David says: There are zero major American conservative thinkers or politicians currently flirting with fascism.
Well, there’s John McCain and his fascist McCain-Feingold bill plus his fascist Global Warming Carbon Tax boondoggle. Oh, yeah, you said conservative politician not Republican politician. Then there’s Mike Bloomberg who busy banning everything edible, smokeable and drinkable in New York City. Oh, yeah, you said conservative and not Republican. Then there’s Mike Huckabee who wants to ban smoking in the United States. Oops, you said conservative and not Republican. Then there’s the social conservative wing of the Republican Party that tells me that I MUST vote for John McCain, nothing fascist about that at all…
Charlie mentioned Buchanan but he’s not the only self-professed and widely recognized conservative “thinker” who wants to ban this, that, and other things. The problem arises, David, because your definition of classic conservatism includes the phrase “doesn’t exhibit any fascist behavior”. Unfortunately, there aren’t many classical conservatives thinkers (who are actually classical liberals) and, as far as I know, there are zero classical conservative politicians.
I don’t disagree with your assertion that a classic conservative wouldn’t flirt with fascism, I’m merely stating that we don’t have any classic conservatives, we have Republicans, Democrats and Libertarians –> all of whom exhibit fascist behavior on occasion. Conversely, the Green Party will occasionally not exhibit fascist behavior.
