Friday, December 09, 2005
Running Out of Steam
Times conservative columnist David Brooks slashes conservatives
"For a movement that is supposed to be winning the battle of ideas, conservatives are in a mess....
"There are a number of consequences. A lot of the energy that used to go into ideas is now devoted to defending Republican politicians. And, many former conservative activists have become Republican lobbyists. (When conservatism was a movement of ideas, it attracted oddballs; now that it's a movement with power, it attracts sleazeballs.)....
Third, conservative media success means intellectual flabbiness. Conservatives used to live in a media world created by people who thought differently than they did... Now conservatives can be just as insular as liberals, retreating to their own media sources to be told how right they are.....
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Times conservative columnist David Brooks slashes conservatives
"For a movement that is supposed to be winning the battle of ideas, conservatives are in a mess....
"There are a number of consequences. A lot of the energy that used to go into ideas is now devoted to defending Republican politicians. And, many former conservative activists have become Republican lobbyists. (When conservatism was a movement of ideas, it attracted oddballs; now that it's a movement with power, it attracts sleazeballs.)....
Third, conservative media success means intellectual flabbiness. Conservatives used to live in a media world created by people who thought differently than they did... Now conservatives can be just as insular as liberals, retreating to their own media sources to be told how right they are.....
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