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.

According to your quote, Tanenhaus thinks that Obama is more of a Burkean conservative, or at least more familiar with the principles of Burkean conservatism, than any significant thinker on the right.

That isn’t implausible, nor is it the same as saying that Obama IS a burkean conservative.