Is Intelligent Republican An Oxymoron?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

They seem to revel in their ignorance.

[Crazy Dave]

1. Reminds me of Bush's

"Compassionate Conservatism" :puke:

[Nancy Waterman]

2. yes

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[NorthCarolina]

3. Has "Progressive Democrat" become an Oxymoron? nt

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Point taken

No, it is not an oxymoron. However, it is out of favor with the current party leadership.

The same is true of the term intelligent Republican.

[nxylas]

7. Yep. I know intelligent Republicans at the grassroots level

Most of them feel a bit like strangers in their own party, though.

[Harmony Blue]

4. Republicanism is based on ego-centric personal passions and emotions

Furthermore, it lacks empathy and the ability to use logic to explore the world around.

[Sheepshank]

5. I thought Army Intelligence was the oxymoron? n/t

[deadinsider]

8. Philistines. That's what they are.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philistinism

[craigmatic]

9. Yup

[Inuca]

10. No

and I think it's wrong to joke or think this way. Just as the first example that popped into my mind, Stve Schmidt that managed McCain campaign and appears now on MSNBC, I disagree with 99% of what he stands for politically, but he is definitely smart. And incidentaly also disgusted with most of what's going on now in his party, his comments last night on Cain and Perry were actually priceless (but don't ask me to quote them because I do not remember, just that I very much enjoyed them :-), and felt kind of sorry for the guy, not easy to be a smart, rational R nowadays).

[deadinsider]

15. Apparatchiks and philistines

There is a difference in my mind:

Limbaugh, Romney, Schmidt: appartchiks (political purity, loyalty, etc)
Their followers: philistines (anti-intellectual, anti-tolerant, anti-liberal arts, etc)

That's my perception anyway.

[whistler162]

11. No but in your case quite possible!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. Well, they are led by an oxycontin moron

[Generic Brad]

13. It's as much of an oxymoron as Honest Republican

[Enrique]

14. they're stupid and we're smart

they're evil and we're good.

They're ugly and we're pretty.

They're clumsy and we're coordinated.

Etc. etc.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. I Have A Fan

I can't get the image of you out of my head, spending every waking minute, waiting to get on a board for Democrats so you can snark at a Democratic poster,and one in particular, for making disparaging remarks about Republicans. What do you expect on a site for Democrats? Verbal bouquets for them.

If you want verbal boquets for them perhaps you will have to look elswehere.

If I liked em I would be one.

[saras]

16. Humanist psychology came to that conclusion. It was replaced by pharmaceuticals....

Neurobiology is coming to the same conclusion. Let's see how it holds up this time.

[Brother Buzz]

17. An intelligent republican is an endangered species

[Incitatus]

18. No, some are sociopaths. nt

[Orsino]

19. Not when their agenda of stoopid and evil has been so successful.

Intelligence needn't enter into it. A lack of scruples is all that's required.

[harun]

21. They used to be called Compassionate Conservatives, another oxymoron.

[JimWis]

22. Yes

[totodeinhere]

23. No, not all of them are stupid and the intelligent ones are the ones we need to worry about.

Sure, a lot of their base is stupid and the Republican establishment uses them. But make no mistake. The smart Republicans know exactly what they are doing and what they want. What they want is no less than to reverse the entire New Deal, and so far they have made a good start at it. For openers they purposefully ran up the national debt and the budget deficit in order to have an excuse to cut back on or if they can eliminate social programs. You see, it is possible to be intelligent and evil at the same time.

[pscot]

24. They have a sort of feral inteligence

like rats. And like rats, they can get in anywhere, make a big mess and spoil what they leave behind.

[elleng]

25. It is these days; hasn't always been such.

[renate]

26. I think "compassionate conservative" is an oxymoron, but not "intelligent Republican"

I think that's painting with too broad a brush. I wouldn't automatically dismiss those with whom I disagree as unintelligent. Misinformed, maybe. :)