Comments on: Is Santa a Republican?

By: carpeicthus

carpeicthus — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:05:50 +0000

Well, he DOES give all the best presents to the richâ¦

By: Little Miss Attila

Little Miss Attila — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:45:10 +0000

So, Santa.
Republican? Democrat? Whaddya think?...

By: Attila Girl

Attila Girl — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:39:41 +0000

This is an ongoing point of concern for me WRT my liberal friends: they do not preach what they practice. In their own lives they achieve excellence, but to minorities, women, and those with real or imaginary disadvantages, they say only "you can't do what I have done."

By: McGehee

McGehee — Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:05:38 +0000

When I read the first Kern snippet, what occurred to me is that millions of people vote Democrat despite practicing what might be labelled "red-state values" in their daily lives. The disconnect is a combination of Dem leadership overdefining red-state values on the one hand, thus inadvertently writing millions of Democrats into the GOP without their consent; and possible inconsistency in many people's political philosophy, failing to see why the values they practice in their daily lives should make them more leery of the Democratic Party. "Not Brother-in-Law" rebuts Kern's point in the second snippet rather effectively. Unless Kern does better in the rest of his piece, I'd give this debate to P.J. and "Not Brother-in-Law."

By: The LLama Butchers

The LLama Butchers — Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:29:18 +0000

Remember, It's "For The Children" Douglas Kern evidently has been at the spiked egg-nog a wee bit early, judging by this hilarious debate with his, erm, Not Brother-In-Law, over P.J. O'Rourke's assertion that Santa is a Democrat. My favorite point/counterpoint moment: KERN: Santa's ...