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JHB

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8. You are making a rhetorical separation between..

Reply to quartz007 (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 10:33 PM

Apr 2018

...what you define as "a conservative movement" and the actual people who are part of "Movement Conservativism".

If you're arguing that the Movement Conservatives are actually radicals, I understand that point, but in the here and now they still carry a mantle of "conservative" that many of their fellow travelers accept without question.

And if that's not what you were arguing, I must ask you to elaborate on your perspective as to why "There never has been a conservative movement since 1960."

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The GOP is gone: You have the TEA Party and the Trumps [View all] FairDemocrat Apr 2018 OP

The conservative movement is nearly finished Xipe Totec Apr 2018 #1

Well put. flying rabbit Apr 2018 #2

Reagan changed the regulation laws back in 1987..I could find it FairDemocrat Apr 2018 #3

I beg to differ! quartz007 Apr 2018 #4

You are making a rhetorical separation between.. JHB Apr 2018 #8

That should be straight forward... quartz007 Apr 2018 #18

No need to beg; differing opinions are allowed. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2018 #9

Cheers! quartz007 Apr 2018 #19

I don't think it will end. Blue_true Apr 2018 #6

Evangelicals have lost their mojo Xipe Totec Apr 2018 #10

I watched Pat Robinson call out a hit on Hugo Chavez on his Evangelist show FairDemocrat Apr 2018 #12

No. The TEA party was ALWAYS the GOP. They pretended otherwise as a cop-out. JHB Apr 2018 #5

It needs a new name! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2018 #7

Well put, because they are far from being conservative..Amish are conservatives FairDemocrat Apr 2018 #11

This has been brewing for probably 30 years inwiththenew Apr 2018 #13

Longer than that look up Ronald Regans 30 year plan the republicans put thier signature on FairDemocrat Apr 2018 #15

Here is something we may not take into consideration enough: world wide wally Apr 2018 #14

Sheep think it is easier to all wear the same hat..I was taught to think for myself. Look at facts FairDemocrat Apr 2018 #17

Actually, they have just arrived at their inevitable end stage. Caliman73 Apr 2018 #16