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DemocratSinceBirth

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13. George Will is a Burkean conservative or holds himself out to be one.

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #10)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 07:37 PM

Jun 2016

If Burke was alive I believe he would have opposed Brexit as it threw Britain into crisis.

The pound is plunging. The FTSE is plunging... Real estate is plunging. Scotland and Northern Ireland are planning on seceding.

That's not change any prudent person can believe in.

Folks are going to see what happened to the UK and recoil.

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What do you think?' DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #6

Oh, but George Will is "principled and thoughtful"!!! TwilightZone Jun 2016 #10

George Will is a Burkean conservative or holds himself out to be one. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #13

Ignorant voters nominated him , I don't think they care if he's qualified. They just want the ugly. Person 2713 Jun 2016 #14

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