From neocons to crazy-cons-Former National Review literary editor Daniel Klinghoffer on conservatism

[kpete]

From neocons to crazy-cons
Worth reading: former National Review literary editor Daniel Klinghoffer on conservatism.
Once the conservative movement was about finding meaning in private life and public service. But it has undergone a shift toward demagoguery and hucksterism.

Once, the iconic figures on the political right were urbane visionaries and builders of institutions — like William F. Buckley Jr., Irving Kristol and Father Richard John Neuhaus, all dead now. Today, far more representative is potty-mouthed Internet entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart, whose news and opinion website, Breitbart.com, is read by millions. In his most recent triumph, Breitbart got a U.S. Department of Agriculture official pushed out of her job after he released a deceptively edited video clip of her supposedly endorsing racism against white people.

What has become of conservatism? We have reached a point at which nothing could be more important than to stop and recall what brought us here, to the right, in the first place.

more:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-klinghoffer-conservatism-20100801,0,3905768.story

[SpiralHawk]

1. There is no such thing as a 'conservative' republicon

Republicons use the word 'conservative' as part of their occult propaganda to hide the ugly truth about themselves.

Republicons long ago demonstrated to the world that they are wide-stance, borrow-and-spend fiscal radicals who trashed the US Government and America's economy for years to come, and that despite all their sanctimonious preaching, they have about as much moral integrity as a bed of mollusks.

[HawkerHurricane]

2. I'm sorry, but...

Conservatives always go back to thier roots. "The Party of the Robber Barons" and "The anti-other people party". Whigs and Know-Nothings. Father Calhoun and George Prescott. It's always about the money men and the demagogues they finance.