Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Con Job
Why Conservatives can't govern. A great article that crystalizes my thoughts on why Conservative parties make the best opposition, but the worst governments.Some highlights:
Conservatives, once in office, find themselves under constant pressure from constituents to use government to improve their lives. This puts conservatives in the awkward position of managing government agencies whose missions--indeed, whose very existence--they believe to be illegitimate. Contemporary conservatism is a walking contradiction.
Plus, it reintroduces one of my favourite phrases to describe social conservatives - Paleocons. These folks, like Maurice Vellacott, Cheryl Gallent and Elwin Hermanson, resemble characters out of the Flintstones for their pre-historic beliefs.
# posted by Shaky @ 11:02 p.m. 
