Posted on 04/01/2019 2:04:34 AM PDT by joma89
For us actual conservatives, one of the most tiresome aspects of our struggle to retake our country is our never-ending struggle to get the Fredocons who still populate our movement to take our own side in this fight. Exhibit A is the “Conservative Case For XXXX” phenomenon, in which XXXX inevitably equals some liberal goal, objective or obsession. We’re supposed to nod our heads and give in to the progs because, you know, it’s actually conservative somehow.
Hard pass.
The latest example is the article “A Conservative Case for Puerto Rican Statehood” that recently ran in National Review for reasons that remain elusive even after reading it. Now, let’s be clear – this is not a column telling National Review or author Kyle Sammin what they can and cannot publish. National Review and author Kyle Sammin should say whatever they want all the time, just as you and I should say whatever we want all the time. This column is about critiquing ideas, bad ideas, like the bad ideas in this particular article, as well as the bad ideas that permeate the whole “Let’s push the conservative envelope” genre. How about we work on taping the conservative envelope back together before we rip it to shreds?
This tactic seeks to lower our defenses to unconservative policies by leveraging implausible explanations for why they are actually conservative policies. You can put a cherry on top of what your corgi left on the lawn, but that cherry doesn’t turn it into desert.
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Or give them back to Spain. Call in their ambassador, foreign minister, and president. “Spanish-American War? Terrible mistake, our bad, mea culpa. Here’s PR back in compensation. All yours now!”
The first problem is the title. We are so jaundiced by the sellout of conservative positions by frauds posing as conservatives that we look beyond titles to actual deeds. Regrettably for the great WFB’s legacy that includes this rag.
Turn it into something useful. Turn it back into a bombing range.
“Not only should it not become a state, it should be ejected as a territory and given its independence.”
A fine idea.
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Sure, the conservative case for two more Rat Senators.
Thanks, National Review.
Kurt, you are already lost if you still think that “National Review” is a “conservative” publication.
Since you obviously do, whatever you have to say is worthless.
The Conservative “movement” is a fallacy. It NEVER “moves”. It is and has been forever “stagnant”.
Making MILLIONS for it’s leaders (Rush, Hannity etc.) and has gotten us NOWHERE! All TALK no action conservatives.
I’m for the Trump XXX movement, whatever you want to call it. Who needs a label? Labels keep you in a box. I like to be and think OUTSIDE the box.
Conservatism is DEAD! It never amounted to anything anyway.
Conservatism has devolved into maximizing corporate profits by utilizing the cheapest labor possible. Everything else is secondary.
Properly managed and developed, Puerto Rico could be the playground of the Americas.
Maybe PDJT should consider buying it.
Properly managed and developed, Puerto Rico could be the playground of the Americas.
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