Very good article on the present (de)generation of Conks that has cast a shadow over legitimate attempts at governming by operating in the hate-o-sphere.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/225637
"Neoconservatism: can there be a label more reviled? Condemned abroad, blamed for Iraq and Katrina, neoconservatism would seem dead and buried.
But not only will neoconservatism return, it remains the best hope for balanced two-party democracy in the United States.
The American right that has emerged since 2008, of Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh, is a movement of cultural protest. But protest is not enough. Americans won't reject even a badly damaged incumbent unless they see a credible alternative.
Neoconservatism's mission from the start has been to create such an alternative. As the late Irving Kristol wrote in 2003, "[T]he historical task of neoconservatism [is] to convert the Republican party, and American conservatism, into a new kind of conservative politics suitable to governing a modern democracy."
Key words bolded.
It goes on to say:
"To provide it, America needs a practical, modern, secular conservatism that delivers results that benefit the ordinary voter. Maybe we need a new label. Neoneoconservatism anyone?"
Get with it, Conks. Apparently, we need you.
"In the final analysis, Rush, you suck."
