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[Steve Hoersting]

Thanks, Ed, for taking up the slack.

As to Frum's piece; I've read it.

Frum's Option 3 is Reform Conservatism, top to bottom; a purging of
Aristotle from the Republican Party; a GOP embrace of the Administrative
State; 'prudently managed' by Plato's Philosopher Kings -- in matters
foreign and domestic; fully hearing de Tocqueville's warning and ignoring
it.

The philosophic theme is what matters; the particular policies can added or
discarded as needed to advance the theme, Machiavelli style.

Whether Frum understands fully the approach he is selling isn't the primary
consideration.

Whether he personally understands it or not, Frum's prescription could not
be more wrong. In the wake of the poisonous philosophy now stealing the
resolve of the GOP, Frum's prescription is ... more poison.

*

If you're on the Left, you secretly depend on being checked by a
Liberty-based counterforce. Frum's prescription is no meaningful check at
all.

It -- Reform Conservatism --deserves to be rejected from, and by, all
quarters of American politics.

All the best,

Steve
On Dec 24, 2015 1:34 PM, "Edward Still" <still at votelaw.com> wrote:

> While Rick is away, we should crowd source his work:
>
> Political Party Meltdown
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/opinion/campaign-stops/political-party-meltdown.html?hpw&rref=sunday-review&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well>
> The strategists who wanted greater ideological purity may have gotten more
> than they bargained for.
> Democrats Praise Virginia Court Settlement in Voting Rights Case
> <http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/24/democrats-praise-virginia-court-settlement-in-voting-rights-case/>The
> Quiet Impact of Obama's Faith
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/12/22/obama-faith/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_obamafaith_1140am:homepage/story>
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/12/22/obama-faith/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_obamafaith_1140am:homepage/story>
>
> The Great Republican Revolt
> <http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/01/the-great-republican-revolt/419118/>:
> The GOP planned a dynastic restoration in 2016. Instead, it triggered an
> internal class war. Can the party reconcile the demands of its donors with
> the interests of its rank and file? -- by David Frum
>
> Senate Bill 571 censors factualelection information
> <http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2015/12/23/election-factual-information-transparency-censor/77867274/>
> (“Which is why many people across Michigan are baffled by the Michigan
> Legislature’s desire to prevent school districts and other public bodies
> from distributing factual and unbiased information about ballot proposals
> within 60 days of the election.”)
>
> I invite you all to join in, while the students are off for the holidays
> and clients seem to stay away.
>
> Edward Still
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