I come in peace.

Conversation is what we are all about, here. I think you’ll find we here at Redstate will often agree to disagree, but we will not hesitate to engage the discussion and not throw bombs just because you are the “opposition”.

… so you get a break for now

I can/will only speak for myself… I welcome honest and real opinion for debate… My guess is that if you are actually open for examining FACTS not Liberal hysteria and trumped up sciences you might change your thinking even a bit more….

As long as you aren’t here to “pose” (NO MOBY – read the HELP links I’ll provide below) and just here to lay in wait to … well…. we’ll see……

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I’m an embarrassment to Barack!

I only scored 13 on the Obama Test

I second Mr. Weimer’s post….. Please pull up a chair and sit a spell.

You’ll find out 99.99% of Conservatives are not those Typical, Bitter, God-Clinging, Small-Thinking, Prejudicial, Bigoted, Gun Owning NASCAR Fans.

Cheers !

Welcome.

Scrape your shoes & leave your talking points at the door and we’ll get along just fine.

But I’d like to engage #2. I empathize with your reasoning, as everyone individually is sovereign as to his or her body. Let me take that reasoning a bit further. The person growing within her is definitively not her body, but that of a different human being. Just as you or I should not have a say regarding another person’s body, I argue she, morally, has no right regarding that new person’s body growing within her.

Make a cup of coffee and visit for while!!!!!

Why we may soon not recognize our country

We did NOT get to this last Election overnight. It took time, and will get worse if we do not step up to combat it.

Liberals migrate to Emotional endeavors, where opinions can be shaped. Journalism, Acting, Education.

“Progressives” that dislike America the way it is and want to “Change” it to a “Socialist Democracy” (Tyranny of the Majority). “Ask not what your Country can do for you, but what you can do for your Country” gives way to “Government of the Handouts, by the Handouts, and all about the Handouts.” Where people get to vote themselves from the Government.

Liberals ingrain themselves in the process, where Conservatives that believe in Small Government still live as if Govt actually still acts Constitutionally and Limited and willing to ensure the Limits are enforced.

To a Liberal, a “Free and Fair Election” is that where the masses they’ve helped to dumb down over the decades can all be drummed up into a frenzy and march blindly to the Polls (this election hasn’t demonstrated that to you?)!

Who are the ones always trumping up and rallying the troops to CHANGE Government through Activism!?!? PROGRESSIVES! Liberals are always willing to give more time to Bureaucratic endeavors. ACORN does not just exist to overload Voter Registration rosters, but to put as many people throughout the system just for times like this. In many jurisdictions the composition of these “Officials” may very well ALL be Liberal Democrats, and is just a matter of how closely they are being “observed” as to how much they will feel they are able to “get away with.”

I understand that many of you haven’t seen this degree of attempting to shape outcomes. These people are not just in this for NOW. They have not just got here THIS YEAR! They have been working toward this for years!!!! They will be continuing to build the “opportunities” to FORCE outcomes by any means they can. The proximity to CHICAGO here is NO COINCIDENCE.

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Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

just trying to make you feel at home….

up on some other things. I’ve categorized myself as moderate, more than liberal, and we have endless discussions here about what that means, but I’ve been feeling myself falling off the fence towards full fledged conservatism, based on seeing what progressivism means at a national level. Does any of what Pres. Obama is doing on the economic front scare you at all.

up on some other things. I’ve categorized myself as moderate, more than liberal, and we have endless discussions here about what that means, but I’ve been feeling myself falling off the fence towards full fledged conservatism, based on seeing what progressivism means at a national level. Does any of what Pres. Obama is doing on the economic front scare you at all.

the total destruction of American business?

to stop the double submissions. I really do click the button once, and sometimes I get an error screen saying I’ve already submitted the comment, and sometimes it just submits twice.

You know real American History, General Burnside. Most conservatives share a true appreciation for this country including its heritage, history and traditions. We know, study and appraciate more than all the sordid episodes of oppression.

Most liberals were cultivated to see American history through a prism of race, class and sex. In other words, they are ignorant. All the Leftist masterminds care about is creating victim classes who will harbor resentment towards the traditional order and revolt against the establishment, including the dismaissal of history, heritage, and faith; the stalwarts against progressive revolutions.

But then again maybe you just have a things for side burns.

Being something of a Civil War buff….

until you get some cred….

don’t worry it’s all fun

supports the Second Amendment and knows why it IS the Second Amendment can’t be a very good liberal and certainly not a Dkos nutjob. Hang around here and you’ll feel like your taking a shower and getting cleaner every visit.

This is still a conservative blog site. We’ll still defend our ideas and ideals strongly and passionately.

You’ll also find that, among those here at Redstate are staunch conservatives, semi-moderates (not the Arlen Specter type, mind you), and semi-libertarians (such as myself, but not Ron Paul). That means you’ll find a range of disagreement on some issues, even among us.

At our core, however, we are conservatives. As a result, there will be times when your ideas will be harshly criticized. It doesn’t mean we’re being mean or that we dislike you. This is an open forum for critical thinking, intelligent people who have passionate beliefs. It gets emotional at times.

Take it for what it’s worth. Welcome to Redstate, and enjoy!

P.S. Standard html worksdoes very ^well.

I am a former Democrat and am still more moderate than a lot of the regular RS members. However, the people here are great and so are the discussions. I find RS to be a good home–and I am willing to bet that you will as well.

I’m a little late to the party, but just wanted to say welcome.

I’m pretty new here at RedState myself, but have found the community to be informative and open to debate. I think you’ll like it here. I certainly do.

