[NeoCaveman]

Was suprised to see that this article wasn't posted yet.

Discuss away.

[NeoCaveman]

have never considered it impossible to square the need for a strong national defense establishment and a vigorous foreign policy with limited government and individual liberty

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[Amelia]

Maybe you don't need to write that article after all. ;-)

[Amelia]

Good article, and I agree with the author's conclusions. If we split up because of relatively minor issues, while ignoring the 'big picture', it's certain that liberals will win.

[templar]

A definition of "conservative" is needed.

[Sonny M]

Can somone give me some info on the John Birch Society. It seems they are the one conservative group everyone hates, I don't really understand why. Even Pat Buchanan doesn't seem to fond of them.

[battlegearboat]

Remember Askel5.

[Willie Green]

These groups might be described as "free marketeers," "social conservatives," and "national defense"...
I suspect that, like most conservatives, I find myself wondering just what this fight is all about.

What it boils down to is that the "free marketeers" have subordinated the social conservative agenda to disdainfully dispense with the inconvenient confines of our Constitution and wage economic warfare against the American Middle Class.

[mhking]

[Jorge]

What does concern me is that there are some in the conservative ranks who seem to believe that if one doesn't share their view of the relative importance of various issues, one ought to be sent packing. A political movement that cannot tolerate differences among people who agree on main principles is a movement in trouble.

Well said.

It amazes me how some people think that the GOP can win anything and at the same time kick out anybody and everybody who dares disagree on one issue.

Single issue fanatics who threaten to bolt the party if somebody in power disagrees with them are just as bad.

[EverOnward]

My family and a lot of my friends are social conservatives. We have NOTHING in common with the free marketeers and align more easily with patriotic conservatives. The cigar smoking free marketeers have always held their noses in dealing with the social conservatives. With NAFTA, globalization, H1-visas, etc. I believe that social conservatives will feel more and more uncomfortable aligning themselves with the free marketeers. As a social conservative, I've never felt comfortable in the Republican Party (call myself an Independent), but voted Republican AGAINST the Democrats. I'd love to see a third-party with a voice that was socially conservative AND cared about the American working class. I can't stand listening to Rush (the loud-mouthed pro-NAFTA rich Republican) Limbaugh any more.

[rdb3]

That's why the current fight between folks who like to characterize themselves as "neo-conservatives" ...

Run-time error!

I find few, if any, who truly consider themselves to be "neo-conservatives." However, there is more than a few who love to throw that term around like confetti. Oftentimes, these are the ones who have the weakest arguments.

All in all, good piece of writing.

[Sparta]

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[Alain2112]

Was suprised to see that this article wasn't posted yet.

Gosh, I didn't see the original but I am happy that you posted. This pretty much sums everything up.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Discuss away

...Main thrust of the article?............True conservativism is anti-conservatism.............liberal thought is real conservatism............confused?

If so, the author acheived his goal.

[TLBSHOW]

bookmarked

[Constitution Day]

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