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I have come across one of the weirdest interviews ever. Newsweek, which is a radical totalitarian leftist magazine, interviews the the editor of The New York Times Book Review, Sam Tanenhaus. Sam is your typical Beltway loser appeaser Conservative. In this interview he lauds the Progressives and bashes Conservatives. He claims that because the Right opposes Obama’s policies, the Conservative Movement is dying!
The editor of The New York Times Book Review and the paper’s “Week in Review” section, Sam Tanenhaus is the biographer of Whittaker Chambers and is at work on the life of William F. Buckley Jr. In a new, short book, The Death of Conservatism, he argues that the right needs to find its footing for the good of the country. In an e-mail exchange with Jon Meacham, Tanenhaus reflected on the book’s themes. Excerpts:
Meacham: So how bad is it, really? Your title doesn’t quite declare conservatism dead.
Tanenhaus: Quite bad if you prize a mature, responsible conservatism that honors America’s institutions, both governmental and societal. The first great 20th-century Republican president, Theo- dore Roosevelt, supported a strong central government that emphasized the shared values and ideals of the nation’s millions of citizens. He denounced the harm done by “the trusts”—big corporations. He made it his mission to conserve vast tracts of wilderness and forest. The last successful one, Ronald Reagan, liked to remind people (especially the press) he was a lifelong New Dealer who voted four times for Franklin D. Roosevelt. The consensus forged by Buckley in the 1960s gained strength through two decisive acts: first, Buckley denounced right-wing extremists, such as the members of the John Birch Society, and made sure when he did it to secure the support of conservative Republicans like Reagan, Barry Goldwater, and Sen. John Tower. This pulled the movement toward the center. Second: Buckley saw that the civil disturbances of the late 1960s (in particular urban riots and increasingly militant anti-Vietnam protests) posed a challenge to social harmonies preferred by genuine conservatives and genuine liberals alike. When the Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan called on liberals to join with conservatives in upholding “the politics of stability,” Buckley replied that he was ready to help. He placed the values of “civil society” (in Burke’s term) above those of his own movement or the GOP.
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Sam Tanenhaus is an inside the beltway “Conservative”. In reality, he is someone on the Right who has become afflicted with the Progressive disease. These types of “Conservatives” associate with Leftists and they are falling for the left’s spin. However, he is not alone in this Republican bashing.
Here is an article by a so called “Reagan Republican”, Bruce Bartlett. He claims he is anti-Republican, because they are irresponsible and highly partisan. He makes it seem as if the Progressives and Democrats are not partisan. He clearly is being dishonest and spouting Progressive talking points.
I got an e-mail from a prominent Republican asking why I am so anti-Republican these days. Since many of my friends ask the same thing I thought I would share my reply:
I think the party got seriously on the wrong track during the George W. Bush years, as I explained in my Impostor book. In my opinion, it no longer bears any resemblance to the party of Ronald Reagan. I still consider myself to be a Reaganite. But I don’t see any others anywhere in the GOP these days, which is why I consider myself to be an independent. Mindless partisanship has replaced principled conservatism. What passes for principle in the party these days is “what can we do to screw the Democrats today.” How else can you explain things like that insane op-ed Michael Steele had in the Washington Post on Monday?
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Bartlett is really upset that the Conservatives/Libertarians have now adopted the tactics of the Leftist. Republicans like him have Stockholm Syndrome. They loved being abused by Progressives. They love being accepted in the Leftist cocktail crowd in Washington and New York. Right now Progressives are rattled and like Dhimmis they are afraid of their overlords. These so called Conservatives are siding with the Left. The truth is people like Sam Tanenhaus and Bruce Bartlett are entrenched in the elite. They are now Progressives and not on the Right.
Here is a story that will make Bruce and Sam cry like the pampered elitist snobs they are!
After an August recess marked by raucous town halls, troubling polling data and widespread anecdotal evidence of a volatile electorate, the small universe of political analysts who closely follow House races is predicting moderate to heavy Democratic losses in 2010.
Some of the most prominent and respected handicappers can now envision an election in which Democrats suffer double-digit losses in the House — not enough to provide the 40 seats necessary to return the GOP to power but enough to put them within striking distance.
Top political analyst Charlie Cook, in a special August 20 update to subscribers, wrote that “the situation this summer has slipped completely out of control for President Obama and congressional Democrats.”
“Many veteran congressional election watchers, including Democratic ones, report an eerie sense of déjà vu, with a consensus forming that the chances of Democratic losses going higher than 20 seats is just as good as the chances of Democratic losses going lower than 20 seats,” he wrote.
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There are Republican elites who are by default members of the Progressive Movement. They undermine Conservatives/Libertarians from within by repeating Progressive talking points. They are our enemies as well and we need to purge our ranks of these leftists moles. I will laugh at the reaction of these Progressive Republicans when the GOP makes major gains in next year’s elections.
