Thomas Sowell is about as solidly conservative as they come. I don’t understand the purity police who quickly demonize anyone on the right who presents a different view. One can believe in different tactics without being a so called GOPe traitor.
Isn’t Sowell being reasonable when he points out one shouldn’t necessarily fight battles one has no chance of winning? One may not agree with that, but I haven’t been able to figure out where Senator Cruz was going on the government shutdown. Was he fighting simply to fight? Again, that may be a valid tactic as others here have pointed out, but who says one isn’t a conservative if one doesn’t agree with that particular Cruz tactic?
They can flame away at me if they wish, but I’m an ally just like Sowell. Does anyone really, really believe Sowell has been co-opted by the GOPe? That’s ridiculous.
One can be a good conservative and believe in using different tactics to win political battles. It’s the end goal that defines who is or isn’t a conservative. We should respectfully agree to disagree on approaches used to achieve the end goal.
Well said.
I disagree with what Sowell has said, but it is shameful to see some of the comments about him here.