It is three pages of discussion then, about the Tea Party vs Conservatism, to the extent they do not agree.
Good reading. I get the impression the writer is supporting the Conservative position but called out Palin early on because she's so visible. He settles on that as a conclusion, so I believe that is his point.
But the article seems to me, to support Palin, and to support that it is precisely the conservatism he supports which is putting the party to sleep.
Good note however. Worth reading.
Oh. WE'RE the ones who are apocalyptic, Michael?
Are we the ones who go around predicting the world will end if we don't get to spend another trillion dollars every few months?
The tea party temperament is often accompanied by easily reducible political theory. "The word ‘education,' " McDaniel has argued, "is not in the Constitution. Because the word is not in the Constitution, it's none of their [the federal government's] business." Neither are the phrases "health care," "retirement assistance," "disaster relief," "food safety" or "cancer research." And there goes much of the modern state.
These habits of mind — desperation, utopianism, purifying zeal and ideological simplicity — have their uses throughout history. But they can't be called conservative.
For me, doing away with much of the modern state is PRECISELY what conservatism is all about.
If that’s what you call “support Palin “ you’ve been smoking something.
Gerson is one of Bush’s speechwriter, and he’s a RINO’s RINO. In that screed he manages to ridicule not only Palin, but Cruz, Levin and all the tea party.
He’s worse than Rove.
According to this fool Getson the way you reform Marxism is by making small incremental changes to their 5 year plans
At the same time, failed tea party Senate candidate Chris McDaniel claims that his primary opponent, Thad Cochran, "stole" the election — a serious charge made without serious evidence — and equates overturning his 7,700-vote loss with preserving "the torch of liberty." Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has embraced McDaniel's legal challenge, blaming the "D.C. machine" for shifting the election results.
At the same time, failed tea party Senate candidate Chris McDaniel claims that his primary opponent, Thad Cochran, "stole" the election — a serious charge made without serious evidence — and equates overturning his 7,700-vote loss with preserving "the torch of liberty." Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has embraced McDaniel's legal challenge, blaming the "D.C. machine" for shifting the election results.