“As both a conservative and a Republican, I confess that we deserve to lose this year. We have governed badly and have earned the wrath of voters, who will learn in due course how inadequate the nostrums of liberal Democrats are to the crisis of our times. If I cannot in good faith cast a vote against the Bush years by voting for Obama, I can at least do so by withholding my vote from McCain.” IfsYearsI CanCoursesLosesRepublicanDeserveVoteCrisisDemocratCastsConservativeDuesOur TimeVotingVotersWrathInadequateMccainGood FaithWithholding Author:Rod Dreher
“Watch the speech. Really, watch: if this man gets his party's nomination, he's going to be the next president. By a landslide. And he is going to transform this country. If I were a Republican, I'd be very, very afraid. Oh wait, I am a Republican.” IfsMenCountryNextWaitingPresidentPartyWatchesRepublicanSpeechNominationsLandslides Author:Rod Dreher
“It's not easy being a green conservative, but if we conservatives want to be true to our principles we have to move in that direction. It is morally right. It is religiously correct. It is economically prudent. It strengthens national defense. And it makes a better world for our children, and our children's children.” IfsWorldWantChildrenMovingEasyPrinciplesOur ChildrenGreenConservativeDefenseBeing TruePrudentNational Defense Author:Rod Dreher
“If you believe that man is inherently flawed-what religious people call 'original sin'-it follows that man, if left to his own devices, will tend towards ego-driven disharmony. Traditionalist conservatives know that absent the restraining hand of religion, tradition, or the state, there is nothing to prevent human beings from acting in ways contrary to their own best interests, or those of the community.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenWayBelieveHumansStatesHandsLeftInterestCommunityReligiousHuman BeingsSinActingEgoTraditionOriginalsConservativeDrivenContraryDevicesFlawedAbsentIf You BelieveOriginal SinRestrainingDisharmony Author:Rod Dreher
