Monday, August 1, 2005
I was asked to participate in this, John Hawkins' latest poll. We were asked to submit an unranked list of up to 20 "Conservatives" (loosely defined) who most annoy us. There are some surprises on the list, I suppose from bloggers further to the right who put people on their list for the RINO factor. I mean, come on, who doesn't love Arnold? And John McCain at #2?! Here is my list, which I did on the quick to avoid over-thinking, with the final results in parentheses (near as I can remember -- I have the list on another computer):
Patrick Buchanan (#1)
Robert Novack (#11)
Justin Raimondo (didn't make the final list)
Michael Scheuer (didn't make the list and I didn't expect him to)
Karen Kwiatkowski (not on the list -- this one's obscure)
Ron Paul (not on the list. To be honest, I don't know enough about him and maybe should have left him off.)
I basically picked a bunch of names from what I perceive to be the paleo or loony-Right. If I'd thought about it more, I would have added Michael Savage (#5), and maybe, maybe Bill O'Reilly (#6) and Sean Hannity (#9) -- not because they're bad sorts, but because even when I agree with them, I want anyone but them arguing my side of an issue.
Voinovich (#14) and Chafee (#18) would also have been good adds.
Raises the almost metaphysical question of whether Buchanan is actually "on the right." He so close to some on the loony left it's hard to say.