The wrong diagnosis leads to the wrong solution.

Liberty Call U.S. ^ | November 24, 2008 | Charles Bloomer

[Gunner9mm]

The wrong diagnosis leads to the wrong solution.

Over at The American Thinker, James Lewis says, "American conservatism has taken a trouncing...." I disagree. American conservatism was not even on the ballot since there was no conservative candidate in the running. In the Republican primaries, the prospective conservative candidates bailed out. Fred Thompson, probably the most conservative prospect, just didn't have the "fire in the belly" to fight his way to the top of the ticket. Consequently, we ended up with a Republican on the ticket who was not a conservative, but a moderate appeaser who put more emphasis on reaching across the aisle than he did on appealing to the conservatives in the Republican Party.

It is true that Sarah Palin injected a healthy dose of American conservatism – both social conservatism and fiscal conservatism – her selection as the Vice Presidential candidate came too late. American voters had already been saturated with “maverick” conservatism for over a year. It was too late in the cycle to bring voters up to speed on Palin’s political philosophy and its relevance to the issues facing the country. In addition, the liberal mainstream press was immediately biased against her, refusing to air her ideas while magnifying every minute detail to be used against her (remember the wardrobe flap?). On top of that was the animosity of Republican elitists – George Will, Peggy Noonan, Kathleen Parker, et.al. – that tarnished her image even before she was able to introduce herself and her ideas.

[muawiyah]

Thank goodness George Will, Peggy Noonan, and Kathleen Parker have managed to eliminate themselves from being thought Conservative.

[elkfersupper]

Misidentification of and failure to attack the enemy led to the defeat of the Republican party.

[Eagles6]

Pittsburgh is spelled with an "H" at the end (the quote at the beginning).

Good post, I haven't run across the site before.

[Theodore R.]

Also David Brooks

[SoConPubbie]

Misidentification of and failure to attack the enemy led to the defeat of the Republican party.

That was part of the problem.

The majority of the blame falls squarely at the feet of the pre-eminent RINO, John McCain.

He was a lousy candidate because of his non-conservative and non-GOP positions on the issues and also because his almost total lack of core principles.

Besides Rudy, he was the absolute worst GOP Presidential candidate we had this election season.

Furthermore, if Sarah was taken out of the equation, the Obamanation would have won by epic landslide proportions.

[backhoe]

Thank goodness George Will, Peggy Noonan, and Kathleen Parker have managed to eliminate themselves from being thought Conservative.

That's how I see it. The Quislings are coming out of the woodwork, and I thank them for outing themselves.

[Gunner9mm]

Good catch. Thanks. It is now fixed.