Posted by
Richard on Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:31:18 AM
A nice piece at American Thinker by Rick Moran that casts some light on how and why there are some leaders in the conservative movement that are just a different side of the same elitist coin. That being said he goes on to explain why there is a need for "urban" conservatives, as opposed to those of us that live in flyover country.
"The friction between the two sides is obvious. What has brought it to the fore now is distrust. There is more trust in a roomful of thieves today than there is in a room full of conservatives. And Palin is the focal point where both sides seek to measure the other's conservative bona fides. The populists see most criticism of Palin coming from elites as signs of squishiness. They believe (rightly) that the elites have no idea how embattled they feel. To many in the heartland, this race has been a nightmare what with the government of George Bush abandoning all pretense that they were conservative and resorting to rank socialism to deal with the financial crisis.This, coupled with a mainstream media so obviously in the tank for Obama along with a fierce rejection of conservatism by many of their friends and neighbors has literally upended the world the populists knew just a few short years ago."
In the piece Mr. Moran stresses how it is the urban conservatives that put folks such as Rudy Guiliani (although he tends to be more of a fiscal one), into office in NYC, while it is the flyover folks that swept Newt Gingrich and conservative Republicans into office. Both of these events, if you recall happened in the last decade of the previous century. Both had some wonderful effects and brought to light the traditional beliefs of most Americans.
I would suggest that he is stating in a round about way that for conservatism to succeed each group needs the strengths of the other one;
"At bottom, I think the elites blame the base for what could very well be an electoral disaster while the populists are all set to lay the blame for any election disappointments at the feet of the elites for what they see as a betrayal of conservatism itself in its hour of need."
So what is to be done? Can both groups get it together or will there be a division that cannot be reconciled? Only election day will answer this question.
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