Political Stuff – Will Political Pundits Please Quit Calling themselves Conservatives?

Krista Kafer column 11/28 — While it is good to hear a variety of viewpoints regarding an issue, it is inaccurate to consider Kafer as a conservative voice. Better to take a chance and adapt to a virus, than take steps to medically mitigate is not very conservative in my book.  She is hard right more so than conservative cautious incremental change type.

I liked her opener “Let’s look at the facts” but then she quoted a “review” by another journalist referencing no medical studies. I checked with Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic and the facts according to them are much different than audience-vested writers looking to cater to an audience. Or potentially get themselves enough visibility to get elected.  Vested target journalists writing articles in conservative sounding magazines is no different than oil lobbyists forming nice sounding “independent” groups to proselytize their way.

For “conservatives” who use the word “government” as their whipping dog, then, why do they try/angle so hard to be a part of it (e.g. Littleton city council failed run)?

The Taliban are in charge of Afghanistan now. How is that working out now and will work out in the future for them? Reminds me of Douglas County.

It’s certainly easy to see she has constructed a “conservative” profile but looking at her columns she seems closer to anarchist/radical in her prescriptions. Throw in a dash of militant.  Heritage Foundation and Hannity are totally predicable in their viewpoints. YOu know in advance what they will say and how they will say it. That proferred credential badge is their own form of mask-wearing and immunization shot ironically. I understand she has to make a living

If we are going to use the acronym RINO, then by all means these “gamblers” like Kafer should be termed CINO (Conservative in name only). To what extent have people like this only serve to extend the public health crisis?

My suggestion is that if one of your columnists wants to write about a medical condition, then make it mandatory that at least 3 actual genuine medical authorities are referenced.  Hop skipping where they quote another writer in another opinion column who doesn’t quote any actual medical references does not satisfy that condition.

For the record I am a long-time ex-republican now registered unaffiliated. I have worked with EHRs, Telemedicine and health technology for 20 years. I have to deal in facts, not predictable role-based pundits.