The Death of Conservatism. By Sam Tanenhaus. Random House; (book review)

Economist ^ | August 20, 2009 | Economist

[ex-snook]

Of interest also is the Economist comment on England's Tory party.

"The Tories should stop worrying about whether their view of the world works in theory and concentrate more on generating ideas that work in practice. They can live without ideology; what they urgently need is balls." --------------- Are Freeper conservatives more focused on ideology or results? What say you?

[randita]

It wasn’t conservatism that failed. What failed were people who pretended to be conservative, but were nothing of the sort.

[hinckley buzzard]

Once again Brit media betrays a woeful ignorance of the real US political landscape. Their first fatal error was to take Sam Tanenhaus as a credible observor of conservatism. Their second was to repeat his elementary error of conflating the GOP with conservatism. It goes downhill from there.

[moovova]

Mr. Tanenhaus is full of excrement.

[RAO1125]

Conservatism was never dead, in fact the failure of Bush and Obama just reinforce that true conservatism has always been the answer. Militant global socialism, by any name, will always fail. At least more and more Americans are realizing it.

[wmileo]

Sam Tanenhaus wrote a good book about Whittaker Chambers but this one seems to be a POS.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Bingo to both of you!

[muawiyah]

Mr Tanenhaus is hardly a qualified judge of Conservatism.

Best he stick to his neck of the woods.

[ecomcon]

The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

[Jagdgewehr]

They are so blinded by partisanship that they are incapable of seeing any vices in their own side or any virtues in their opponents, and so consumed by anger that they define themselves by what they want to destroy rather than to preserve.

This is more an apt description of the Democrats. This is horse sh!t pure and simple.

[RC2]

I basically see this as someone saying “Do as I say, not as I do.” In other words, get rid of all opposition, no matter if it is right or wrong.

[dr_who]

Wishful thinking on their part.

[moovova]

Oh, almost forgot the question. Ideology or results?

Well, it takes both I think, but right now, Conservatives are DEMANDING results...

Conservative ideology is like a “test tube” and the “demand” is bubbling out of it like one of those high school experiments in which fire and smoke belch from the test tube while everyone in class is standing way back.

Now, we just have to point the test tube in the right direction...and keep the test tube supplied with the materials needed to continue the flame and smoke!

[gunnyg]

“Is Bill O’Reilly conservatism’s mortician?”
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he sure ain’t doin it no good!

[Melchior]

Within the next year there will be a book that covers the split in the Democrat Party as it moves inexorably to the left and assumes the de facto title of Social Democrat Party.

[thulldud]

Sam Tanenhaus wrote a good book about Whittaker Chambers

It was OK, but Weinstein's is better.

[Rocko]

Hilarious. It would be illuminating to compare the sales of this book with Mark Levin’s latest.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Full of excrement is right. What a steaming pantload.

Conservatives...want to destroy rather than to preserve.

Right. That's why every Tea Party and Townhall meeting Conservatives are arguing for preservation of and return to a Constitutional Republic and adherence to the virtues of liberty, freedom and individualism as opposed to failed collectivism.

This guy is completely out of touch with reality. Its the communists who want to totally destroy the Republic and replace it with Soviet style oppression and tyranny.

[Marty62]

YEAH YEAH....this is the same BS that the idiot class tried to sell after NIXON..... Didn’t hold true then and it CERTAINLY is not going to hold true now.
I’m sure we will get 100’s of these fake obits before the 2010 elections.