Cowlesy
09-20-2012, 10:23 AM
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-we-criticize-mitt/
Great piece from the traditional conservative perspective!
Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother. — George Orwell, 1984
The American Conservative launched in 2002 because conservatives had become Winston from 1984. They had learned to love Big Brother under the alias George W. Bush. The establishment right was keen for war with Iraq — a war that had nothing to do with America’s national-security needs after 9/11 — and Bush’s domestic policies from immigration to deficits to entitlements were the same as or worse than a typical Democrat’s. We even warned in 2003 about America’s housing bubble. We’re not prophets, but we are realists, and a realistic conservatism could not help but see that a Republican administration was taking the country over a cliff.
For our efforts, we were tagged “Unpatriotic Conservatives“: “They came to hate their party and this president. They have finished by hating their country.” But that attack misfired: reality defeated rhetoric. By 2006, increasing numbers of old-guard conservatives were speaking out against the disastrous turn the right had taken, and by 2008 it was clear that conservatives were going to have to rethink their commitments. (Ironically or not, the author of “Unpatriotic Conservatives” and the “Axis of Evil” conceit would be one of the earliest to do so, with his 2007 book Comeback.) John McCain’s poor performance that November was an indication of the extent to which the GOP had lost conservatives, as well as the extent to which conservatives had lost the country.
More at the link here. (http://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-we-criticize-mitt/)
Great piece from the traditional conservative perspective!
Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother. — George Orwell, 1984
The American Conservative launched in 2002 because conservatives had become Winston from 1984. They had learned to love Big Brother under the alias George W. Bush. The establishment right was keen for war with Iraq — a war that had nothing to do with America’s national-security needs after 9/11 — and Bush’s domestic policies from immigration to deficits to entitlements were the same as or worse than a typical Democrat’s. We even warned in 2003 about America’s housing bubble. We’re not prophets, but we are realists, and a realistic conservatism could not help but see that a Republican administration was taking the country over a cliff.
For our efforts, we were tagged “Unpatriotic Conservatives“: “They came to hate their party and this president. They have finished by hating their country.” But that attack misfired: reality defeated rhetoric. By 2006, increasing numbers of old-guard conservatives were speaking out against the disastrous turn the right had taken, and by 2008 it was clear that conservatives were going to have to rethink their commitments. (Ironically or not, the author of “Unpatriotic Conservatives” and the “Axis of Evil” conceit would be one of the earliest to do so, with his 2007 book Comeback.) John McCain’s poor performance that November was an indication of the extent to which the GOP had lost conservatives, as well as the extent to which conservatives had lost the country.
More at the link here. (http://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-we-criticize-mitt/)