NYT Reporter Praises McCain's Break with 'Troglodyte Wing' of GOP

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Former New York Times reporter Timothy Egan doesn't hide his hostility for conservatives on his nytimes.com blog "Outposts," and last week he accused the GOP of being "troglodytes," "know-nothings" and, in the case of a special Congressional election in Mississippi, "scare-mongering" racists. All that and more in Egan's Wednesday posting, "New Math for November."

McCain surely knows this, even if his party has yet to get the message. The speech that he gave here on climate change marked a big break with President Bush and the troglodyte wing of his party. Look for similar divorce announcements in coming months, even on race. In that speech, McCain envisioned a nightmare of runaway forest fires, heat waves stifling the cities, storms swamping the coasts, unless something is done. "The United States will lead," he said, "and will lead with a different approach." In every way, the speech was a slap at know-nothings like Rush Limbaugh, who tells his 20 million listeners almost every day that global warming is a massive hoax.

It is buried deep in the Republican family tree, but the environment used to be an issue that the party owned. And here in Oregon, the stunning ocean beaches are accessible to all, cities are livable and open space is plenty because of a sainted, long-ago Republican governor, Tom McCall.

Meanwhile, McCain's party tried to hold onto a Republican Congressional seat in Mississippi this week by using racial scare-mongering from the Jim Crow era. There, a Democrat, Travis Childers, won a district that President Bush carried by 25 percentage points in 2004, the third red seat lost this year in special elections for the House. Republicans aimed for the deepest fears of white southerners by tying Childers to Obama's nutty former preacher, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.

—Clay Waters is the director of Times Watch, an MRC project tracking the New York Times.


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troglodytes

If anyone is a troglodyte, it would be McCain...he is as old as dirt.

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.

McCain might even believe this fool.

I'm sure former New York Times reporter Timothy Egan has Juan McCain's best interests in mind.

Timothy Egan

Timothy Egan who?

Hey Timmy - here's a few more know-nothings: Link 

Mattm...

...please don't post links to sites that are obviously biased and only prove the Conservative agenda is to derail Liberal fact. As you know, because we've been told by Dr. Algore all along, AGW is real...the debate is over....you're only confusing the masses.

Everyone knows the record breaking winter and spring temperatures are all the result of AGW.

Let's not challenge or intelligently debate this further, ok? ;-)

Dr. Algore needs to start collecting his share of the carbon taxes that are coming...

Sorry,  I'll try to do

Sorry,  I'll try to do better next time.

I'll catch up with you later,  have to go de-ice my rose bushes....

Mr. Egan, would that be the

Mr. Egan, would that be the "extra chromosome" (Al Gore) Right Wing?

I love the Troglodyte Wing

I love the Troglodyte Wing of the GOP! It's over the next to the Hall of Ogres, right? Just down from the Cepholopod Courtyard.

It's just so precious when

It's just so precious when another leftist loves the republican candidate....

You go Maverick...go!

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

A Troglodyte is a Chimpanzee (just like Curious George)

Wasn't it the Obama camp who cried foul last week when their candidate was compared to Curious George, a chimpanzee?

BTW a Troglodyte is an aggressive, selfish, screaming, hooting, creature who is mainly vegetaritan, obsessed with sex, sometimes kills his own offspring, and likes to cavort about naked in the woods clinging to trees.

Now who does that sound like to you?

---
Communist vs. Statist '08

Q. Is Panamanian born John McCain a "Natural Born Citizen"

I'm sorry, I'm not familiar

I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with Curious George.

Here he is...

If you're going to expand

If you're going to expand your literary horizon Bal, spending a little less time at Rushs' website may help.

Who is this "Rush" you

Who is this "Rush" you speak of? Is he the creator of Curious George?

No, bal; but the Creator did

No, bal; but the Creator did make George curious.

"In every way, the speech

"In every way, the speech was a slap at know-nothings like Rush Limbaugh, who tells his 20 million listeners almost every day that global warming is a massive hoax."

Dear Timothy Egan,

Global warming IS a massive hoax, probably the biggest ever perpetuated on mankind. Being a gullible fool won't change that, nor will it allow you to control the climate.

Sincerely,

Kevin C., Occasional Rush listener 

Ditto :)

Former New York Times

Former New York Times reporter Timothy Egan

Not commentator or analyst - but "reporter". Which shows you where his view was coming from before he was "former".

Troglodytes from Darwin

Troglodytes are of course fictitious “evolutionary” cartoon creatures weaned from the teats of Darwinism. The simple fact that the NYT has to conjure such an image to illustrate their contemporary view of modern conservatism tells us all we need to know.  Behold this definition of Troglodyte from dictionary.com.  Does any of it sound like a modern-day conservative to you? Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This trog·lo·dyte   Audio Help   /ˈtrɒg ləˌdaɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[trog-luh-dahyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun

1.
a prehistoric cave dweller.

 

2.
a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character.

 

3.
a person living in seclusion.

 

4.
a person unacquainted with affairs of the world.

 

5.
an animal living underground.

[Origin: 1545–55; < L trōglodyta < Gk trōglodýtés one who creeps into holes, cave dweller, equiv. to trōglo- (comb. form of tr glé a gnawed hole; cf. trogon) + (ein) to creep into + -tés agent suffix ]

This definition of

This definition of troglodyte describes exactly our standard of living once the Goracle and his enviro-nuts get done with us. I mean that in all seriousness, I'm not being sarcastic.

There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745

Making things up and

Making things up and slandering people, so easy even a Times reporter can do it. 

Q: What do you call a lesbian caveman?

A: Troglo-dyke

Q: What do you call a caveman who is less filling?

A: Troglo-lite

Q: What do you call a Rosie O'Donnell caveman?

A: HOG-lodyte   or  Troglo-fright

When asked if he went to war with Iraq  to derail the impeachment vote:  “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

Jerry, I appreciate your

Jerry,

I appreciate your un-PC humor!

Troglodyte conservative not

Troglodyte conservative not know what PC mean. Me hear it cause Troglodyte to want to wear panty like liberal and sit down to make pee pee.

When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

Dude i just go in trouble

Dude i just go in trouble here at work

for laughing too loud

HOG-lodyte I love it

 

 

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
 -Thomas Jefferson

Fine, but what did the NYT have to say about McCain's break...

...with his sanity?

Ever heard of Cap-And-Trade???

"It is buried deep in the

"It is buried deep in the Republican family tree, but the environment used to be an issue that the party owned."

That's when cleaning up the environment was a reasonable effort. Now it's a maniacal crusade to turn the US into a third world country using global warming as the excuse and John "Maverick" McCain has signed on to it.

So I'm a troglodyte - so what?

There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745