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Tanenhaus: Populism, Politics and the Power of Sarah Palin

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Killgore Trout12/06/2009 11:55:39 am PST

re: #16 Guanxi88

My favorite Sam Tanenhaus quote of the year:

[Link: www.tnr.com…]

“In the end, movement conservatives got the war they wanted—both at home and abroad. It ended, at last, with the 2008 election, and the emergence of a president who seems more thoroughly steeped in the principles of Burkean conservatism than any significant thinker or political figure on the right.”

That’s right, folks, per Mr. Tanenhaus, BHO is a Burkean conservative.


It’s not really that much of a stretch: Liberal conservatism
Republicans don’t have a monopoly on conservatism. Much of what they support (creationism, opposing gay marriage, economic populism, etc) has nothing at all to do with conservative principles.