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IN DEFENSE OF PEGGY NOONAN (AND OTHER CONSERVATIVE APOSTATES)
There indeed is a subtle wind that the conservative movement is to be flushed of these “elites” who (gasp) still expect that our politicians ought to be deep and curious thinkers.
We shut these people out at our own peril. The founding fathers tenaciously embraced the principles of individual freedom and limited government. A few of these men were common folk. Many of them were not. All of them had a deep curiosity of political science, history and the role of government. They read Cato. They read philosophy. They exchanged ideas vigorously in an attempt to learn from others, advance their ideas and create a better system of government.
The intent to throw these people out of our movement is emotion over logical thinking. It is a function of an age where every crackpot comment is exposed on the internet, where it is easy to convince the masses that “they” intend not only to defeat us politically, but destroy our very way of life.
That being said, there is legitimate concern that an Obama presidency holds potentially disastrous consequences, the likes of which this country has not seen for almost 40 years. This is not because of Obama. This is because with Obama, Pelosi and Reid running the show we see the possibility of real, dramatic and catastrophic changes in our future.
Think card check, capital gains tax increases, corporate tax increases, social security tax increases, massive cuts in intelligence and defense spending, cap and trade, a radical 6-3 (or worse) majority in the Supreme Court, the fairness doctrine and a policy of appeasement. It does not take an active imagination to see that the intellectual notion of limited government for the benefit of individual people and families dying a quick and painful death.
Many friends tell me not to worry, that there is no way Obama will purse all of these radical proposals once the campaigning is over. Perhaps, but with Pelosi and Reid running the hill who is going to stop him? It’s a gamble that should make even intellectual conservatives very nervous.
Comment Posted By Stuck in Blue Iowa On 25.10.2008 @ 13:56
