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As I have mentioned in the past, I participate from time to time in conservative conferences, often sponsored by National Review and/or a think tank. You would probably be surprised at the diversity of opinion among those who are willing to claim the title "conservative", despite a "working consensus". The conservative movement is a coalition, which generally operates politically through the even larger coalition that comprises the Republican Party. It includes traditional fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, libertarians, foreign policy "realists" and "idealists", people pro- and anti- immigration, pro- lifers and pro- choicers, evangelicals, atheists, Jews, Catholics, African- Americans, and all manner of shades of opinion generated from such a stew. And so far, teletubbies is not a hot- button issue among these people, nor are they likely to become so. |
