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Want to know what the leader of the Republican Party should sound like? Updated

Saturday, March 28th at 11:39AM EDT

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Thanks to smart guys at Powerline, and the leader of the party who is supposedly in opposition to the Marxists who are currently in power in this country should be saying what the gentleman below the fold is saying.

Frankly, when I heard this clip, I forgot about Sarah, forgot about Romney, forgot about Sanford and Jeb, remembered that I never thought about Mikie, recalled exactly why I absolutely detest the thought and the sight of John McCain and his idiot daughter and spineless staff, and thought about what it would take to get a constitutional amendment passed.

The clip is about three minutes, and it’s a great refresher on what a Conservative should sound like. Oh, and the guy actually walks like talks.

UPDATE: Mr Ed beat me to this gentleman with his Redstate blog here… Mr Ed, I missed it. You’re in great company, you beat not just me (which is no big deal), but you beat the smart guys at Powerline! Good work.

So yeah, he’s a Brit. But so was Churchill. In case you missed it, his name is Daniel Hannan and he’s a Member of the European Parliament. By way of background from Andrew Ian Dodge at Pajamas Media…

He, like me, is one of Thatcher’s children who spent much of the early 90s trying to get the Conservative Party to remain Thatcherite and not drift off toward the limp middle as it did under Major and subsequent leaders (sound familiar?). After his graduation from Oxford, Hannan was a regular at meetings, dinners of varying sizes, and social events in London sponsored by groups like the National Association of Conservative Graduates and the Conservative Way Forward. Young Conservatives in London lost a great talent when he went off to Brussels as an MEP. In Hannan, the European Parliament gained a permanent anti-federalist burr who would oppose its desires for continued encroachment on national powers and for micro-managing control.

We have to console ourselves that Douglas Carswell, a good friend of his and co-author of Hannan’s recent book The Plan, managed to get by the “wets” (British RINOs) and get elected to Parliament. In the book, Hannan & Carswell set out a vision for what a Conservative government should look like.

Rest assured that there are many conservatives in the UK who would like to see the next Conservative government led by Dan Hannan with Dougles Carswell as his chancellor, rather than the current lot that leads the centrist Conservative Party.

So, where is our Daniel Hannan? And as the Right Truth notes, someone should be inviting him to a Tea Party. In the meantime, how about repealing that part of the Constitution that requires birth on US soil and lets naturalize Hannan.

As a final taste, here’s Hannan with Neil Cavuto…

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Heard this on Fred's or Levin's radio replay.

redneck_hippie Saturday, March 28th at 11:48AM EDT (link)

I was so excited, I thought my leg was tingling.

“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.

Remember NY-23.

It's a sad day indeed when we have leaders all over the world

janis Saturday, March 28th at 12:01PM EDT (link)

who sound more sensible and brave than our own party “leaders.” The EU president who thoroughly trashed the notion that global warming was anything but valid, Putin and the Chinese cautioning us on the perils of socialism and huge deficits, and now this guy in Great Britain who should, by rights, be where Mitch McConnell is.

I’d like my vote back from last November, please. Someone else deserves it a whole lot more than that old white guy did.

He was an Obama supporter in our election, mbecker

Jeff Emanuel Saturday, March 28th at 12:52PM EDT (link)

Just FYI

Yeah, I read that too, Jeff. So maybe he's one of the

janis Saturday, March 28th at 12:55PM EDT (link)

ones who is experiencing some profound rethinking? Can’t say buyer’s remorse, since he wasn’t one of the ones who “bought” Obama, but his rhetoric doesn’t match up with being an Obamadrone.

He also said that he would have surported Ron Pual

djemi Saturday, March 28th at 1:31PM EDT (link)

Don’t forget that he too has to go though elections and as we know sometimes political people play to their electorate.

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The article actually said...

mbecker908 Saturday, March 28th at 5:34PM EDT (link)

“…his kind words about Obama’s candidacy.”

Heck, I had kind words about his candidacy. I don’t think much of his Presidency, but I think it’s good that he could be a candidate.

Given his apparent positions, at least on the fiscal side of things, I wouldn’t lose too much sleep over anything he said about Obama or Ron Paul. I doubt he has much in common with either.

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amen, 'Becker, this is exactly the kind of blunt, moral voice we need - nt

Mike gamecock DeVine Sunday, March 29th at 7:39AM EDT (link)

Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson

Which Tea Party?

djemi Saturday, March 28th at 1:43PM EDT (link)

And where is the internet pertition to get him to come?

This guy is great

djemi Saturday, March 28th at 1:54PM EDT (link)

Recommended, mbecker, but for the record...

Mr_Ed Saturday, March 28th at 2:32PM EDT (link)

…I posted the first speech on RedState several days ago on a blog titled “Finally, the Next Ronald Reagan Has Emerged.”

Finally, somebody we can agree on!

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Mr. Ed, we agree on significantly more than

mbecker908 Saturday, March 28th at 4:32PM EDT (link)

we don’t. I would be willing to guess that there’s not a single significant policy issue we are far apart on.

I’m sorry I missed your diary. I’m going to find it and update mine with a link.

CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.

Thanks for the link credit, mbecker...

Mr_Ed Saturday, March 28th at 5:19PM EDT (link)

…but not necessary. Your post was far more substantive. I need to learn how to embed the actual video rather than just copying the link.

As to our synchronized policy viewpoints:

2nd amendment…check
pro-life…check
strong defense…check
reduce federal income taxes…check (though I’ve become a big fan of the Fair Tax, as you know)
limited federal government…check
capitalistic approach to financial markets…check
private sector/market driven solutions to healthcare policy…check
no special federal rights/privileges for sexual orientation…check
judges who interpret the constitution and the law rather than create law…check

Have I missed something?

Could it be that mbecker and Mr. Ed are really just alter egos on RedState! AHHHHH!

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Straight from the Horse’s Mouth

Well, let's see Mr. Ed...

mbecker908 Saturday, March 28th at 5:30PM EDT (link)

on taxes, the only problem I have with the FairTax is that I don’t think it’s possible to implement and I am actually afraid of the result of the law of unintended consequences. Conceptually I don’t have a real problem with it.

I would add, bulldozing the Department of Education and having state (not federal) funding of vouchers for private/charter schools.

We haven’t discussed this, but I doubt we’re far apart on right-to-work and enforcing regulations requiring unions to provide their members with facts about how much of their dues goes to “political action” and making it easier for the membership to opt out (Beck enforcement).

I’d say we are two sides of the same horse, but you’ve already claimed the “mouth” part in your sig line and I’m not about to walk into that buzz saw…

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Thanks for the link...

Lagwolf Saturday, March 28th at 8:07PM EDT (link)

If he were to come to the US to a tea party he should come to Maine. For a couple of reasons…first I am running a tea party and secondly Maine is the home to two of the Republican turn-coats.

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Wonder what our citizen of the world

redneck_hippie Sunday, March 29th at 8:55AM EDT (link)

thinks about this?

Oh, right, The United Kingdom is just another country. Never mind.

Would love to see a matchup between TOTUS and Mr. Hannan. Probably won’t happen though ’cause Mr. Hannan is actually a leader as opposed to a hack basketball-playing politician.

“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.

Remember NY-23.

My Favorite Conservative is not even American....

Wubbies World Sunday, March 29th at 3:32PM EDT (link)

… It sickens me to ay that my own American Conservative leadership has been so vapid and inept, that the best politician I have seen enunciate my feelings about what our government doing right now, is not even an American. It is a British MEP, Mr Hannan. Gosh how do we get him to move here, or at least visit here and give our republican cowards a lesson on how to speak to the Democrats and our own main stream media.

Gosh, where is our Mr Hannan?

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I've noticed two 'Pubs already running for 2012.

Flagstaff Sunday, March 29th at 11:03PM EDT (link)

Judd Gregg and Mike Huckabee.

Everybody else is wandering in the wilderness.

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Man I like this guy.

jeffreywturner Monday, March 30th at 2:48PM EDT (link)

Not only is what he says right on the money, but he sounds at least 20% more intelligent when he says it, simply because he has a British accent.

“Life is too short, can’t we all just eat pork and kill some terrorists?”

Vox Day's interview with Daniel Hannan here.

asleep06 Tuesday, March 31st at 2:33PM EDT (link)

Check it out.

He also mentions why he supported Obama. Basically, he wanted to give the GOP some time in the desert to re-think where they were headed. I disagree with that strategy, but it’s understandable.

Small is beautiful.

your title sounded intriguing

bryanjbusch Wednesday, April 1st at 8:20AM EDT (link)

But I had to give up when you used the word “Marxist.”

Marxism is the antithesis of capitalism which is defined by Encarta as “an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, characterized by a free competitive market and motivation by profit.” Marxism is the system of socialism of which the dominant feature is public ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange.

— http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/what-is-marxism-faq.htm

Barack and every member of Congress is a proud Capitalist.

What color is the sky on your planet bryanjbusch?

Achance Wednesday, April 1st at 8:24AM EDT (link)

“Barack and every member of Congress is a proud Capitalist.” If you believe that, you need to be institutionalized because you’re too stupid to live on your own.

In Vino Veritas

okay

bryanjbusch Wednesday, April 1st at 8:31AM EDT (link)

attacking my intelligence doesn’t equate evidence of socialist ideas.

No, but reading your laughable statement about Hussein. . .

RedWhite_and_Truth Wednesday, April 1st at 10:33AM EDT (link)

. . . Obammy and Congress certainly demonstrates the cluelessness in which you wallow. Your statement was attacked in the beginning.
It’s always the “Help, they’re attacking me personally” argument, instead of arguing on the issues from you people.

So tiresome.

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Well, actually stupid boy,

Achance Wednesday, April 1st at 10:37AM EDT (link)

BHO is a committed Saul Alinsky disciple so that would make him a communist rather than a more milquetoast socialist.

In Vino Veritas

Actually Obama's most recent actions are more akin to Fascism.

