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Revision as of 02:14, December 29, 2009
It's time; in fact, we have only three days left to identify the top ten conservatives of the decade.
The best of the public is welcome in this list of nominations:
Nominations
- Michele Bachman
- Sarah Palin
- John Bolton
- Antonin Scalia
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel Alito
- John Roberts
- Ron Paul
- Joe Wilson
- John Thune
- Marco Rubio
- Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe
- supporters of Proposition 8
- homeschoolers who captured all the finalist positions in the National Bible Bee
- Sean Hannity
- Bill Oreilly
- Mike Huckabee
- Mitt Romney
- Charles H Bronson
- Art Robinson
- Charlton Heston
- Jon Voight
- Dick Cheney
- Rush Limbaugh
- Glenn Beck
- Rudy Giuliani
- Tea Party Movement
- Ann Coulter
- Michelle Malkin
- David Petraeus
- Karl Rove
(add more, or suggest ranking; maybe we should name a "Conservative of the Year" also)
Discussion
The criterion would presumably be the greatest and longest lasting influence. For example, Ronald Reagan would be a leading candidate for "conservative of the decade" of the 1980s.
Quotes of the Decade
- "You lie!" (Joe Wilson about Barack Obama)
- "You know babies have finger nails!" (reference to an unborn child in the movie Juno)
- "from my cold, dead hands" (Charlton Heston in 2000 dramatically referring to the only way liberals could take his rifle from him)