The End of Big-Government Conservatism

[Marcus Bryant]

No. Of late, I've not been reading much at all.

The nuts I can guess from the linked reviews. If you had to review it on a bar napkin, Marcus, what would you say?

I've just started it myself. I'd say that there wasn't much of a "Right" during the 30s. The "Old Right" seems like wishful thinking. There were opponents of the New Deal, but they came from all corners. And before I forget, I think what would be thought of these days as a 'very conservative' Democrat would be someone most in line with the original thought of the "Founders."

The Republican Party was one of the first parties to push for the centralization of the federal government. I guess that's a measure of where we are at, as far as the Cons ution is concerned.

[spursncowboys]

I've just started it myself. I'd say that there wasn't much of a "Right" during the 30s. The "Old Right" seems like wishful thinking. There were opponents of the New Deal, but they came from all corners. And before I forget, I think what would be thought of these days as a 'very conservative' Democrat would be someone most in line with the original thought of the "Founders."

The Republican Party was one of the first parties to push for the centralization of the federal government. I guess that's a measure of where we are at, as far as the Cons ution is concerned.

Isn't there a PM for this kind of smoked filled room crap?

[Marcus Bryant]

you. This is the "smoked filled room."

[Winehole23]

Did Reagan break USSR's back? Did he do it with appeasement? I wonder how much money Clnton got to utilize with the reduction of our military because of Reagan's ability to win the Cold War?

What was important about Reagan, then, wasn't that he was a conservative in any recognizable sense, but that he was a liberal interventionist who enhanced US national greatness. Right?