he makes my head hurt). I do, however, admire him greatly for working so hard to get to the top of his profession.

Alcoholism runs in my family, so I can also respect his ability to stay functional even with his addiction to drugs. I've seen firsthand how addiction can ruin a person's job performance.

He must be doing something right. Someone listens to him. :eyes: I don't know who, but someone does. Somewhere. Maybe. Not that anyone admits.

[Wat_Tyler]

36. BWAHAAHAAHAAHAA!

[daa]

40. If truth be told I bet he has no where near

the 22 million listeners he used to brag about.

[ZenLefty]

44. O, sure. I'd respect rush too.

If he wasn't such a liar, and a hypocrite, and an idiot to boot.

rush tells his audience what they like to hear. He exaggerates, makes things up, and flat out lies to further the Hallucinatory world in which his dittoheads like to live in. He is one of the primary reasons that the majority of conservatives still think Saddam was behind 9/11, that Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destructions, that Bill Clinton could have had Osama Bin Laden in custody years ago, that Hillary is a racist murderess, that ANWR really doesn't support many animals at all and drilling there would have a low impact on wildlife.

He fabricates daily, spinning the events of the world such that they do not contradict this conservative fantasyland. He speaks to their fear - a deeply bred fear of anything different than their myopic way of life. Fear of liberals, for we're all weak and dragging the system down. Fear of homosexuals, for they're all pedophiles. Fear of those who wear turbans and pray to a different god, for they're all terrorists.

He scoffs at Jerry Garcia's untimely death, despite his own dangerous addictions.

I guess if rush didn't do any of that, I might respect him too.

[chiburb]

38. Muddleofthe road n/t

[Wat_Tyler]

41. LOL!

[Selwynn]

43. George Will

[Blue_Tires]

45. agree

Will at least TRIES to reason his arguements....