Comments on: Faux-Burkean Is Right http://larison.org/2007/04/02/faux-burkean-is-right/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:14:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: kranza http://larison.org/2007/04/02/faux-burkean-is-right/#comment-6077 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:40:41 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/04/02/faux-burkean-is-right/#comment-6077 I like to think that the Goldberg/NRO constituency is not self-enduring, it’s just that college and immediately-post-college Republicans constantly replenished give the illusion. The Goldberg “aw, kid, we already thought a’ that and it’s stupid” bit sounds good around then. Presumably, each new wave then grows and wises up, like I did. I like to think. But maybe not. I like to think that the Goldberg/NRO constituency is not self-enduring, it’s just that college and immediately-post-college Republicans constantly replenished give the illusion. The Goldberg “aw, kid, we already thought a’ that and it’s stupid” bit sounds good around then. Presumably, each new wave then grows and wises up, like I did.

I like to think. But maybe not.

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