1. There's an interesting intramural debate on right between @JRubinBlogger, @charlescwcooke, @davidfrum on how anti-Trump conservatives should be.
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interesting angle ........would of been more effective from the start not after the fact
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They all miss the point, though. The intellectual conservatism that thought it controlled the GOP has never had the numbers to elect candidates. It formed coalitions with groups it thought it could manage.
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And those groups wrested control and took over the party. So now the GOP is run by religious extremists and white nationalists, and economic conservatism has no part in it.
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really though the statement cements the idea ....Its the buying and selling that makes PAC'S controlling so distasteful .....not saying the word ALL does not apply commenting on perception
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no future for this without appeal to youth
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There *used* to be such a thing as a conservative Democrat. It would be beneficial if conservatism could be a party-free set of ideals that anyone could apply to.
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Fuck them. They made the party that is destroying our country now.
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I like the article. The problem with the intellectuals trying to forge their own path is the Republicans have made sneering at intellectuals a virtue, and so the average party member will remain tribal loyal and not follow or look at a different conservatism.
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Thank you for the article. I was wondering, with your excellent & informative writings on Jack Kirby, you must be aware of the conservative intellectual Donald Phelps. I came to his wrk in the early 70s COVERING GROUND due to my interest in detection fiction.
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Part of the breakdown also has to do with both major parties adopting binding primaries for their candidate nominations. For the Rs, this started with the 1976 RNC, parallel to the rise of Reagan.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-too-much-direct-democracy-caused-americas-partisan_us_5a1dd696e4b0e9a1b9c7b484 …
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