Comments on: Keeping Perspective http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/07/22/keeping-perspective/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keeping-perspective n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BarryD http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/07/22/keeping-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-33305 BarryD Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:09:15 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9908#comment-33305 "Such labeling makes no sense, unless you insist on labeling the mainstream GOP “hard-core right” and prefer calling its right-wing critics moderates. The GOP was destroyed by its support for a war waged in the name of nonproliferation, democracy promotion, nation-building, and the enforcement of United Nations resolutions, none of which can really be called “hard-core right” priorities." 'In the name of' is a far, far different thing than reality. Otherwise, the peoples of Eastern Europe would still fondly remember the day when the Soviet Army liberated them. If you graphed war support on a left-right political axis, there'd be zilch for support on the left, with the proportion steadily rising as one went to the right. One would have to go to the far, far right edge of the GOP to find any wavering in that support. This ties in with my other theme: "it's not 'conservatism; it's right-wingism", which describes so much nominally conservative actions. “Such labeling makes no sense, unless you insist on labeling the mainstream GOP “hard-core right” and prefer calling its right-wing critics moderates. The GOP was destroyed by its support for a war waged in the name of nonproliferation, democracy promotion, nation-building, and the enforcement of United Nations resolutions, none of which can really be called “hard-core right” priorities.”

‘In the name of’ is a far, far different thing than reality. Otherwise, the peoples of Eastern Europe would still fondly remember the day when the Soviet Army liberated them.

If you graphed war support on a left-right political axis, there’d be zilch for support on the left, with the proportion steadily rising as one went to the right. One would have to go to the far, far right edge of the GOP to find any wavering in that support.

This ties in with my other theme: “it’s not ‘conservatism; it’s right-wingism”, which describes so much nominally conservative actions.

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