Conservatives understand that politics simply reflect underlying values. Thats why they are passionate. They dont vote their pocketbooks. They vote their guts, and their guts tell them that leftism is immoral on the most basic level. Republicans, on the other hand, believe that politics are just business by other means. That means that Republicans think Americans, left and right, share the same underlying values. Thats a lie, and its a self-defeating lie at that. Until Republicans begin to appreciate the moral conflict between right and left, they will dishearten the right and provide easy targets for the left. The nominee wont matter; elections wont matter. And the alienation of the American conservative will deepen and broaden, until, one day, it bursts forth with a renewed fire that consumes the Republican Party whole. ---
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:09:15 +0000