Tag: Conservatism
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Can Obama Win Back Independents Without Further Alienating the Left?
One should always be wary of highly partisan people who make sweeping post-election predictions about future elections (cf. Carville, James, 40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation, copyright 2009.)
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Jennifer Rubin Decamps from De Contentions
One of the two hardest-working, conservative, female bloggers (how’s that for a micro-niche?) packed up her pixels and migrated to a new cyber-home this week, where she’ll have a chance to build a much bigger audience. There are two group blogs that I visit every every day:Â “Contentions” at Commentary Magazine’s website, and “The Corner” […]
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Conservatives Rally Behind Olbermann, Sort Of
Like the good Christian I aspire to be, I try to respect people with opposing points of view. Like the sinner I am, I make exceptions. One of those is Keith Olbermann, he of the permasmirk and the infantile nightly “Worse, Worser and Worst Person in the World”. With his smarmy delivery and sanctimonious preening […]
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“Mourning in America”: A Brilliant Inversion of Reagan’s Classic Campaign Ad
From John Steele Gordon at Commentary comes the helpful suggestion to watch the Great Communicator’s version first. “Morning in America” is one of the iconic ads that the Reagan re-election campaign deployed against the uninspiring VP of a failed president, en route to winning 49 states. I voted against Reagan twice, but now believe him […]
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Stumbling Toward a Middle Ground on the So-Called “Ground Zero Mosque”
Both sides of the controversy cite the First Amendment — freedom of religion vs. freedom of speech — but appealing to the Constitution is missing the point. Nobody — no serious person — is suggesting the government should forbid the project.
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As GOP Looks for Leaders and Ideas, It Should Consider “Opportunity Conservatism”
K-Lo in The Corner linked the other day to a year-0ld National Review article about a potential next-generation GOP leader, Ted Cruz, the former Solicitor General of Texas. Turns out he’s Princeton Class of 1992, for those of you who care about such things. He needs some better photos, but I like the way he […]
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Dear Census-Taker: I’m a Conservative, Liberal, Subversive, Patriotic American
It’s Census time, and there’s a nefarious conservative plot afoot to undermine the gummint by subverting the racial purity of the decennial enumeration. The idea is to answer the racial question by ignoring the familiar black/white/Asian categories, selecting “Other,” and writing in “American.” How do I know it’s a conservative plot? Well, it’s been discussed […]
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Channeling His Inner Neocon: Did the Nobel Speech Launch the Obama Doctrine?
I may have been too quick to sneer yesterday at President Obama’s appearance in Oslo. He used his acceptance speech to issue a ringing declaration of American exceptionalism (although he would not use that term).
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Count One Lackluster Vote for Corzine
Ex-prosecutor Christie pledges tax cuts and clean government in a corrupt, high-tax state, and I’ll count that as a silver lining if he wins. But there’s no guarantee he would actually be effective at cutting taxes and fighting corruption, whereas he undoubtedly would follow through on his anti-gay veto threat.
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“Every Republican in Congress Supports Reform” is a Stronger Message Than “No”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell calls out the other side for dishonest framing of the healthcare debate. I fear the Republicans may have lost the battle simply by letting the issue be framed, improperly, as healthcare "reform."