Comments on: Welcome, young fellow! The ideals we share will never grow old

By: SaveOurRepublic

SaveOurRepublic — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:25:01 +0000

Welcome Kyle. Let’s hope you don’t follow (lock-step) the phoney (neo)conservative mantra/ideals. We need a true (paleo)conservative voice, who embraces strict adherence to the Constitution, limited government, ending foreign entanglements, the fallacy of “free” trade agreements & abolishment of the (private) Federal Reserve and (un-Constitutional) income tax!

http://www.jbs.org

By: Political Man

Political Man — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:29:28 +0000

Wow – I think the problem for some of us is that in the effort to balance the AJC, they permit columns, namely those of Jim Wooten, to appear that are so ideologically driven as to be really incoherent. He makes no effort to deal with realities. He must be sitting at a desk reciting a mantra as he writes, or better yet, recalling some tried and true down-home sayings. Instead of looking for a so-called conservative, why not look for someone that that can look at issues with unrelenting realism. Having read some samples of the new guy, that is not likely to happen. His writings so far are scattered and are borderline nonsensical. We don’t need more of that. I’m not sure a person from UGA, more or less straight to WSJ, now at age 30 will have much perspective. I expect pure ideology.

By: demwit

demwit — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:25:28 +0000

Funny how the AJC now has to lay off hundreds of liberals to hire a few conservatives…., like the rest of America’s progressive media.

By: Wow

Wow — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:58:03 +0000

Not sure why this kid would want any part of this. You people (left and right) are bitter/angry and frankly some of you need help.

Your less interested in real dialog and more interested in just tearing people down. And you do it hidden behind a blog.

This is my first and last look at this blog. There should be a rule that if you cannot be constructive the blog will not be posted.

By: Rob Stone

Rob Stone — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:14:35 +0000

I’ve known Kyle since he was in high school, and Jim is right, he’s the real deal. I knew him as an Eagle Scout and an outstanding youth leader who knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life and why, and his new post at AJC is the latest proof that he is exactly what he says he is and does what he sets out to do. Congratulations, Kyle! The home folks are rooting for you! And congratulations, AJC-you don’t know yet just how good a choice you made, but you will soon!

By: D. Silver

D. Silver — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:25:36 +0000

A UGAY grad, what a joke. The only superstars in Athens are leaving, and they sure ain’t in academics. They are leaving without degree’s too, seems they fergot ta roll down the back window on their suv as they drove thru town for the last time. Mathew Satonaford, and Kissme Mariano or some such.

By: Copyleft

Copyleft — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:05:35 +0000

If Mr. Wingfield is a Wall Street Journal editorialist, you can be sure he’s a 100%, dyed-in-the-wool, free-market, laissez-faire, trickle-down conservative in the newly-forged “classic Reaganaut” mold.

Not that this is a good thing, mind you–but his credibility as a knee-jerk far right commentator is certainly strong enough to pass the most rigorous ideological purity check.

Rest assured, wingnuts, you won’t be getting any scary new ideas from “Kyle Right-Wing Right-Field.” He won’t have to stop and think about ANY issues… and neither will you.

By: Mac

Mac — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:36:29 +0000

Kyle is a Dalton boy and UGA superstar, who went directly from college to The Associated Press, which is an impressive feat. He is a journalist and a good one. Hope he’s not making a mistake, leaving the WSJ for the listing ship that is the AJC.

By: D. Silver

D. Silver — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:32:07 +0000

The ajc will soon be found only in the trash bin of history, with a footnote that their writers sucked eggs quite well, but could not write beyond a fifth grade level, imho. A totally worthless rag, unless you are painting a room.

By: PoliticalMan

PoliticalMan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:31:57 +0000

What’s with the big search for a conservative writer. Why not place an ad on the bullentin boards of Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, Wall St Journal, Weekly Standard, etc. Surprise, surprise, the next Jim Wooten comes from the WSJ. Maybe the new guy will tell us all what a conservative is. Hopefully he will not be totally incoherent as Jim Wooten most assuredly is. Candidate J’s submitted columns are not encouraging. They rambled and showed little insight.

It will soon become apparent whether the new guy is reality based. Or will he simply be another shrill ideologue – all good: free-markets, tax cuts, global military adventures, suffer and die if can’t pay for health care, mandated reproduction, etc. You know all that “kinder, gentler” conservatism.