Originally Posted by Hamish Howl
Originally Posted by pdx rick
Originally Posted by CPWILL
I'm gonna go way out on a limb and suggest you have little to zero study in the intellectual history of conservatism.

If you do the Great Courses, however, there's a neat little remedy to that I can recommend.
I don't need some archaic dusty old book to tell me what a Conservative is, I can form my own opinion based upon observation. smile

Another way of saying that is that the term "conservative" that we grew up with is totally alien to today's GOP.

Totally? Nah. But it is definitely not as good a fit as it was previously. The GOP has decided that certain portions of Fusionist Conservatism - which sort of defined political conservatism in the U.S. since Buckley founded National Review - are not going to be expressed in this administration. It remains to be seen if (for example) rejection of the free market and a forward leaning defense posture are things the GOP will keep once it's ridded itself of the baleful influence of its current head.

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