this: It is their anger, anger at a world that doesn't fit their ideas of it, that will evolve as it sees fit.
...could easily be a charge levelled againt pretty much any group, including (and maybe even especially) the Left.
And this:
The risk is that conservatism ceases to be a credible club at all, as in Canada...
...indicates the writer is unable to make the distinction between a conservative party on the one hand, and the political philosophy itself on the other. I know a tad bit about Canadian history, and had a front-row seat for the disintigration of the Progressive Conservative party. Which means I also had a clear view of the rise of the [then] Reform Party, which captured the imagination and the spirit of Canadian conservatism after Brian Mulroney staked his government's future on a roll of the dice and lost. They were unquestionably rough around the edges, a bunch of political amateurs...and rose with stunning speed to become a powerful official opposition.
I don't agree with every position the Canadian Alliance has taken, but to say conservatism isn't credible in Canada is rather far off-the-mark.
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With all due respect...
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- "Full of sound and fury, and signifying nothing..."
- re: signifying nothing
- And, speaking of which...
- With all due respect...
- Sounds like he is projecting pretty desperately