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  • Don't Call Them Conservatives [a look from over there - TEC]

    08/03/2006 7:12:53 PM PDT · by sionnsar · 4 replies · 577+ views
    Father Jake Stops the World ^ | 8/03/2006 | Teresa Mathes
    My concern, since the early 90s, has been the rise of a new breed within the Church that does not fit into our former classifications. They are neither High nor Low, conservative nor liberal. A parallel could be made between this new group and the emergence of what is sometimes called the "neo-conservatives" in the political realm. It is a stretch to think of the administration of George Bush as "conservative," in light of the astronomical deficit we currently face and his Wilsonian idealism regarding the exportation of democracy. This new breed is certainly not "conservative" in the same way...