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 Bernardis 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 authors position. Prima facie, this suggests that Bernardis sin was not so much the books content itself, but the fact that he dared to oppose the leftist worldview on principle in a substantive, consistent and argued fashion.
Bernardis 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 ...
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
America may have to restart in Australia. Or at least set up an affiliate there, to hedge our bets.
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