QOTD
May 15th, 2009
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“My theme is the intellectual decline of conservatism, and it is notable that the policies of the new conservatism are powered largely by emotion and religion and have for the most part weak intellectual groundings.”
–Richard Posner, a Reagan appointee, and an important figure in the conservative movement.
the comments/debate there on thinkprogress.org are interesting and worth reading, esp wrt the difference btw being an economic conservative and a social conservative.
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About four years ago I was forced to confront the possibility that I might actually be a Goldwater conservative. Barry Goldwater — and other old-school conservatives like Richard Posner — are just so fucking sane compared to the reactionary religious extremists that run the Republican Party now, that I actually think I might vote for one, if thee were still any of them running for public office.
Unfortunately — and this is the really sick part — those old-school conservatives are actually too smart for the modern Republican Party, which has basically rebranded itself as the party of resentful illiterates.
It’s all very depressing.
joshua, do you at all remember this?
http://www.amyleblanc.com/2006/10/todays-costume