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How Peter Viereck Could Clean Up Conservative Ideology
Tweet Share on Facebook December 1, 2011 CommentAndrew Sullivan has a nice post on the forgotten seminal American conservative Peter Viereck, who was written out of the "movement" for a variety of reasons, but especially because of his acceptance of the New Deal social compact.
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Herman Cain Supporters Riled Up About Wrong Sex Scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook December 1, 2011 Comment (9)A growing chorus of conservatives appears worried about allegations that GOP contender Herman Cain had a 13-year extramarital affair. That's not surprising, since many voters—though probably fewer than would have been the case a few decades ago—don't like the idea of an elected official betraying his or her spouse. What it startling, however, is that the accusations of sexual harassment against Cain didn't seem to bother people as much.
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You Can't Compare Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter
Tweet Share on Facebook December 1, 2011 Comment (16)President Obama's poll number dropped below that of Jimmy Carter's! Lowest poll numbers of a president in U.S. history!
Those were the kind of the headlines I awoke to this Wednesday morning. The problem is, they're misleading. And the constant comparison between President Obama and President Jimmy Carter—the hope of those on the right expecting to see a déjà vu moment in the president's bid for re-election—they are most likely going to be disappointed; because the comparisons are not only unfair, they're not factual.