Brian Hibbert Wednesday, April 1st at 10:51AM EDT (link)

Where the government had ultimate control over corporations: what they produced, how they produce them and would replace the head when they didn’t run it in a way the government wanted. But since fascism was a child of socialism, it’s still a Marxist action.

Socialism doesn’t work. It looks nice on paper, but it’s been tried and it’s failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
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Marxism and Fascism are really the same thing

Dave_in_Fla Wednesday, April 1st at 11:00AM EDT (link)

The only difference is the scope. Marxism strives for global institution of government control over the institutions of production, while fascism limits it to the existing nation states. The methods used are identical.

“If they were merely incompetent, then at least SOME of their actions would have been to the benefit of the country.” - Joe McCarthy

Different starting points, same means, same outcome

civil_truth Wednesday, April 1st at 11:07AM EDT (link)

Both result in high body counts, great misery for the general populace, and short life expectancy for the leaders.

Our best hope is that fractiousness (rooted in differences over starting points) and ego clashes wins out over their efficiency in time to keep them from gaining control. That happened in the early 70’s with the radical left - but today they’re running a tighter ship and have just about taken over the Federal government already.

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kyle8 Wednesday, April 1st at 11:31AM EDT (link)

about the similarities and the origins of Fascism and socialism I recommend a book, “Neither Right nor Left” by Zeev Sternhell

He explains that pre-fascist and nazi thought came right our of socialism and was used as a way to overcome some of the inherent contradictions of socialism which had already become evident just a few decades after Marx’s first work.

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Your citation defeats your own argument

E Pluribus Unum Wednesday, April 1st at 11:02AM EDT (link)

I’m lazy, and I’ll happily accept it when an adversary does his own oppo research.

So the Obama administration, with the full cooperation of the Democrat-dominated Congress, is busy taking over actual ownership of a number of the major finance organs, plus GM, and you cite Encarta’s definition of Marxism as : the system of socialism of which the dominant feature is public ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange.

You very well defining Marxism. What you fail at is in not putting the equal sign ( ‘=’) between Obama and Marxism. Not to mention that Obama makes no secret of his dedication to Alinsky, which is also uncut Marxism.

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No. You would have been better off using "not Marxist."

asleep06 Wednesday, April 1st at 11:35AM EDT (link)

First, Obama and many Democrats supported and continue to support the public ownership of companies, including their capital, aka means of production. Examples include Fannie/Freddie, the largest banks, GM, and every other corporation whose shares are partially owned by the U.S. government and therefore the public. Therefore, Obama et al. are obviously not capitalist, but are likely socialist/Marxist and are gradually enacting their vision bit by bit.

Marxism entails the abolition of private property, and in so far as Obama et al are increasing public ownership at the expense of private ownership of property, their actions are correctly considered Marxist even though the goal of complete elimination of private property has not (yet) been achieved.

That said, it is possible that Obama is, strictly speaking, neither pure Marxist nor pure capitalist, but fascist. The distinction is that while capitalism aims for both ownership and control of property to remain in private hands, and Marxism aims for ownership and control of property in public hands for the sake of the worker class, fascism entails government ownership and control of property for the sake of the State. The difference, then, is that Marxism rests on the cult of the proletariat, and fascism rests on the cult of the State, where the object of cult worship displaces God.

I tend to think Obama is more Marxist/socialist, but that he is not above using fascist means to get to his Marxist goal because the nationalistic cult of the State is mistaken for patriotism and can get him votes from people who get all warm and fuzzy at the thought of America-uber-alles. But it’s possible that he’s fascist.

But he certainly is not capitalist. Get it?

Small is beautiful.

Obama's theme song

Common_Cents Wednesday, April 1st at 7:42PM EDT (link)

I wonder if he put “Cult of Personality” on the Ipod he gave the Queen?

Look into my eyes, what do you see?
Cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
Ive been everything you want to be
Im the cult of personality
Like mussolini and kennedy
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights, a nobel prize
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You dont have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
Im the smiling face on your t.v.
Im the cult of personality
I exploit you still you love me

I tell you one and one makes three
Im the cult of personality
Like joseph stalin and gandi
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights a nobel prize
A leader speaks, that leader dies
You dont have to follow me
Only you can set you free

You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You me power in your gods name
Im every person you need to be
Im the cult of personality
Look into my eyes, what do you see?
Cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
Ive been everything you want to be
Im the cult of personality
Like mussolini and kennedy
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

“Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.” Napoleon - Well, unless he is ruining your country! Common Cents

A cult of personality arises when a country’s leader uses mass media to create a heroic public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.[1] Cults of personality are often found in dictatorships.

Hannan rocks!

lightduty Thursday, April 2nd at 8:32AM EDT (link)

And he takes the appropriate attitude - I’m going to say what needs to be said, because this is a time of crucial decisions for our nation. It’s no time to play politics, but rather stand up for the principles that made us great.

Maybe he could give Eric Cantor an education. He voted Present on the Pay for Performance act. Says his wife would be affected. But she would probably have been affected by 90% tax on bonuses that he already voted for. Truth were told, he’s trying to side with the populist anger against the rich, rather than be on record standing up for free market principles.