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Conservatives optimistic, yes—but convincing?
Reader comment on item: What Is the Future of Conservatism in the Wake of the 2012 Election?
Submitted by Will (United Kingdom), Jan 3, 2013 at 06:46
"...conservative institutions possess a convincing and optimistic message."
Convincing to other conservatives, maybe; but I find the blindness, brainwashing and arrogance of liberals unconquerable. Trying to reason with them is a complete waste of time!
So I find it impossible to be optimistic myself; but I'm glad there are some optimists like you around, to keep us somewhat buoyant.
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| Republican not = conservative [81 words] | Yosi Derman | Feb 28, 2013 14:21 | 203936 | ||
| Alternative For Conservatives [25 words] | Clifford Ishii | Jan 26, 2013 15:13 | 202815 | ||
| Denying Evil [169 words] | Mike Franklin | Jan 19, 2013 16:49 | 202674 | ||
 ignorance prevails..... [61 words] | Tom | Jun 10, 2013 14:17 | 202674 | ||
| The sin of the despondency [60 words] | Ben | Jan 13, 2013 16:05 | 202587 | ||
| 3 | Bleak Future for Conservatism [475 words] | Ali Baba | Jan 12, 2013 00:48 | 202573 | |
| 2 | Proverbial foolishness at its best [415 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Jan 17, 2013 12:34 | 202573 | |
| 1 | Typical response of the Ultra-Conservative [628 words] | Ali Baba | Jan 18, 2013 00:52 | 202573 | |
| Amazing analysis [48 words] | Nick | Jan 19, 2013 06:04 | 202573 | ||
| Way to go Ali Baba!! Love it [64 words] | Nick | Jan 19, 2013 06:23 | 202573 | ||
| 1 | Keep following the red bricked road [356 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Jan 19, 2013 19:07 | 202573 | |
| Apologies [297 words] | Ali Baba | Jan 19, 2013 21:42 | 202573 | ||
| Thanks Nick! [12 words] | Ali Baba | Jan 21, 2013 04:17 | 202573 | ||
| 1 | Funny thing about God [145 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Jan 22, 2013 17:13 | 202573 | |
| Enough of your lame propaganda "Ali Baba" [528 words] | Shishir | Mar 12, 2013 07:56 | 202573 | ||
| defining element of us political culture [197 words] | myth | Jan 8, 2013 01:40 | 202511 | ||
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| 2 | High marx [29 words] | Joel | Jan 8, 2013 00:57 | 202465 | |
| Good News [131 words] | Sigmund | Jan 9, 2013 07:32 | 202465 | ||
| Marx brothers [25 words] | Joel | Jan 14, 2013 06:00 | 202465 | ||
| What is the future of Conservativism in the Wake of the 2012 Election. [170 words] | Anne | Jan 6, 2013 08:24 | 202448 | ||
| Stupidity of the electorate [198 words] | Will | Jan 7, 2013 02:34 | 202448 | ||
| 1 | There would have been a difference in philosophies. response to Will [173 words] | Anne | Jan 7, 2013 22:44 | 202448 | |
| I agree, but... [147 words] | Will | Jan 9, 2013 04:39 | 202448 | ||
| Changing philsophies from that of Big Government can do alot for the people. response to Will. [134 words] | Anne | Jan 10, 2013 18:41 | 202448 | ||
| It's not just the culture... [150 words] | Homefront | Jan 5, 2013 19:30 | 202437 | ||
| Charles Johnson? [30 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Gabriel | Jan 5, 2013 13:05 | 202434 | ||
| Blog [6 words] | Gabriel | Jan 7, 2013 03:03 | 202434 | ||
| 1 | A liberal's responds [286 words] | Gunther Schiff | Jan 4, 2013 13:41 | 202418 | |
| Partial Response to Gunther [204 words] | Straight_Talk_Luigi | Jan 5, 2013 12:48 | 202418 | ||
| 1 | Liberal La-la Land [312 words] | Will | Jan 6, 2013 17:40 | 202418 | |
| 3 | Stop the liberals lying and destructive freight train ... [94 words] | NuritG | Jan 4, 2013 03:04 | 202404 | |
| The Cost of the American 2012 Election - And Was It Worth It? [678 words] | M. Tovey | Jan 3, 2013 12:50 | 202377 | ||
| 5 | It Wasn't About Conservatism [193 words] | Gene Taglia | Jan 3, 2013 12:25 | 202375 | |
| Election results [293 words] | Straight_Talk_Luigi | Jan 5, 2013 12:38 | 202375 | ||
| And then some [221 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Jan 8, 2013 22:57 | 202375 | ||
| Culture versus Romney [66 words] | Dennis Schneider | Jan 3, 2013 11:55 | 202372 | ||
| yes, "politics is downstream from culture" - I wrote as much a few yrs ago: [585 words] | Mark | Jan 3, 2013 11:41 | 202370 | ||
| 6 | Government schools create liberals [278 words] | Susan | Jan 3, 2013 10:37 | 202366 | |
| But Wait Until These Same Children Become Adults And Get Out Into The "Real World" [48 words] | AnneM | Jan 4, 2013 07:17 | 202366 | ||
| 1 | the need of adulthood [250 words] | Mary H. Stewart | Jan 3, 2013 08:30 | 202363 | |
 Conservatives optimistic, yes—but convincing? [59 words] | Will | Jan 3, 2013 06:46 | 202361 | ||
| 4 | Liberalism appeals to all the baser appetites [702 words] | Keith | Jan 6, 2013 00:36 | 202361 | |
| 2 | A Centrist Catholic's Response to the truly dangerous Christofascists pretending to be "Conservatives" [1432 words] | rob the guy | Jan 29, 2013 18:29 | 202361 | |
| 1 | Todays "Conservatives" are a contradictory mix of fearful and spiteful groups with competing agendas ... [1138 words] | GW | Feb 4, 2013 14:03 | 202361 | |
| Further comments [158 words] | GK | Feb 5, 2013 10:56 | 202361 |
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