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TNR on the Second Amendment
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"Democrats are flummoxed. Their counterattack consists of tying Republicans to George W. Bush. “That’s the mistake made by the British Empire,” an Ohio Republican told me. “They’re fighting the next war like they fought the last one.” In 2006 and 2008, the Bush tactic worked. In 2010 it won’t. And the Republican recovery rolls on."
Can anyone please explain to me what the heck the unnamed Ohio Republican is talking about in his quote? What war did the British Empire fight "like the last war"? The First and Second Boer Wars?
"Democrats are flummoxed. Their counterattack consists of tying Republicans to George W. Bush. “That’s the mistake made by the British Empire,” an Ohio Republican told me. “They’re fighting the next war like they fought the last one.” In 2006 and 2008, the Bush tactic worked. In 2010 it won’t. And the Republican recovery rolls on."
Can anyone please explain to me what the heck the unnamed Ohio Republican is talking about in his quote? What war did the British Empire fight "like the last war"? The First and Second Boer Wars?
And how did the Tory-descended, Churchill- and Thatcher-idolizing conservative movement come to regard "the British Empire" as the acme of failure and defeat? The second-most-important empire in Western history, bringers of civilization, democracy, liberty, and the English language to every continent, founders of the United States of America, and conservatives are all like, "to hell with the British Empire" -- where does that come from? Are conservatives pro-Napoleon now?
And how did the Tory-descended, Churchill- and Thatcher-idolizing conservative movement come to regard "the British Empire" as the acme of failure and defeat? The second-most-important empire in Western history, bringers of civilization, democracy, liberty, and the English language to every continent, founders of the United States of America, and conservatives are all like, "to hell with the British Empire" -- where does that come from? Are conservatives pro-Napoleon now?
The cover says it all.
http://weeklystandard.com/issue/307697?from[value][year]=&from[value][month]=&to[value][year]=&to[value][month]=
The cover says it all.
http://weeklystandard.com/issue/307697?from[value][year]=&from[value][month]=&to[value][year]=&to[value][month]=