At 04:32 PM 9/13/2004 -0700 d.brin wrote: >Now, an interesting quotation to show conservatives just how far the >present clade of klepto-morons has departed from true (or at least >traditional) conservatism. > >"We invaded a country that did not threaten us, did >not attack us,and did not want war with us, to disarm >it of weapons we have since discovered it did not >have. We may have ignited a war of civilizations it >was in our vital interest to avoid. Never has America >been more >resented and reviled in an Islamic world of a billion >people. --- As custodian of the national economy and >decisive actor in the management of the Budget of the >United States, George W. Bush has compiled a fiscal >record of startling recklessness." > >-- conservative spokesperson Pat Buchanan, >in his new book, "Where the Right Went Wrong: How >Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and >Hijacked the Bush Presidency". > > >What's interesting here is that Buchanan himself represented a huge >departure from earlier libertarian-style conservatives like Barry >Goldwater (a truly admirable and intellectually vivid human being.) > > >To call these monsters "conservative" is to call a hippo a crab >because they have four legs. Barry Goldwater has been whirring in >his grave for years.
What's interesting is that Buchanan does represent traditional conservatism - particularly the isolationist wing of the Republican Party. I am surprised to see you endorsing it, to put it mildly. Will you really stoop to agreement with anyone who will bash President Bush and the Republicans? JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
