What Would A Modernized, Reformed Conservatism Look Like?

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David Frum (a “conservative with balls” as Stephen Colbert referred to him) is guest posting for Andrew Sullivan.  He asked Sullivan’s readers as well as his own at FrumForum to make improvements on his one sentence description of a “modernized, reformed conservatism”.

David’s description:

A reality-based, culturally modern, socially inclusive and environmentally responsible politics that supports free markets, limited government and a peaceful American-led world order.

He notes that by “socially inclusive” he means that “Republicans and conservatives needed to pay more attention to the economic interests of the less affluent”.  That would be a nice change from what we’re getting from modern conservatives.

Some of the suggestions he received:

Meritocracy tempered by compassion.

Free markets with a referee to ensure fair play.

We want the country promised to us by our grade-school social studies textbooks.

Killing bad Muslims with upper-class tax cuts.

Not just for white people any more, we promise!

Cute little exercise except I fear that there are not many in the conservative ranks who feel that a modern, reformed conservatism is necessary.  They appear to be content with what they now have, which is…

…a fantasy driven, culturally backwards, selfish, intolerant, non-inclusive and environmentally non-responsible politics that supports free markets, limited government and the notion that if it’s good for the rich then it’s good for the country…and if it’s good for Americans, then to hell with the rest of the world.

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