bluesc
12-15-2011, 10:40 AM
Like the mainstream media and Fox News, a dismissive National Review refuses to engage his arguments about non-interventionism on the merits
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In a mostly brave, mostly sensible editorial posted Wednesday evening at National Review Online, the editors of the conservative movement's flagship magazine took an emphatic stand against the rise of Newt Gingrich, listing his specific character flaws, laying out how he has demonstrated them recently, and explicitly urging GOP primary voters to back a different candidate. Who? The editorial argues that Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum are all worth another look, meanwhile making brief cases against the remaining Republican candidates.
Rick Perry "has seemed curiously and persistently unable to bring gravity to the national stage," the editors argue, while Michelle Bachmann has demonstrated poor judgment with some of her rhetoric. And the brief against Congressman Ron Paul? Here's the whole argument: "Representative Paul's recent re-dabbling in vile conspiracy theories about September 11 are a reminder that the excesses of the movement he leads are actually its essence."
It nearly made me spit out my drink....
.. Read more: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/pretending-that-ron-paul-doesnt-matter-wont-make-him-go-away/250035/
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/politics/Ron%20Paul%20voter%20-%20Brian%20C%20Frank%20Reuters%20-%20banner.jpg
In a mostly brave, mostly sensible editorial posted Wednesday evening at National Review Online, the editors of the conservative movement's flagship magazine took an emphatic stand against the rise of Newt Gingrich, listing his specific character flaws, laying out how he has demonstrated them recently, and explicitly urging GOP primary voters to back a different candidate. Who? The editorial argues that Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum are all worth another look, meanwhile making brief cases against the remaining Republican candidates.
Rick Perry "has seemed curiously and persistently unable to bring gravity to the national stage," the editors argue, while Michelle Bachmann has demonstrated poor judgment with some of her rhetoric. And the brief against Congressman Ron Paul? Here's the whole argument: "Representative Paul's recent re-dabbling in vile conspiracy theories about September 11 are a reminder that the excesses of the movement he leads are actually its essence."
It nearly made me spit out my drink....
.. Read more: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/pretending-that-ron-paul-doesnt-matter-wont-make-him-go-away/250035/