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Originally Posted by The_Rorschach
And I quote "AND ABROAD". . .OOOOHHH BILLLAAY! How can I belong to a party made up of such clueless individuals who seem to be ignorant of the tenents to their own faith?!
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Hehe, I hadn't caught the funny irony in that statement.
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" "The biggest failure of all has been our inability to turn back the homosexual agenda and to end abortion in America," he says. "
What a confuse, stupid man. Politics is not designed to govern morality, and God help us all if this silly shit ever gains the influence of Billy Graham. If Christ could respect the difference, who the fuck is he to say or act differently?
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I think they address this point in the article, and yes, a "true" conservative might not be into legislating morality. But afterall, it has traditionally been the stance of religious organizations to
support big government policies, providing of course that they can get a little piece of the pie.
Michael Lind touches upon this in his quircky retort against Buckley,
Up From Conservatism, where he mentions how many modern "conservatives" aren't truly opposed to big government spending, they are simply opposed to big government allocation of said funds.
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"One political reality, Mr. Viguerie says, is that the "conservatives in Congress today are not movement players. They are part of the Republican team assembled by President Bush and [Bush chief strategist] Karl Rove. No matter how much overlap there may be between the two agendas, their first allegiance is to the Republican Party rather than the conservative movement." "
CONSPIRACY CONSPIRACY! CHINESE-FIRE-DRILL!!!!
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I don't think there's anything conspiracy oriented about this. I think it's true, and fairly obvious. Both major parties classify themselves as "big tent" parties. One problem I think the Democrats have is that the various factions within the "tent" can't decide what they are, what their direction should be, etc. The Republicans however seem to be much better at stifling dissent, creating a "no enemies to the Right" platform. This was a technique coined by among others, Pat Robertson in the "conservative revolution" of '94 (another ironic pairing of words, me thinks).
The conservative ideologues in Buckley's day had a hard time ruling any party, b/c they simply didn't have the constituency. I see similarities today, whereas "real" conservatism has seemed to become muted, taking a back seat to Party success.