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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Richard Viguerie on why the Republicans lost
From Marc Ambinder:
"Voters did not reject conservatism," Richard A. Viguerie, the Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, said. "They rejected Big Government Republicanism in all its forms, including the Bush administration and the Republican leadership in Congress." The McCain campaign, Viguerie said, "represented many things Americans do not like about politics. Senator McCain spent more than a quarter-century in Washington as a 'moderate' and 'insider,' and his campaign was run by longtime Washington insiders and lobbyists for Big Government." "This disastrous defeat can and will be laid at the feet of the Big Government corporate Republicans, who abandoned the Reagan Coalition, massively expanded government, and ignored the needs and values of regular, grassroots Americans. They protected Wall Street and K Street and forgot about Main Street."
Posted by P.M. Jaworski on November 4, 2008 in U.S. politics | Permalink
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Richard Viguerie is right. In the general election, there was no conservative choice. So by rejecting McCain, voters rejected big government Republicanism, not conservatism. It was in the Republican primaries that the America rejected conservatism. Which, when you think about it, is even worse for conservatives. Even then, when the most liberal, "big government" Americans were not voting, conservatism still could not win.
Posted by: Fact Check | 2008-11-05 6:03:38 AM
I'm not sure Viguerie is right, but I want him to be right. My guess is that conservatives will heed the advice of David Frum, instead, who is arguing that conservatives should embrace activist government policies.
Posted by: Matthew Johnston | 2008-11-05 12:06:42 PM
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