What a shame.
A few years ago, S.E. Cupp released the book Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media’s Attack on Christianity. Early on in the book, Cupp admitted that she is an atheist. When I read that, I knew that the strength of any argument she made would instantly be weakened.
Conviction of belief is not easy to maintain when you are endlessly the subject of relentless attack on television, in music, in film. Ask any Conservative Christian. It ain’t easy to stand by your Conservatism in the face of such an onslaught of vitriol and venom. The thing that has helped me is my faith. My faith in God moors me. It keeps me rooted.
When I read in her book that she was an atheist, my first thought was, “Oh, S.E., you’re gonna have a tough time sticking to your principles.”
Needless to say, I wasn’t surprised when she became a regular on MSNBC. I have a “maybe if we ignore them, they’ll just go away” attitude about MSNBC. I do not see the benefit of attempting to be a conservative voice there any more than I would see a benefit of being a sane person locked in an asylum. I knew it was only a matter of time before S.E. Cupp found herself slipping.
I could hear the clamor and clangor of the political death knell as another promising young Conservative voice was being led astray.
Jason Mattera, she ain’t.
I’ve said before my biggest gripe with RINO Republicans is their naiveté in believing that if they just can make the Liberals in the Enslaved Press like them and accept them, they’ll be set. Chris Christie does it by going on Letterman. George W. Bush did it by calling himself a “compassionate conservative.” John McCain does it every time he gets out of bed and leaves the house.
Like the nerdy girl in Junior High School who tries to get in with the popular kids by making fun of her nerdy friends, the RINOs try to curry favor with the Liberal Enslaved Press by turning on Conservatives. Eating their own.
This is Meghan McCain’s raison d’etre:
”Maybe, like, the hateful Liberals of, like, MSNBC, you know, will, you know, like me and, like, invite me to their cocktail parties, and stuff, if I make fun of, like, Sarah Palin or Rush Limbaugh. How cool is that?!”
I wouldn’t expect anything less from the poor, hapless Meghan. But S.E. Cupp had promise. Anyone who can hold her own beside Greg Gutfeld has promise.
But when you have no rock upon which to stand, it is infinitely easy to be mired in the mud of Liberalism. And alas, S.E. Cupp is sinking in the mire.
And I feel bad. Because, S.E., they’re never going to like you. They’ll watch you turn on your own. They’ll encourage it. Then, they’ll mock you and hate you all the more for being such a flake (or, given your obsession with her, perhaps I should call you a Fluke).
Don’t get me wrong. If we Conservatives disagree, we can say so. I’m not in any way suggesting that we have an across the board uniformity of belief. We’re not Liberal Ideologues after all. It isn’t S.E. Cupp’s disagreement with Rush Limbaugh’s treatment of Sandra Fluke that bugs me, or even her hapless claim that Conservatives need to dump “social issues.”
What bugs me is her motive.
She is that nerdy girl in Junior High. Turning on her friends to win favor with the popular kids. And, just like in Junior High, the popular kids set her up just to destroy another nerd.
Philippians 2:5-7 – Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bond-servant, and coming in the likeness of men.
S.E. is trying to walk the fence and it’s just not possible. Be hot or cold – but to be lukewarm…it just gets spit out.
Relevancy and respect has been replaced by popularity and money.
For an atheist – that’s pretty darned okay…for an atheist.
I became an Atheist when I was 14 and gave up religion for Lent. I was the usual ignorant asshole who never let an opportunity to ridicule God and/or religion pass by without spewing my “Enlightened Opinion”. In hindsight, I hate what I was, just as I hate the Leftists that condemn Christianity and Judaism yet EMBRACE Islam.
But, I grew up. Matured slightly, as it were. I realized that my Christian upbringing did not HURT me ONE BIT and, quite the contrary, helped me throughout life. It gave me a solid base on which to set my Moral Standards.
Also, as my maturing process was wizened by my added responsibilities of Family, I became very Conservative in my political beliefs. Well, to be truthful, Independent at first, but I always shied away from the Leftist Ideology. Therefore, I became an Atheist Conservative.
Recently, however, I have become much more Agnostic. Perhaps it’s been my exposure to many new friends and thoughts regarding life obtained via the Internet. Certainly, the Leftist Ideologies of my life-long friends have become more and more repulsive, to say the very least. I have dropped almost ALL of my old musician friends as I was merely a subject of scorn for them – always behind my back, as I found out.
Anyway, I could give a crap about this Cupp person and her inherently STUPID decision to become PART OF THE PROBLEM by joining the largest of Leftist Beast in all of the State Controlled Lapdog Media.
Just what in the hell DID she expect? That they would EMBRACE her and listen to her reasoned arguments?
Like I said —- STUPID.
Did she really think there was any contest between herself and Rush?
You know Diann, you are becoming most excellent at this ranting business!
I guess now N.E. Cupp will do. Strap it on, kiddo.
My issue is not whether Ms Cupp identifies as an atheist or whatever, it is how everyone defines “conservative.” Apparently there is big disagreement here and it shows in this piece. There is a difference between being a Republican and identifying one as a conservative.
An American Conservative is one that would govern or legislate as close to the Constitution and the limited federal government principles as possible. Liberalism is when one feels the constitution’s principles are insufficient and more government is necessary. Clearly, if we use this as a guide, then George W. Bush and John McCain have shown they are liberal Republicans. There is incomplete information on Chris Christie at this time. He has not served as an executive or legislator in the Federal branch. One could assume he may tend more liberal than conservative, however, it is said Calvin Coolidge was quite the progressive of his day when he was a governor, but was very libertarian in nature when he was president.
I’ve met Ms. Cupp and read her first book with Bret Joshpe. Her big tent premise works up until the point where you interpret using government to the extent a Democrat would. This is a sign of liberalism. The view should be, if I don’t like what you want to do, and you don’t like what I want to do, then the conservative view is neither of us get to use government for our own purposes. We won’t say we’re both not happy. We’ll say we both agree it’s not the Federal government’s job to do this.