Wednesday, August 07, 2002

Rackjite is back with a right wing taxonomy.


Conservative Voters - 8/7/02 http://rackjite.com

Classic Conservative - Example - Barry Goldwater/Ronald Reagan - Their main issue is supporting big business over the working class. Often referred to as Country Club Republicans. These people are mainly concerned with their wallets and little else. Some can be swayed to vote outside their party for overriding social issues.

Neo-Conservative - Example - Newt Gingrich/Rush Limbaugh - Their main issue is hating all things liberal on an intense personal level. Right-wing ideologues mostly concerned with self aggrandizement and accumulating personal power. Though they give religion a nod for the support it gains them from those they consider morons, they do not give a rat's ass about it. Can never be swayed to vote outside the party line.

Libertarian - Example - Ron Paul/John Stossel (ABC 20/20 reporter) - Main issue is hating all things liberal on such an intense personal level it puts even neo-conservatives to shame. This is our Godless extreme Right-wing. Central issues are full legalization of all drugs, total elimination of all income taxes, a gungoonery so intense it puts even the NRA to shame, the elimination of most if not all economic and environmental regulations and rescinding civil rights laws. Will only vote Libertarian or Republican. They want to make the Mad Max movies our reality.

Religious Right - Example - Pat Robertson/Tom Delay - Their main issue is hating all things liberal and denying the right of women to choose to have an abortion. Seeped in overwhelming intolerance and bigotry and so susceptible to indoctrination, they allow their leaders to lead them blindly to vote only in regards to their religious beliefs. Even though Republicans kick these mostly blue collar poorly educated people in the head economically, they cannot be swayed to vote outside their conservative religious ideology. I have come to give this group a little slack, for unlike the Neo-conservatives and Libertarians, they really don't have the education or intellectual capacity to know any better.


I think he gives an overly simplistic view of the Neo-Cons, whose Family Tree is so complicated that even the best of us screw it up sometimes, but otherwise it's spot on..