re: #75 jamesfirecat

There are conservative intellectuals, the problem is that they all seem to be hear on this blog instead of in charge of the GOP…

Hard to grab the attention given all the noise right now. A GOPer saying anything to the left of Cheney gets you lambasted by the Tea Partiers, who currently have the loudest non-office holding microphone. They’re masquerading as populism and conservatism, and is largely an insult to both.

I’m not saying I disagree with the position that there are “no conservative intellectuals,” I’m just saying that if there are, they have little ability (or incentive) to make a principled stand right now.