Principled Conservative vs Platform Republican? What’s the Difference?
-By Warner Todd Huston
In a recent op ed at the Illinois Review Terri Koyne, the Republican Chairman for Macoupin County, tried to explain the difference between a conservative and a “platform Republican.” I sort of understood her point but found the piece to be a bit muddled not to mention historically limited.
Like many of the center right side of the political aisle, Koyne is struggling with reconciling a vote for today’s Republican Party and sticking with true conservative principles. The problem is, voting Republican is not always voting for conservative ideas.
“When someone used to say they were a conservative,” Koyne said “it meant the whole package–socially and fiscally.”
I understand what she is trying to get at, but this isn’t exactly true. After all in the 30s, 40s, and 50s a “conservative” had precisely nothing at all to do with “social issues.”
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Principled Conservative vs Platform Republican? What’s the Difference?”
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