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The Future of Australian Conservatism (Australia's equivalent to Sen. Ted Cruz).
Quadrant Online ^ | October 14th, 2014 | Edwin Dyga

Posted on 11/16/2014 8:26:41 PM PST by JSDude1

Late last year, Senator Cory Bernardi published his first major work on political theory, illustrating his vision for a responsible, confident society and the governing principles that will be needed to foster it. The Conservative Revolution (Connor Court) was not intended to be a manifesto but has nevertheless been described as such since it was released for sale to the public.

Perhaps the greatest interest to students of politics and to the media was less the content of the volume as the visceral neck-twitching reaction to its public release. There is something to be said for the confidence of Bernardi’s critics who readily denounced the book without having read it. In some cases this was freely admitted, in others it was obvious from the confused commentary of journalists who either had no grasp of the varied subject matter under discussion or were motivated by a desire to misrepresent the author’s position. Prima facie, this suggests that Bernardi’s “sin” was not so much the book’s content itself, but the fact that he dared to oppose the leftist worldview on principle in a substantive, consistent and argued fashion.

Bernardi’s call for a “revolution” in conservative thinking indicated that this was not just another program to accommodate, deal with or get along with the status quo.

(Excerpt) Read more at quadrant.org.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conservatism; socialconservative; teaparty; ukip
Well worth your read-We NEED to actually confront the Left with common sense, and ~not~ be afraid to confront and take on their worldview, even if opposed by "mainstream Republican GOP-e" leaders.

No, I have not read Senator Bernardi's book yet, but I have just ordered it on Amazon after this glowing article!

http://www.amazon.com/Conservative-Revolution-Cory-Bernardi/dp/1922168963/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416198429&sr=8-1&keywords=Cory+Bernardi

1 posted on 11/16/2014 8:26:42 PM PST by JSDude1
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America may have to restart in Australia. Or at least set up an affiliate there, to hedge our bets.


2 posted on 11/16/2014 8:31:54 PM PST by Defiant (GOP needs to be the party of no to socialism, yes to freedom.)
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Bookmark


3 posted on 11/17/2014 6:23:59 AM PST by aquila48
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