Take Care, mailloux

A vigorous debate helps sharpen us all.

I didn’t get quite the same reception on KOS when I signed up earlier this week. Stick around, be honest and open and you won’t have much problem.

One other thing, foul language is common usage at KOS. It isn’t allowed here.

Thought the title of your post was an oxymoron til I saw your position on pro life. As a former pro choice person myself, with Minnesota parents who were Democrat for life, thanks to a subscription to Newsweek’s letters to the editor in my college days, but transformed after hearing about the death rate from hemohraging from abortions, but it isn’t counted as death from abortion. Abortions just aren’t 100% safe for the mother.

As far as Muslims perverting their religion. Well they are following their book esp in Pakistan and the Bible isn’t present to be salt to the culture of death that their book inspires. If they aren’t radical extremist, then thank God that they are good neighbors.

we know Republicans are not welcome at Daily Kos. We welcome anyone here that will make intelligent arguments and listen to other intelligent arguments. Again, welcome sir.

are reformed liberals.

Welcome. This is a place for thinkers like yourself.

I’m sorry, but they’re not reconcilable.
Democrats are the enemy of our Constitution and our nation. Anyone who says otherwise is fooling themselves, so they can conveniently ignore the Left’s abuses.
You have to be willing to fight for those documents of freedom every day, in battles large and small, or you secretly hold them in contempt.
The Second Amendment is the trunk of all our freedoms. While others despise it because it makes us different from France, that difference is what has kept us free.

I hope you read this comment. I welcome you and I believe that in just a short time you will have a lot more in agreement with us, at least on fiscal issues.

Because this bunch of silly children in the administration and congress are doing all of the absolutely worst things for this economy, and we will soon be in a full blown depression.

His first post, and he’s ALREADY on the recommended diaries list!!!

ambroseburnside, don’t ever say we didn’t give you a warm welcome!

I don’t go to DKos, but from what I’ve read here, it seems that if you disagree with the “powers that be”, you get banned. Here on Redstate, no one gets banned for disagreeing. They get banned for being obnoxious. Most all liberals who dare post here are gone within minutes because they can’t help but be rude. The rare liberal that’s polite is most welcome. No one will ban you, cuss you out, or tell you to shut up just because we disagree on something.

It’s an interesting concept. Us conservatives welcome all people, even those who disagree. The liberals have no time for someone who disagrees with them. And yet THEY call US the ones that are “close-minded” and “intolerant” when in fact, it’s the liberals that are the most intolerant of others’ views.

… as much as a fellow liberal can truly welcome you to a Conservative home. I try to be a good houseguest here, but I do always remember that I am a houseguest.

And yes, I identify with your statement about realizing you might not be as liberal as you could be. For a long time I truly thought I was the most liberal liberal that ever libbed.

I was wrong, and I realized it during this election cycle.

… but I’ve been here a long time and I haven’t been burned at the stake yet, so I think you’re pretty safe here as long as you’re respectful and intelligent. I try to be both, probably only succeed at the first, but hey…

Thank you!

Ambrose,
Most conservatives welcome anyone who identifies themselves as liberal, especially when they can reasonably debate the issues and not resort to name calling and stupid insults. They are a rarity these days and definitely welcome to the discussion. I “slay” libs all the time who want to insult rather than discuss.
I have posted on Kos and I just get my arse kicked for asking questions or challenging the thoughts. I don’t go often because of that. It’s much nicer to try and entertain other schools of thought than to be called names.
Welcome!

Ambrose,

Funny story.

I started reading DailyKos in 2005. Not even sure how I found them. I just did it mostly for opposition research. I gotta tell you…I was addicted after the first visit.

Not because I agreed with anything there. It was addicting in the sense that you just have to slow down and watch a good train wreck. And that’s what it was. Real hate, real extremism, served up to you unapologetically and with a seeming hunger for each person to out-do each other in the hatred for President Bush.

The thing that, I guess, disturbs me the most is the fact that these people were using ideology as a crutch. A crutch for thinking. Don’t get me wrong – I’m a strong conservative, so I can respect anyone who holds strong liberal views. That being said, even when Bill Clinton was in office, I can’t even REMEMBER questioning the guy’s motives when he did non-political stuff or opposing him on foreign policy issues like Bosnia simply for the sake of not wanting to be on the same side of an issue as him.
And that’s what I was seeing. Ideological intolerance…no benefit of the doubt whatsoever for opposing views…and this idea of wanting to “win at all costs”. I also thought it was just…creepy…that cussing was considered perfectly fine on the main page, starting with their site’s founder. Just classless. It just boggled my mind. I knew one thing. I didn’t want any of these cast of fools being responsible for defending America. Because they had no CLUE how to do it. I read their little page describing their “feature posters” or whatever and they absolutely were a parody of themselves.

I’m just ETERNALLY thankful that RedState is not now, nor ever will be, a conservative mirror of the DailyKos. Ambrose, I hope you find this site refreshing, and not just for ideological reasons, either.

Tom

I had never even visited the DailyKos. I knew I should and I assumed it probably wasn’t nearly as bad as Bill O’Reilly’s rants would indicate but I just hadn’t.

I appreciated your post on “Taking Chance” and gained some insight from the comments. What I really liked was your poll on the NYPost cartoon. I hope you meant for me to laugh because I did.

I could be wrong but I think you have already rejected at least two of the basic tenets of liberalism. At least the extreme, radical liberalism I hold in disdain.

I hope you got as much from your visit to RedState as I did.