[b]William F. Buckley Jr.
A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!”[/b]
And then, once in power, “full speed ahead!”
I had much more fun criticizing than praising.
Not unlike, for example, Gore Vidal?
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.
The idealism of others in particular.
The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it.
So, shall we cue Don Trump in this regard?
Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square.
You can’t help but wonder what he thinks about that now. If you get my drift.
I catch fire and find the reserves of courage and assertiveness to speak up. When that happens I get quite carried away. My blood gets hot my brow wet I become unbearably and unconscionably sarcastic and bellicose I am girded for a total showdown.
Indeed, imagine then his reaction to “dasein conflicting, goods and political economy…in a No God world”.