Will conservatives, desperate for a White House coup in 2012, be duped again?  This excellent exposition of Newt Gingrich from the Campaign for Liberty is a must-read.  Gingrich looks good and smells good on the surface, but when the onion is peeled back, the stench is overwhelming.

“American conservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward towards perdition. It remains behind it, but never retards it, and always advances near its leader. This pretended salt bath utterly lost its savor: wherewith shall it be salted? Its impotency is not hard, indeed, to explain. It is worthless because it is the conservatism of expediency only, and not of sturdy principle. It intends to risk nothing serious for the sake of the truth.”

Robert L. Dabney
circa 1850

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