Hey, bt.  Do we know for sure he is hater, as in has a techno type found his IP to be the same or something like that?  All I know is he seems to be a slightly toned down version, i.e. not quite as vitriolic, in order to slip under the radar of the board censors.  But other than that, his tactics are the same:  divert attention from the subject of the blogger's post as quickly as possible, P.O. as many commenters as possible, take the discussion to the lowest level possible and in as many different directions as possible in order to take up space and make it difficult for readers to follow the true direction of the discussion of the posters blog.  In other words, keep the pot boiling as rapidly as possible.  Sometimes the comments can naturally take a different direction, but if it is readers taking a logical turn, that is one thing.  This Leon troll idiot is purposely driving the debate using rage as the steering mechanism and nearly every time he shows up, it works. 

For me, now that we're sure of what is going on here, non-response is the surest way to shut him up.  He is bored by unresponsiveness.  He may or may not be the original hater, but his fascist/socialist activist tactics are certainly the same.

As for McLame, as Levin calls him, the only light I see is for him to miraculously get elected with Romney, Hunter, Thompson, or someone like that as veep and let nature take its course.  But I tend to prefer living in the real world, so I'm thinking that this time around, we are screwed!  We have to start identifying and supporting true conservatives like Bobby Jindal, because, for true Reagan conservatives, the future is where we need to be directing our efforts.  After the next 4-8 years, I have a sense that there are going to be a lot of potential new converts out there if we are in a position to offer them a platform and a leader.   

Take care, bt.

"The future is not set.  There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

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nofate knows who you are hater...he knows full well, as you very well know or have a short memory...when it is convenient.

you said "the late William F. Buckley's playbook--be intelligent, eloquent and reasonable, rather than brash, reactionary and deceitful."

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Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. -Winston Churchill.

You are obviously too immature and foolish to know that the late great Mr. Buckley was vilified and demonized as one of the most dangerous men in America in the 1962 book "Danger on the Right" by Arnold Forster and Benjamin R. Epstein, and that he was called an extremist, deceitful, a reactionary, a fascist and every other liberal-fascist epithet.  It is only now that he has passed that the liberals love him, and offer him the faintest of praise.  So who do you think you are fooling?

Trolling, truth...whatever.

You're a proven Bush apologist meaning that when the rubber hits the road, your conservative principles fly out the window.

You're only conservative when convenient for your politics du juor.  That's fine, just don't try to pretend otherwise.

And, to reiterate, McCain really doesn't need your support to win.  The fringe elements like the regular posters on the NB will have a negligable impact on the election.  Not to mention most of you will vote for him anyways.