Who's the "voice' of conservatism ? & the need for auto dealers!!

I read an editorial yesterday by Francis Wilkinson in The Week which really struck home, since I am prone to be very radical at times thus am likely to embrace anything that criticizes that which I am against. I’m beginning to realize that this may simply feed the “enemy” and facilitate their agendas.

Instead of great thinkers setting agenda, taking leadership, etc., we’re letting media guys take up the flag and ultimately pushing conservative thought to the fringe and/or making the differences between people into a real “great divide”. I’m outraged by certain new policies , statements & actions , etc. of the new administration . I'm probably even more outraged by the outright trashing of the Bush adminstration. Now the struggle is to somehow combat the left/liberal/”intellectual” (cloaked as "moderate") with stronger right/conservative/intellectual powerful counter-arguments & commentary. . There’s nothing an intellectual enjoys more than to make somebody look like a blithering idiot . At times, I feel that I’m being “baited” so that my reaction makes me appear to be out on the fringe. Hopefully, the conservative movement will fortify itself and find a unified voice without “reacting” to the b.s. that’s thrown at it to purposely taunt it into a display that can be pointed at and called “irrational”.

Here it is: http://www.theweek.com/article/index/95905/Conservative_media_clobber_the_GOP

Thank you Mr. Wilkinson. I agree.



The auto industry is one that poses grave concern to me for a number of reasons. This is an interesting perspective coming from somebody who’s been not only in the auto industry but also in Washington:

Engines of Main Street
By Mack McLarty
Clinton's former chief of staff, now chair of an automotive group, says you can't help Detroit if you hurt car dealers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/29/AR2009042904017.html?referrer=emailarticle