And Mr. Dias seems to think that an ideologue is anyone whose ideology disagrees with his. From Wordnik.com. [My new favorite blog « A Bird’s Nest] Reference
If you dont even know what a socialist or an ideologue is I think you would flunk a basic civics test. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Tancredo says Obama won because we lack a ‘literacy test before people can vote in this country.’] Reference
In literal terms ideologue -- at least as I understand it -- does kinda conflict with being pragmatic. From Wordnik.com. ["Surprised" Hildebrand Responds To Critics: "I Don't Regret Any Of It"] Reference
"Sarah's being an ideologue, which is unfortunate, because she didn't used to be that way," said Hulbert. From Wordnik.com. [Lisa Murkowski battles for GOP hearts as Palin grows louder in Alaskan expanse] Reference
So far as I am concerned, an ideologue is someone who cannot say “I’m not sure” or “I don’t know.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement] Reference
She is an "ideologue", while you are...a disinterested scholar?. From Wordnik.com. ["And Your Little Dog Too!!!" Christina Hoff Sommers Still Wants The Ruby Slippers] Reference
But you have her down as an "ideologue" and a Stalin supporter. From Wordnik.com. [Respectcoalition: Commentisfree reply to "Orwell's Ghost"] Reference
This former "ideologue" of the Ba`th Party is so incompetent and so ineffective. From Wordnik.com. [Wednesday, May 31, 2006] Reference
Krugman is a liberal but look up the word "ideologue" and you'll find his picture. From Wordnik.com. [Krugman: Obama's Centrist Economic Appointments "Unavoidable"] Reference
It seems to me that who is and who is not an "ideologue" is a very subjective matter. From Wordnik.com. [Krugman: Obama's Centrist Economic Appointments "Unavoidable"] Reference
Freerider says, "Krugman is a liberal but look up the word 'ideologue' and you'll find his picture". From Wordnik.com. [Krugman: Obama's Centrist Economic Appointments "Unavoidable"] Reference
It will be hard to square this memo with claims that Kagan is an "ideologue" or prone to legal "activism.". From Wordnik.com. [New Kagan document undercuts right wing attack] Reference
My sense of an "ideologue" is one who is guided by an idee fixe rather than a reasoned assessment of relevant evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Krugman: Obama's Centrist Economic Appointments "Unavoidable"] Reference
As Andrew suggests (#22), "ideologue" is a possibility. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
I agree with #22 that this definition better fits the word "ideologue". From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
Obama's definition of "ideologue" is anyone who does not agree with his, er, ideology. From Wordnik.com. [Home/News] Reference
But ideology can also be another word for convictions -- and one person's "ideologue" is another person's principled politician. From Wordnik.com. [Politics Daily] Reference
But this time she approached with a pack of bombs wrapped around her body, working as an "ideologue" in the service of the al-Aqsa. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
I do not think it's accurate to call me a liberal, any more than labeling me as any kind of ideologue or partisan, because I am not. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
"ideologue" brand, but I find them to be a bit of a bore. From Wordnik.com. [Crosscut] Reference
Though a conservative ideologue, Brock was mortified. From Wordnik.com. [Colliding Cultures] Reference
TANCREDO: He is a wild-eye liberal, left-wing ideologue. From Wordnik.com. [Kelly Maher: Tancredo Calls Hickenlooper "A Wild-Eyed Liberal" (VIDEO)] Reference
Even friends describe him as more operator than ideologue. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Neocons] Reference
The man leading the charge is neither a fiery ideologue nor a gun-toting guerrilla. From Wordnik.com. [The Quiet Revolutionary] Reference
As composer, arranger, musician and jazz ideologue, he has never been more impressive. From Wordnik.com. [Wynton Marsalis Gets Kind Of Blue] Reference
Anatoly Likyanov, 61, Parliament SpeakerAlleged to have been the ideologue behind the plot. From Wordnik.com. [Now Comes The Witch Hunt] Reference
In person, the blue-eyed, fair-skinned Reich bears scant resemblance to an attack-dog ideologue. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Man For Latam?] Reference
She was accused of being a judicial activist and an ideologue who would make law from the bench. From Wordnik.com. [Target of Convenience] Reference
Ickes's most significant role in the White House, it turns out, is not as ideologue but as manager. From Wordnik.com. [Harold The Enforcer] Reference
The exodus began in February, when an ideologue known as the Lenin of North Korea defected to Seoul. From Wordnik.com. [The Cia Lands A Big Fish] Reference
That's because, apart from the physically obvious, each is a close-minded ideologue who demonizes all who disagree. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Shireman: Glenn Beck and Michael Moore Together: What the Country Needs] Reference
But in November 2008, I downloaded an unusual interview with Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda's most prominent ideologue. From Wordnik.com. [Fight Fire with Funny] Reference
He has crafted an image as a careful, thoughtful conservative -- avoiding the ideologue tag that doomed Robert Bork. From Wordnik.com. [The Bush Court] Reference
So when the time comes to make hard changes, he will be viewed as a reluctant reformer, not a laissez-faire ideologue. From Wordnik.com. [Shaking Up the Continent] Reference
The president is a socialist ideologue trying to change America into something it will never be — a socialist state. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: The Inspiration Gap’] Reference
A Journey presents Blair's actions during the 2006 Lebanon war as those of a committed ideologue, not simply Bush's poodle. From Wordnik.com. [Lebanon: Blair's other Middle East mistake] Reference
Rumsfeld himself has been cool to Feith, who is more of an ideologue and a theorist than the pragmatic, action-minded Rummy. From Wordnik.com. [No Good Defense] Reference
In terms of foreign policy, it is true that 41 was more a realist than an ideologue -- the prose to Reagan's cold-war poetry. From Wordnik.com. [The Prodigal Returns] Reference
Don Rumsfeld, a hawk but not an ideologue (in contrast to Cheney), carried Stevenson's speech around in his wallet for years. From Wordnik.com. [Robert's Rules For Rummy] Reference
Others have made no secret about their distaste for Warren, questioning her qualifications and describing her as an ideologue. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Warren, likely to head new consumer agency, provokes strong feelings] Reference
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