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Friday, October 24, 2008

The State of American Conservatism Today

The cause of Edmund Burke, Leo Strauss, Robert Nisbet and William F. Buckley Jr. is now in the hands of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity--and Sarah Palin. Reason has been overwhelmed by propaganda, ideas by slogans, learned manifestoes by direct-mail hit pieces.

- E. J. Dionne
Posted by Evans Donnell at 11:44 AM
Labels: Conservatives, E.J. Dionne, The New Republic

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