10. Trump is, however, an extinction event for the American conservative movement as it has existed since 1950s.
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11. Trump will call himself a conservative but remake conservatism in his own image:https://twitter.com/MajorCBS/status/727291460337410049 …
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12. Trump's conservatism will be nationalist, unilateralist, protectionist, for tighter borders & relatively indifferent to social issues.
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13. Trump's style of conservatism will be very different than the coalition of neo-cons, religious right & corporate America we are used to.
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14. What's key is to realize that existing American conservatism is not the only way to be right-wing.
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15. Under existing system, America will always have a right-of-center party, but it doesn't have to accept existing American conservatism.
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16. It's important to realize that alliance between conservative movement & GOP is very recent. It started in our parent's lifetime.
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17. When American conservativism coalesced in 1940s/1950s, it didn't necessarily have to ally itself with GOP. That was a choice.
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18. Eisenhower's Republican party was not a conservative party but a moderate one. Most conservative intellectuals of time didn't like
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@HeerJeet Are you familiar with Geoffrey Kabaservice's book on "The Downfall of Moderation" in the GOP? http://www.amazon.com/Rule-Ruin-Moderation-Destruction-Development/dp/0199975515 …1 reply 2 retweets 7 likes
@rudepundit Yes, good book.
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