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The Conservative Crack-Up
Mixing memoir with analysis, the author shows why recent Republican domination of the White House has not resulted in a political community and a vital philosophy
- GenresPolitics
Hardcover
First published May 1, 1992
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February 27, 2017
Tyrrell was one of the more controversial figures of his time, but the issues he confronted have not gone away, and his complaints about liberals and the press are still being voiced today.
"Today, in the cool, clear air of post-Reagan America, a review of all these complaints reveals several unpleasant truths about Reagan's critics: they were uneducable bigots, resistant to the rules of evidence, to empirical observation, and to logical deduction."
Reagan to Bush the first successful President to VP transition since Andrew Jackson to Martin Van Buren.
Tyrrell's "crack-up" of conservatism will be due to the conservative antipathy to politics, and the ability of liberals to control the terms of public discourse.
"Today, in the cool, clear air of post-Reagan America, a review of all these complaints reveals several unpleasant truths about Reagan's critics: they were uneducable bigots, resistant to the rules of evidence, to empirical observation, and to logical deduction."
Reagan to Bush the first successful President to VP transition since Andrew Jackson to Martin Van Buren.
Tyrrell's "crack-up" of conservatism will be due to the conservative antipathy to politics, and the ability of liberals to control the terms of public discourse.
January 5, 2012
Decent writing can't make up for the anti-intellectual drivel.
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