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The American conservative movement has been remarkably successful. We shouldn’t take that success for granted. It’s not easy being a conservative movement in a modern liberal democracy. It’s not easy to rally a comfortable and commercial people to assume the responsibilities of a great power. It’s not easy to defend excellence in an egalitarian age. It’s not easy to encourage self-reliance in the era of the welfare state. It’s not easy to make the case for the traditional virtues in the face of the seductions of liberation, or to speak of duties in a world of rights and of honor in a nation pursuing pleasure.
-- William Kristol for The New York Times
Kristol is trying to encourage McCain-hating conservatives to rise above their churlishness for the greater good of defeating civilization-ending Democrats. It's a hard sell, when only authentic Nazism will do.
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The American conservative movement has been remarkably successful. We shouldn’t take that success for granted. It’s not easy being a conservative movement in a modern liberal democracy. It’s not easy to rally a comfortable and commercial people to assume the responsibilities of a great power. It’s not easy to defend excellence in an egalitarian age. It’s not easy to encourage self-reliance in the era of the welfare state. It’s not easy to make the case for the traditional virtues in the face of the seductions of liberation, or to speak of duties in a world of rights and of honor in a nation pursuing pleasure.
-- William Kristol for The New York Times
Kristol is trying to encourage McCain-hating conservatives to rise above their churlishness for the greater good of defeating civilization-ending Democrats. It's a hard sell, when only authentic Nazism will do.
