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Can the Right Unite? For America's sake, I hope so.

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[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Excellent post and article. Thanks.

[rdb3]

INCOMING!

[StockAyatollah]

True conservatives/libertarians are anti-collectivist. So its amazing that they forms groups at all let alone unite these groups. Liberals on the other hand will do anything necessary to consolidate their power. Such as when NOW looked the other way at Klinton's rape and harassment victims.

[Willie Green]

It seems that there should be some kind of punishment for people who begin essays with the word "INDUBITABLY".

[mhking]

Excellent article! Unfortunately we are preaching to the choir with much of this (at least outside of your "friend" the other day). The larger questions is how we get to more of the people from among the unwashed masses who only think of us as being on the fringe, and convince them that it is not only good, but necessary to take an active interest in what is happening.

[weikel]

I don't think the right can unite the "social conservatives" have their own big government agenda while the Rockwell/Raimondo faction of the libertarians is annoying and stupid foreign policy wise( hmmm maybe I should call the social conservatives, Raimondo, and Rockwell the axis of evil). They may be able to unite on certain things but these groups will never be able to cooperate for any length of time.

[ex-snook]

"Can the Right Unite? For America's sake, I hope so. "

LOL. Me too if 'right' means conservative-right rather than Neo-con-right. As of the last election, it is only .5% of the voters. It has a long way to go.

[WIMom]

      

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[Egregious Philbin]

Doesn't this article ignore the rift between the Democrats and the Green Party?

[billybudd]

There will never be unity between libertarians and "social conservatives" because the first group is not willing to compromise freedom for political ends, while the second is more than willing to do so. For "social conservatives", if it's immoral, demented, or disgusting (according to their personal view, of course) it ought to be banned. Just look at the "virtual kiddie porn" issue and see if there will ever be any agreement between these two branches of conservatism.

[Ohioan]

I think that your writer, here, has a point to make--certainly--but that the operative word should not be "unite." Conservatives, by their very nature, will emphasize different aspects of our heritage. They will be very loath to give up those individual emphases.

I would focus instead on "cooperation." The real strength of our enemies has come in their instinctive cooperation on a wide variety of issues, without necessarily compromising any aspect of what is important to individual organizations. It would be well if we could work together generally, without the need to try to force all into one mold, wherever individual consciences will allow. At the very least, we should apply Ronald Reagan's Eleventh Commandment--proposed for Republicans as to other Republicans, but equally applicable (really more applicable) to our ideological fellow Conservatives)--and not speak ill of one another.

But well beyond such mutual acceptance, there are a wide range of issues, where most Conservative groups could cooperate, very well indeed. And it is one of the major keys to reversing the trends that threaten everything that we believe in.

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[Isadora Duncan]

I have a theory that there are some people in this country that have fallen victim to many who use the phrase that our country is a Democracy (although we know it is not, it is a Republic). However, the term Democracy is tossed about from media to politicians. Therefore, there are many people 'out there' who connotate the term Democratic Party to Democracy. I believe they honestly think that the Democratic Party stands for "democracy". They haven't a clue as to liberal/conservative or what any other party stands for. They only know the word Democracy, ergo democratic party represents America and Freedom.

Just a theory, mind you. But not every one is politically savvy. Some go on headlines and Brokaw/Rather/Jennings news. They simply hear Democratic Party and automatically think Democracy. I think it's why they can form these numerous groups of people - ignorance is bliss folks - and actually control their direction. These poor saps think they're doing it for Democracy.

Does this make sense?

[Reagan Man]

Can the Right Unite?

I think the right is united and like never before. Of course, if you go by the vocal loud mouths on FreeRepublic, you'd think the world is coming to end for the political rightwing. That isn't the case. If you discount the rants from all the fringe extremists, you know, the political malcontents and social misfits, conservative-Republicans are still a very powerful force. Our conservative President, enjoys 95% approval from Republicans and since conservatives make up, the majority base for the Republican Party, Bush probably gets about 90% support from conservatives. Republicans have controlled the full Congress six of the last seven years and with some hard workd and a little luck, will take back control of the Senate this November. The just over one million votes given to Buchanan, Browne, Hagelin and Phillips in the 2000 general election, are the dissatisfied fringe element on the political right. Nothing to fear from those folks, except high volume rehtoric, that leads nowhere and can't win any elections.