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cawacko said:
I'm not a supporter of Ann Coutler and not all that much with Rush Limbaugh. Paul Krugman writes for the "paper of record". I consider the "paper of record" (at least editorially wise) for the right to be The Wall Street Journal. Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh don't write for The Wall Street Journal (well actually Llimbaugh wrote a column that was published several years back in the Journal).
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What liberals have regular columns on the opinion pages of the Wall street journal?

Krugman is a lib, Rich is a lib, Dowd is actually an idiot who decimates everyone equally, and in the manner of a high school teenager. David Brooks is a conservative. Ever hear of William Safire? Thomas Friedman, I don't know what you want to call him. Anyway, my point is, I am wondering if the Wall street journal has one regular lib columnist?

You are right that the editorial voice is a generally slightly left of center one, though please do not forget the editorial pages sold the war. So I wouldn't call them leftist you know? Of course, Krugman and Rich did not, and those are two truly liberal voices on most topics. But the NY times does give the conservative viewpoint a prominent and weekly voice on their opinion pages. Does the Wall Street Journal?
 
cawacko said:
I'm not a supporter of Ann Coutler and not all that much with Rush Limbaugh. Paul Krugman writes for the "paper of record". I consider the "paper of record" (at least editorially wise) for the right to be The Wall Street Journal. Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh don't write for The Wall Street Journal (well actually Llimbaugh wrote a column that was published several years back in the Journal).
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Okay, I was teasing about the coulter thing. ;)

I'm saying that if almost all democrats, and a very large plurality of republicans favor universal health care, gays in the military, and oppose the war in iraq, and support (I assume) some sort of hybrid fair trade/free trade policy (NAFTA ain't popular dude) I don't see Krugman being way out on the left out of the mainstream.

Wouldn't you say he's closer to the mainstream?
 
Cypress said:
Okay, I was teasing about the coulter thing. ;)

I'm saying that if almost all democrats, and a very large plurality of republicans favor universal health care, gays in the military, and oppose the war in iraq, and support (I assume) some sort of hybrid fair trade/free trade policy (NAFTA ain't popular dude) I don't see Krugman being way out on the left out of the mainstream.

Wouldn't you say he's closer to the mainstream?
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See, that's the thing. I would call universal health care a very mainstream opinion. I would call support for single payer system, slightly left of center, right this moment, but that's going to move I think. But just because a majority of Americans support something, doesn't mean it's not liberal. The majority of americans support a minimum wage, that's a liberal position. What I'm trying to say is, liberal is not a dirty word, like Cawacko seems to think. Because he hates liberals except for liberal girls in bars on saturday nights. You know that's true Cawacko!

Anyway, bottom line, no way is Krugman far out of the mainstream.
 
Darla said:
What liberals have regular columns on the opinion pages of the Wall street journal?

Krugman is a lib, Rich is a lib, Dowd is actually an idiot who decimates everyone equally, and in the manner of a high school teenager. David Brooks is a conservative. Ever hear of William Safire? Thomas Friedman, I don't know what you want to call him. Anyway, my point is, I am wondering if the Wall street journal has one regular lib columnist?

You are right that the editorial voice is a generally slightly left of center one, though please do not forget the editorial pages sold the war. So I wouldn't call them leftist you know? Of course, Krugman and Rich did not, and those are two truly liberal voices on most topics. But the NY times does give the conservative viewpoint a prominent and weekly voice on their opinion pages. Does the Wall Street Journal?
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Albert Hunt used to write a weekly column for the Journal but he either left or retired a year or two ago. I don't think the Journal has someone on the left that writes a regular column ala David Brooks. I know they will have liberals write occassional one off columns for them on certain issues but it pretty much sticks to its right-wing, libertarian (economically) beliefs.
 
Darla said:
See, that's the thing. I would call universal health care a very mainstream opinion. I would call support for single payer system, slightly left of center, right this moment, but that's going to move I think. But just because a majority of Americans support something, doesn't mean it's not liberal. The majority of americans support a minimum wage, that's a liberal position. What I'm trying to say is, liberal is not a dirty word, like Cawacko seems to think. Because he hates liberals except for liberal girls in bars on saturday nights. You know that's true Cawacko!

Anyway, bottom line, no way is Krugman far out of the mainstream.
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Like Chris Rock said, I'm conservative on taxes and liberal on prostitution. :)
 
cawacko said:
Albert Hunt used to write a weekly column for the Journal but he either left or retired a year or two ago. I don't think the Journal has someone on the left that writes a regular column ala David Brooks. I know they will have liberals write occassional one off columns for them on certain issues but it pretty much sticks to its right-wing, libertarian (economically) beliefs.
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In other words, the WSJ makes virtually zero attempt to put liberal voices on its editorial page.

While the NY Times goes out of its way to include several prominent conservatives on it's opinon page.


Interesting. ;)
 
Cypress said:
In other words, the WSJ makes virtually zero attempt to put liberal voices on its editorial page.

While the NY Times goes out of its way to include several prominent conservatives on it's opinon page.


Interesting. ;)
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In the interest of full disclosure I've haven't read the Journal's editorial page in a year or so so they may have a liberal columnist that I'm not aware of. The NY Times does have Brooks but outside of that, especially the editorial writer(s), are on the left so they don't have the Journal beat by that much.
 
cawacko said:
In the interest of full disclosure I've haven't read the Journal's editorial page in a year or so so they may have a liberal columnist that I'm not aware of. The NY Times does have Brooks but outside of that, especially the editorial writer(s), are on the left so they don't have the Journal beat by that much.
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They had Brooks and Safire up until about two years ago when Safire retired. They replaced him with that idiot john Tierney, who was an actual embarrassment. (a conservative). I used to send them emails every week saying, I'm on to your plan. You gave Tierney and editorial slot to make Brooks look smart. Congrats, it worked. Then I found out from something that Dowd wrote, that she used to live with Tierney, and was devesated when this complete idiot, broke up with her. So I sent her an email and told her, your stock has really been getting low with me for a long time, but now that I realized you lived with that moron and he actually left you, instead of you waking up and saying "get out idiot", I can't take you seriously at all.

Friedman is not a liberal. He is the author after all, of "The world is flat" and the inventor of "the friedman unit" regarding Iraq. They will get another conservative voice, they demoted Tierney not that long ago. And they do a lot of guest columns from conservatives in the meantime. Generally, they have two conservative regulars though.
 
Darla said:
LOL. He's the gay prostitute "reporter" who was at the center of yet another bush scandal about a year ago.

One thing I don't think you are is, gay though.
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Wow. I must be really getting soft if I'm coming across as gay. I always thought Chris Rock was the man. I might need to watch it because I like quoting him. He is very funny.
 
uscitizen said:
that would depend on your definition of using prisioners.
CO and TX are looking into that option last I heard.

You are using people who are not free.
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They can, however, choose not to work. It may land them in worse accomodations but they cannot be forced to work.
 
Cypress said:
In other words, the WSJ makes virtually zero attempt to put liberal voices on its editorial page.

While the NY Times goes out of its way to include several prominent conservatives on it's opinon page.


Interesting. ;)
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And Rupert is buying the WSJ....
 
uscitizen said:
I still view it as taking advantage of others misfortune Damo...
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They were "misfortunate" to go to jail???

I believe most had a choice before they committed the act that brought them to prison.

My boy was murder Citizen. Is it "misfortune" that the f*ckhead who killed him is in jail Citizen? Hey, maybe you can fly out here to Cali and speak to the judge about getting him out Citizen. Tell the judge that dude was "misfortune".

Thank you Sir.
 
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