The Myth of the Conservative Monolith
Remember when we were evil storm troopers marching in
lockstep?
That was the accusation hurled at conservatives during the Bush
Administration when the left was on the outside looking in.
Republicans were foot soldiers! Rubber stampers for President Bush!
There wasn’t a divergent thought among them. As late as 2009,
political strategist Paul Begala was
chortling over conservative homogeneity: “The Democratic Party
has a wide diversity of opinion, like the Republican Party used
to,” he said on CNN, adding, “This is a bid for the Republican
Party now. It’s all about purity. It’s
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