"While I have specific criticisms for all of them, my common critique of Bushian compassionate conservatism, Brooksian National Greatness, Buchananism and Crunchy Conservatism is the common sense of crusade to all of them. There are times for crusades, to be sure. But I don’t think conservatism should ever be redefined as one lest it become just another populist fever. And I’ll go a step further. The reason Bush pushed me toward libertarianism is because I think any agenda built on the logic of the crusade is either doomed to failure or destined to be very un-conservative. It’s in the nature of things that you will always leave some children behind," – Jonah Goldberg, NRO.
It’s a refreshing change to find myself in total agreement with Jonah, but I suspect that recent political skirmishing has tended to disguise a great deal of what we have in common philosophically. Ross responds here. Larison gets frustrated. And Rod "Crunchy Con" Dreher deepens the paleo-crunchy over-lap. James Poulos summarizes the ongoing debate here. Tip for Ross: the phrase "crunchy condom" might not be the best neologism.
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