Is 'The Economist' a repuke rag? - Democratic Underground

Deja Q

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Sun Jan-23-05 10:57 PM
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Is 'The Economist' a repuke rag?

Saw the magazine today. The cover said * has a lot of work to do; and the inset said "Jeb in 2008? Pg 22" (whatever page it was)

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JohnKleeb

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Sun Jan-23-05 10:58 PM
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1. I think its an English conservative one

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Sun Jan-23-05 11:01 PM
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3. actually it's more economic libertarian

and it's fairly philosophically consistent, so they don't side with the banana republicans just because.

they've often agreed with shrub's rhetoric but criticized his delivery. e.g., tax cuts good, but deficit insane.

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JohnKleeb

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Sun Jan-23-05 11:05 PM
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7. well conservative in britain is different than it is here

I see though.

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Sun Jan-23-05 11:33 PM
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8. and, of course, conservative here is different than republicanism here.

e.g., conservatives used to oppose deficit spending....

i agree that "conservative" means something different in the u.s.

notwithstanding that, though, there are right-wing rags in england that line up behind shrub at nearly every opportunity, and i would not count the economist among them.

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Fenris

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Sun Jan-23-05 10:58 PM
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2. No

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Orangepeel

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Sun Jan-23-05 11:02 PM
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4. I'm pretty sure it edorsed Kerry.

which was a big deal, because it is conservative by British standards

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Renew Deal

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Sun Jan-23-05 11:03 PM
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5. I think so too.

I was about to post the same thing.

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ThorsHammer

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Sun Jan-23-05 11:04 PM
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6. More libertarian IMO: free market, but they endorsed K/E and were antiwar

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Nye Bevan

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Mon Jan-24-05 10:21 AM
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9. Libertarian, intelligent, honest, coherent, politically independent....

The Economist is an excellent publication. I would highly recommend it over Time, Newsweek, etc.

They endorsed Kerry in 2004, Bush in 2000, Dole in 1996, Clinton in 1992 and "could recommend neither" in 1988 (Bush Sr. vs Dukakis).

http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=3329802

They were in favor of the war but are VERY critical of the Bush administration's execution of it. They called vociferously for Rumsfeld's resignation over Abu Ghraib and are very critical of the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo and the concept of detention without trial.

They are socially liberal and strong advocates of gay marriage:

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2459758&logout=Y

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DelawareValleyDem

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Mon Jan-24-05 10:25 AM
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10. Not really

I remember a couple articles in there pre-election where they took some swipes at Bush. Haven't read it in a few months.

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drumwolf

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Mon Jan-24-05 11:06 AM
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11. They're pro-free-market

which is one aspect of the Republican platform. But they are not, by any means, a GOP propaganda outlet. And they're quite socially liberal.

They openly supported gay marriage with an article back in 1996, a time when I never even heard the words "gay" and "marriage" uttered together.

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