Posted under Conservatism & NeoCons & Political Correctness
Richard Spencer and Paul Gottfried comment on the affair at TakiMag.
Gottfried says this:
Still and all, Frumbag does not wield the kind of influence that Rush does at the present time; and his efforts to ingratiate himself with the Obamaites, which have been going on for months, look like acts of desperation. As a neocon and GOP frontman, Rush is the more formidable personality, and the fact that NR has rallied to him against their longtime hitman indicates who is our more powerful enemy on the bogus right.
I agree that Rush is the more formidable personality, but the problem here is that most people (the masses and the opinion makers) do not believe that Rush represents the bogus right. If anything they seem him as representing the more doctrinaire right. So first it is necessary to make the case that Rush’s right is in fact bogus. By cheering on Rush’s downfall (which is not imminent anyway) we run the risk of discrediting conservatism as an idea even if we know Rushism very poorly represents it. Once we have made the case that Rush’s conservatism is bogus, then we can attempt to displace it. But hoping Rush becomes hated and toxic and the movement now called conservatism collapses so we can pick up the pieces is a very risky strategy. Isn’t it more likely that we will have a harder time selling our authentic brand of conservatism in a post conservative society than we do now where conservatism is tainted but still claimed by a plurality? Our audience needs to be that plurality.
Frum on the other hand is a malignant squish who is publicly disavowing conservatism from the center. Much better for him to get squashed.
