one would get 500,000 different reasons for protest. And the reality is that each answer would be correct. There is something fundamentally broken in the core elements of our America. I liken it to that mysterious noise you hear in an engine….you just can’t put your finger on it.

The conservative movement is no where near brain dead. Actually, the conservative movement is quite a bit more sensitive to a change in the fundamentals of society…..because the conservative is more constitutionally centric than the liberal.

The majority of america is conservative….and thus there is a lot of headshaking going on out there….a lot of double takes if you will. That is what is being seen out in america. Something is woefully broken…and a lot of people are noticing.

Read this….

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/change-and-hope/2/

…and I thought it was a big crock of cow dung. This guy came across as an “intellectual” looking down on us “rednecks”.

Sorry, Erick…I am sick of being condescended to by a bunch of elites who think they “know” how “proper” conservatism should act.

DON”T TREAD ON ME is a slogan that is short, simple and to the point, and it doesn’t take a person with all the right edumacation to get it!

I believe many of here are old enough to remember the same pedigreed individuals of that era dismissing Reagan as an intellectual lightweight and a firebrand. I believe they used the phrase ‘amiable dunce’ once.

I believe this is more of a fight to remain in their status as kingmakers of the party. Look at how these individuals reacted to the choice of Sarah Palin – whether right or wrong can be debated – to be the choice as VP. The self proclaimed intellectuals were acting like pseudo-intellectuals foaming at the mouth, and in some cases hurling obscenities at her when they thought the mics were turned off after an interview.

Before criticizing anyone else, maybe they should take a hard look at their own despicable conduct and their part in creating divisions within the ranks.

As the Left becomes more and more irrational, uninformed, mired in Groupthink, and increasingly isolated from the real world, where everything can be reduced to a charge of racism… . it’s only natural that they view thier opponent to be just as stupid as they are.

How come the following questions and comments are never made about the Democrats. [Some of these are things the Democrats used to be called, that they now manipl

Questions and comments about Conservatives and GOP:
- GOP is too angry
- Part y of No
- Who is the leader
- Where are thier grand ideas
- They have no ideas
- They are traitors
- They are political racists

and on and on and on

Brooks, Christopher Buckley, Parker, Frum, Noonan… Talk about a shallow, gullible bunch. After seeing what the Ivy League did for this bunch, my son will attend a state university.

Personally, I’m ready for the “doers” to step forward in the conservative movement.

Color me way-less-than-impressed with the value the thinking, chattering class has brought to the conservative movement in recent years.

“I told you so.”

‘:o)~

That fact is that its republicanism that is dead.

Conservatism is alive and well as shown in the recent zogby national poll showing that 1 in 5 Americans are so suck of it that they are clearly in favor of SECESSION and forming a new country.

But guess, what….they want away from the Republicans as much as they want away from the Democrats.

The conservative train is gaining steam and ready to roll down the tracks, and the Republicans don’t have tickets.

But they do not lack a “connection to a concrete ideology,” they just are not skilled or trained in the ideology.

I don’t believe it’s that we aren’t skilled or trained in the ideology. Conservative principles are simple and direct while encompassing enough nuances to make a liberal shudder with delight at the word.

We are, however, like our ideology, simple in deeds, actions, and words. Perhaps, rather than trained in ideology, what most need is to be trained in how to expand on our ideology to meet the needs of the “intellectuals” ?

Yes, it is instinctual in the beginning but understanding soon follows. We are, however, often at a loss to explain that understanding in the words often needed to help others understand the same. We humans are not good at sharing our heart of hearts with anyone else. That, too, is instinctual because to lay one’s heart bare before another is to invite injury to it.

in the Washington Examiner:

“Brain-dead Conservatives:” Whose side are you on, the populists or the elitists?