“Not a True Conservative” My Anatomy 0
As I have pointed out before, when conservative policies fail, conservatives blame everything except, well, their policies. From Paul Krugman:
If the Bush administration became a byword for policy bungles, for government by the unqualified, well, it was just following the advice of leading conservative think tanks: after the 2000 election the Heritage Foundation specifically urged the new team to “make appointments based on loyalty first and expertise second.”
Contempt for expertise, in turn, rested on contempt for government in general. “Government is not the solution to our problem,” declared Ronald Reagan. “Government is the problem.” So why worry about governing well?
There’s more at the link.
Conservatism is a failed and bankrupt ideology deserving the dustbin of history.
No doubt its adherents will continue to attempt to torment us with it.
Truth is their weakness, self-delusion is their strength.
Addendum:
Not directly related, but what Digby said.
