Posted on 03/13/2004 10:56:05 AM PST by quidnunc
At first blush, the phrase "anti-establishment conservative" doesn't make sense. Aren't the conservatives, especially considering the United States' current political climate, the establishment?
Well, yes. But there are conservatives who consider what passes for a conservative today George W. Bush, for example equivalent to the Red under one's bed in the 1950s. These folks are called paleoconservatives and, according to guys such as Jim Libinskas, hold a world-view that champions "an isolationist, 'America First' foreign policy, regional culture and politics versus big government and pop culture, protection for American workers (economic nationalism), a stoppage or large curtailment of immigration and a defense of America's European and Christian identity."
The paleoconservative heyday occurred in the early and mid-1990s with anti-immigration, isolationist, anti-free trade, ultranationalist Pat Buchanan making more than a marginal impact in his runs for the Republican presidential nomination. After fighting a losing ideological battle against neoconservatives well-connected, well-funded, well-organized leftists in the paleoconservative's eyes the paleos, to a large degree, went the way of the dinosaur.
Yet they persist. Though few in number, their Web sites are many. At the vanguard in the beginning and toeing the line in the present is Chronicles magazine and its web presence www.chroniclesmagazine.org. Long considered the movement's bible, the mag has dipped in circulation from 20,000 at its peak to less than 5,000.
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(Excerpt) Read more at newhavenadvocate.com ...
paleocon | neocon | liberal | |
stop illegal immigration | yes | no | no |
America First foreign policy | yes | no | no |
regional politics | yes | no | no |
against big government | yes | no | no |
defense America's European, Christian identity | yes | no | no |
fair trade | yes | no | yes |
support Israel | yes | yes | no |
Protect American Jobs | yes | no | yes |
Conservative | yes | no | no |
Liberal | no | yes | yes |
Lying and intentional misrepresentations are all the Neo-Cons have left to support their failing ideology of Open Borders, One-Way Industry/Job Destroying 3rd World Trade Deals and Global Welfare.
Now that their Rats Nest of conflicting policy goals is collapsing, as the U.S. Budget and Trade Deficits are hemorrhaging record Red Ink, the Cons are in a panic. Their day of reckoning is quickly approaching.
Yup, GWB is in a panic, the day of reckoning is on it's way.
Ring up another vote for Kerry.
This gang mutters and that's about it.
paleocon | neocon | liberal | |
support Israel |
yes | yes | no |
LOL!
Vice President Joseph Sobran. Awesome idea.
Vote Constitution Party, stay home, who cares.
And you're proud of that? (Since when is a "fact" something that hasn't occurred?)
It seems that the term neocon violates the law of conservation of mass, in that it manages to cover huge swaths of people and tiny enclaves of intellectuals at the same time.
You're missing his point.
And thank you very much for making my point.
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