1. There's an interesting intramural debate on right between @JRubinBlogger, @charlescwcooke, @davidfrum on how anti-Trump conservatives should be.
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3. We tend to think of conservatism & GOP as nearly synonymous but that's a fairly recent development, starting really with Reagan in 1980.
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4. But there's long been a lively conservatism in American that is free-floating & non-partisan: Kennan, John Lukacs, Hugh Kenner & the like.
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5. Maybe the upshot of Trump era is a conservatism severed from GOP, more about ideas than electoral politics. I pursue that thought here:https://newrepublic.com/article/146377/divorce-conservatism-republican-party …
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And is conservatism even what you thought it was if Trump could be so beloved by the vast majority of Republicans (and don't kid yourselves, they do love him.)
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Interesting and useful question
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@RadioFreeTom advocated voting Hillary. So, they're not wedded to the@GOP at all, if the GOP isn't being conservative.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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does it matter? the Trump base doesn’t seem to care what conservative intellectuals think - in fact, they seem to find conservative intellectuals almost as abhorrent as liberal intellectuals. is the party the elite or the voters?
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Defining what is valued, wanted, prioritized and paths to get there is never a waste. Doesn’t mean it happens but in its absence we are stuck with “who’s up/who’s down” bs analysis. Indeed it’s that useless discussion that opens up a vacuum for a lying megalomaniac like Trump
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Excellent articulation of a point which, if taken up, might allow better discussion of actual potential policy directions and move us beyond the BS of horse race politics- towards crating visions and solutions whatever the label
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