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American Conservatism's True Colors?
Oct. 8th, 2007 08:17 am♠
Now, as they survey the wreckage of their cause, conservatives may ask themselves: “Well, how did we get here?” They may tell themselves: “This is not my beautiful Right.” They may ask themselves: “My God, what have we done?”
But their movement is the same as it ever was. And Mr. Bush is movement conservatism’s true, loyal heir.
-- Paul Krugman for The New York Times
Mr. Krugman responds to the recent attempts by conservatives to distance themselves from the ruinous debacle of the Bush Administration. He really lays out a devastating historical case against them. Alas, I'm afraid the real problem for conservatives are not these ugly streaks that Krugman waves in their faces, but the catastrophe of the Iraq war. If Bush could have risen above himself and made this a glorious victory, this movement conservatism would still be rolling strong. In so far as this movement is indeed faltering and failing, well, maybe there is a Providence in the fall of a sparrow.
( Krugman )
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Now, as they survey the wreckage of their cause, conservatives may ask themselves: “Well, how did we get here?” They may tell themselves: “This is not my beautiful Right.” They may ask themselves: “My God, what have we done?”
But their movement is the same as it ever was. And Mr. Bush is movement conservatism’s true, loyal heir.
-- Paul Krugman for The New York Times
Mr. Krugman responds to the recent attempts by conservatives to distance themselves from the ruinous debacle of the Bush Administration. He really lays out a devastating historical case against them. Alas, I'm afraid the real problem for conservatives are not these ugly streaks that Krugman waves in their faces, but the catastrophe of the Iraq war. If Bush could have risen above himself and made this a glorious victory, this movement conservatism would still be rolling strong. In so far as this movement is indeed faltering and failing, well, maybe there is a Providence in the fall of a sparrow.
( Krugman )
