# Conservative Dopers: Who is your favorite political commentator/ pundit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741 "2004-12-02T19:31:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741/21 "2004-12-04T11:32:53Z")
As a mild libertarian rqather than a rightie, on the right wing blog side, I enjoyed Steven den Beste, and still enjoy Bill Whittle and [Iam Murray](http://ism.politicos.ws/MT/). SDB has stopped political blogging which is a shame, but his archive is well worth reading, even if you disagree with him as it will make you think. ---
**Author:** ![darylhallfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@darylhallfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darylhallfan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741/22 "2004-12-04T12:33:54Z")
Even though I am a centrist with libertarian leanings, I have to admit that I am a devout Michael Savage listener. My political beliefs are obviously at odds with his (since he makes Rush Limbaugh look like Al Franken), but I do enjoy his bizarrely humorous diatribes against everything from Saddam to sodomy. I agree with Bill O’Reilly on most issues, but I find him unwatchable because he is an arrogant, hypocritical jerk not only on TV, but also in his personal life, based on the details of his sexual harrassment case. Speaking of Sean Hannity, he’s a little bit too much of a humorless, jingoistic, Rush clone, Republican waterboy for my taste. I’d rather watch an Alan Colmes (rare lizard-man hybrid) close-up marathon in 1080i than listen to Vanity er, uh Hannity that is. P.S. I am also a Larry Elder fan Parker ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741/23 "2004-12-04T13:44:01Z")
> [@SPOOFE](#): > > I think Michael Medved is precisely what people should try to be… strong in your opinions, but listen to what the other person has to say. I’ve heard him go through two commercial breaks talking with one obstinate, jingoistic caller, insistent on actually hashing out a communication with someone that sounds, at first, completely stubborn. > > Then there’s Phil Hendrie, who I think presents politics in its most entertaining form (when he discusses it). Well, he was a refreshing change of pace during the Clinton years, because he could critizie Clinton policies without spewing venom at the Clintons themselves. He knew Bill and Hillary at Yale Law School, and still regards both, especially Hillary as delightful people. I heard him fill in for Rush Limbaugh a few times, and he regularly defended both Bill and Hillary against callers who treated them as if they were Evil incarnate. Whebever someone suggested the Clintons had Vince FOster killed (or made similar insane charges), Medved was quick to scoff at the notion. Indeed, Medved’s take was that Bill Clinton’s greatest flaw was not liberalism, but an unhealthy need to be loved by EVERYONE. ---
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741/24 "2004-12-04T19:07:19Z")
> [@darylhallfan](#): > > Even though I am a centrist with libertarian leanings, I have to admit that I am a devout Michael Savage listener. My political beliefs are obviously at odds with his (since he makes Rush Limbaugh look like Al Franken), but I do enjoy his bizarrely humorous diatribes against everything from Saddam to sodomy. Yes! I consider him more entertainer than commentator, like you. I love it when he talks about dining or books, and I really love it when he rants. He’s been kicked off most of the stations around here for saying that Liberalism is a mental disease. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741/25 "2004-12-04T19:20:55Z")
You can pick and choose at [www.townhall.com](http://www.townhall.com). Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741/26 "2004-12-04T19:47:16Z")
William F. Buckley Mona Charen Ann Coulter Larry Elder Charles Krauthammer Laura Ingraham Michelle Malkin Kathleen Parker Debra Saunders Thomas Sowell Mark Steyn George Will [http://www.newsandopinion.com](http://www.newsandopinion.com) (a.k.a. [http://www.jewishworldreview.com](http://www.jewishworldreview.com) ) > **[Conservative Columnists with Political News Commentary, Analysis](https://townhall.com/columnists/)** > > Political news commentary and analysis from today's most popular conservative columnists Krauthammer, Sowell, and Steyn I make an effort to read regularly. Coulter frequently goes off the deep end, but she is very entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741/27 "2004-12-05T01:27:18Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > **P.J. O’Rourke** I love P.J. O’Rourke, but is he a “commentator” or “pundit”? He doesn’t editorialize in any regular publications, does he? ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_C.Mulligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@Chad\_C.Mulligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_C.Mulligan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741/28 "2004-12-05T19:32:24Z")
> [@Wartime Consigliori](#): > > I guess the title says it all, but I was just curious as to what conservative pundits you respect and regularly read or listen to. What do you find appealing about his or her style or way of thinking? > > Do you prefer the classic William F. Buckley? > > Like the Limbaugh Letter? > > Ann Coulter? Shawn Hannity? Bill O’Reilly? > > **Disclaimer** : For the record, I am a moderate who tends to vote for Democrats more than Republicans. I’m not trying to start a full-fledged s\*\*t storm or argument here. I’m merely curious about your preferences. All these posts, and no mention yet of [Victor Davis Hanson](http://victorhanson.com/)? I would also like to add a shoutout to my fellow Canuck conservative [Colby Cosh](http://www.colbycosh.com) ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741/29 "2004-12-05T19:50:04Z")
> [@Jess](#): > > I consider myself to be a Conservative-leaning Moderate and I like Tammy Bruce a lot. In fact, she and I seem pretty **simpatico** on most points. (Bolding mine) Just so you know, simpatico is actually Spanish for ‘nice’ or ‘kind’. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741/30 "2004-12-05T20:31:32Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > (Bolding mine) > > Just so you know, simpatico is actually Spanish for ‘nice’ or ‘kind’. No kidding? How embarrassing – I’ve used it incorrectly for years. I mean _years_ – I picked it up from a high school teacher who used it as I did above – as a shorthand way of saying I found someone to be agreeable – not just agreeable in the sense of being nice, but agreeable in that we are of similar minds. And I graduated in 1978. But I don’t speak Spanish, so I’ll bow to the superior knowlege of someone who is fluent. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741/31 "2004-12-05T20:39:29Z")
Whew, I feel better. I found at least [one](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=simpatico&r=67) online definition using ‘simpatico’ as I’ve always done: “Of like mind or temperament; compatible.” I’d really hate to think I’d been using a word incorrectly since 1977! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-who-is-your-favorite-political-commentator-pundit/277741.md?page=1)