Posted on 09/27/2024 1:05:53 PM PDT by TBP
“Conservatism, Inc.” is dead. Good riddance.
It IS being rebuilt. Before our eyes. Just not in the way a lot of the globalist “intellectuals” want.
Globalists say they are conservatives
Like Catholics charities say they’re Catholic
Who is defending the constitution
That’s the foundation of the country
The author thinks like the Democratic leaders are the other side in a college debate. They are not. They are a vicious enemy that wants to destroy America. You don’t defeat them with “intellectual conservatism” in the “long game.” You fight them now with insults, confrontation, and the courts. You fight them with bombastic in-your-face leaders like Trump.
And I would argue that the ideas are there--its the milquetoasts and grifters who try and sidetrack the voters into side issues while ignoring very basic existential issues. I believe that is why you see RFK jr and Tulsi Gabbard getting behind Trump (NOT necessarily the man, but what he supports). Its also why an RFK gets a warm welcome like he did at that Michigan rally today.
Guy imho sounds like a jilted Mike Pence, Bill Kristol, or George Will.
This article is complete garbage, it was a waste of time reading it.
The wining idea is putting the interests of the American people first, not last.
Rhino’s and democrats prefer putting the interests of foreign countries, foreign citizens and multinational corporations first.
What the author calls Conservatism is not worth supporting.
some so called conservatives would rather someone pretend to be nice and lie to them, than someone who is a little raw around the edges but will actually implement conservative principles!
Conservatism is pretty much overtaken by the intelligentsia who consider wars and stock sales to be the bottom line.
I see it differently.
Trump didn’t invent populism he just brought it back to the front of the GOP. Neocons ran the party since first bush term and no one really wants to vote for that anymore.
Frankly they were probably never that popular but rank and file republicans held their nose and voted for them because they would pretend to be social conservatives though never delivered on any of that.
100% correct. I love intellectual debate, and tried fruitlessly for years to convince liberals of the error of their ways via facts and logic. The problem was that they don’t operation on the basis of facts and logic. They’re intellectual and emotional children who just want what they want, no matter how selfish or irrational, and they will lash out, even to the point of violence, when they don’t get it. It’s impossible to reason with such people, just as it’s impossible to reason with a bratty child who constantly throws tantrums when he is told “No.”
No. It is not.
The article is a bunch of hot air written by someone who does not understand MAGA or Conservatism or Nationalism or Populism.
They praise with many damns the "TEA Party" that they tried to sink because they "just are not our kind of people". They want people to run for local office so they can support the "BIG IDEA" of filling up the author's bank account but not to actually have any power or say in the party.
It is what has been going on for decades. We will talk about things but never do them. We will compromise, sell out and sell you down the river but how dare you think you make have some say. If you revolt and actually defeat our fair hair little puppet in the primary we will back stab, cheat, lie and connive with the democrats to defeat you.
No.
I am a Normal American.
I want to be left alone to raise my family and run my business. I want the federal government to protect me from foreign aggression whether is is missiles or criminals coming across the boarder.
I don't think that is too much to ask and it does not need to be a deep philosophical movement.
It’s delusional.
Wrong on basic premise and understanding.
It’s as if he doesn’t even know what happened during Trump’s administration.
Rebuilding the philosophical elements of conservatism will be labeled as elitist, and dismissed.
Yep - Ol' "Four Eyes" Will - the guy who always pulled his punches on his Democrat "colleagues".
This is just nonsense.
These strategies of “ conservative principles” have been failing since 1945.
The Left has seized control of every major institution in the West while we get these screeds on ‘Muh conservative intellectualism.
I have no great hopes of Trump implementing a turnaround. Instead we have a very decayed Regime that is so dysfunctional it may be near collapse.
If a Trump win can promote an autodestruct move like the 1991 USSR Coup; well after that anything is possible.
Got the opportunity to listen to Fr. Stephen Imbarrato (aka The Protest Priest) speak at a small men’s group @ St.
Anne’s in Santee, S.C.
Someone asked why there isn’t better unity and unified voices from Pro-Life Clergy and Lay-people, etc.
He said that evil doesn’t scrutinize and then dismiss evil that’s not perfectly aligned with it’s version of evil. It says, we differ but come on over and we will work on it.
Good on the other hand has the tendency to easily dismiss the whole person, group, &/or idea entirely based on a small difference.
No intent to fall into the same trap but your comment “Like Catholics charities say they’re Catholic” unfortunately reminded me of that. Why you overlooked 99% of profoundly good Catholic Charities that are truely Catholic to draw attention to the 1% (funneling invaders in, etc) that are catholic-ish truely saddens me.
Same parallels can be drawn to Conservative, Libertarian, hell even some “moderate” Dems and how we all persist on the 1% division. Priorities are priorities (i.e. must be Pro-life) but there are common goods that unite.
Who is ‘Croaky Caiman’ and why should anyone care what he or she has to say?
I agree this is "think tank" establishment BS. No need for endless years of deep thinking, endless white papers, useless pronouncements and virtue signaling.
Lets just use common since as a base line philosophy.
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