Thinkers
by digby
Roy, on the raging debate among the wingnut cognoscenti over which are the Big Three Conservative Thinkers (patent pending):
From what I can see, by far the best Big Three candidates would be Stone Cold Steve Austin, El Duce from the Mentors, and Screech from “Saved By The Bell.”
Indeed. As Rick Perlstein writes in this piece about the sordid history of the National Association of Manufacturers, “Conservatives can’t compete in the marketplace of ideas … so they cheat.”
Last week, sane people everyone celebrated the withdrawal of the nomination of Michael Baroody as nominee to chair the Consumer Product Safety Commission, because he had made his living fighting against the commission of consumer product safety. This scion fo the klan I’ve called the Corleone family fo the right did so as lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers, which reacted thus: “The withdrawal of Michael Baroody’s nomination to chair the Consumer Product Safety Commission is a sad day for consumers and everyone who cares about good government.”
Such public relations absurdities are par for the National Association of Manfacturer’s course. I’m glad, in fact, for this teachable moment: there is nothing more fundamental to what NAM than husting the public about what is good for them. If you love E. coli conservatism, lift a glass daily in honor of NAM.
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