"There are, of course, still non-crazy and non-dumb conservatives among us. Some, like the Hoover institute's Michael Petrilli, live in places like suburban Maryland, where they shop at Whole Foods, presumably enjoy arugula and might even drive a Volvo or Prius. And occasionally one among this group will take to the pages of a publication like the Wall Street Journal to decry the anti-scientific rural tea-party types that have made them so uncomfortable within the big tent of the Republican Party. It's gotten to the point where it's an embarrassment to toodle around Silver Springs with a Palin/McCain bumper-sticker, and the're here to urge the GOP to think about people like them once in a while, perhaps by not basing the entire party platform on inspiring the peasants to grab their pitchforks." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Aren't "Whole Foods Conservatives" the same thing as Rod Dreher's "Crunchy Cons"? (the etymology of Dreher's term escapes me right now.) - Andrew C (✓)

BTW, total tangent here, but the next time someone sneers about "latte-sipping liberals", remind them that Cheney likes lattes: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth... (via Tapped http://www.prospect.org/csnc... ) - Andrew C (✓)

The big tent is looking decided tattered, Tea Party, Birthers and Neo-Cons and now Whole Foods... Problem for the right is that the red meat Southern Nascar Tea Party contingent is not going to stand still for the party to play centrist for Whole Foods crowd. I think we're all pretty sure where Michelle Bachman shops. Not Whole Foods... - WarLord

I would be surprised if Bachman does her own shopping. - Michael R. Bernstein

Of course the funniest thing about Whole Foods they built one here in St Paul and the big time libertarian government hating boss had his hand out constantly to the City Council: Fix this, vacate that, change this, need a development grant need a loan i'm never paying back... Its always about less gov when its for YOU - WarLord

Yeah, I'm really not a big fan of John Mackey, to the point where I now try not to shop there. - Andrew C (✓)

I preferred Wild Oats before Whole Foods bought them. We now shop at Costco, Trader Joe's, and occasionally Sunflower Market. - Michael R. Bernstein