Tag Archives: Conservatism

American Enterprise Institute: Representative Paul Ryan: ‘Expanding Opportunity in America’

Source:The New Democrat  I’ve seem some of the reactions from so-called progressive publications like Salon and the AlterNet about Representative Paul Ryan’s anti-poverty programs reform plan. Representative Ryan is of course the Chairman of the House Budget Committee and a … Continue reading

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ABC Evening News: Saturday Before Start of 1976 Republican National Convention

Source:The New Democrat  Just a few days before the start of the 1976 Republican National Convention and the GOP didn’t know who their presidential nominee would be. Even though they held the White House with President Gerald Ford. But President … Continue reading

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CBS News: John Anderson vs Ronald Reagan: 1980 Presidential Debate

Source:CBS News– U.S. Representative John Anderson (Republican, Illinois) 1980 Independent presidential candidate. Source:The New Democrat “In 1980, the League of Women Voters invited independent John Anderson to their first presidential debate, and President Carter refused to attend. Ronald Reagan showed … Continue reading

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CBS News: Governor Ronald Reagan Talks President Gerald Ford On Face The Nation (1975)

Source:The New Democrat I don’t have the exact date on this, but I believe this is early 1975. The year I’m sure of and it was just after Ronald Reagan left the California Governor’s Mansion as a two-term Governor of … Continue reading

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Vito Denelli: George H.W. Bush & Ronald Reagan Debate Illegal Immigration (1980)

Source:The New Democrat George Bush and Ronald Reagan both essentially arguing for some type of comprehensive immigration reform in the form of what is called a guest worker program. Where workers from lets say Mexico can some into America and … Continue reading

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Andrew Sullivan: Why Am I Moving Left?

Source:The New Democrat  Whatever Andrew Sullivan is calling himself these days, I still consider him to be a Conservative. Conservative Libertarian even if that makes you feel better. Because similar to Barry Goldwater it is not that conservatism has changed, … Continue reading

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American Thinker: Blog: Scott Mayer: Goldwater 2.0 and Smart Conservatives

Mr. Conservative American Thinker: Blog: Scott Mayer: Goldwater 2.0 and Smart Conservatives This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger I’m not sure what Scott Mayer means by “Smart Conservative” and I read his entire post on … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: S.E. Cupp and Brett Joshpe on Conservative Ideas in American Life and Popular Culture (2008)

Source:The New Democrat  At least to me S.E. Cupp and I’m not familiar with Brett Joshpe, but S.E. to me looks like a real Barry Goldwater get big government out of our wallets, bedrooms, classrooms and boardrooms Conservative. Who doesn’t … Continue reading

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American Thinker: Bruce Walker: Barry Goldwater: The Birth of Modern Conservatism

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Bruce Walker that Barry Goldwater represents the birth of modern conservatism and that he and Bill Buckley are probably the fathers of modern conservatism. Similar to how I believe Wendell Willkie and Jack Kennedy … Continue reading

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Arthur Brooks: A Conservative Vision of Social Justice

Source:The New Democrat  I’m trying to think of a conservative vision for social justice and it’s hard. Because it almost sounds like creating an Oxymoron. And what I mean by that is that social justice or economic justice tend to … Continue reading

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