Russell Kirk
Have A Phil Crane Christmas
By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
During Rep. Phil Crane’s post-Army career in advertising, where he learned and honed the skills that would help him sell conservatism as a Member of Congress and chairman of the American Conservative Union, Phil Crane wrote a then-popular Christmas song, “Little Sandy Sleighfoot.”
Donald Trump, Ayn Rand & William F. Buckley, Jr.
Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
If Donald Trump is an Objectivist that appears to be news to those who share Ayn Rand's philosophy. However, what’s even stranger is that many intellectuals on the Right, especially William F. Buckley Jr.’s establishment conservative inheritors at The National Review, have criticized Trump for not being Objectivist enough.
GOP Establishment Running Their 1964 Stop Goldwater Plan Against Trump
- 1964 election
- 2016 election
- Barry Goldwater
- Bill Rusher
- Conscience of a Conservative
- conservative movement
- Donald Trump
- Ed Fuelner
- F. Clifton White
- Frank Meyer
- George Romney
- GOP establishment
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Henry Regnery
- Howard Phillips
- Jerry Falwell
- John Ashbrook
- Jr.
- L. Brent Bozell
- Lee Edwards
- Mitt Romney
- Morton Blackwell
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Paul Weyrich
- Phyllis Schlafly
- Republican Party
- Russell Kirk
- the Sharon Statement
- Tom Ellis
- William F. Buckley
- William Scranton
There are a lot of parallels between 1964 and 2016, but the most important one is this: By defeating Goldwater, establishment Republicans created the opportunity for Democrats and their progressive Republican allies to bankrupt the country in a war that lacked a strategy for victory and to enact the regulatory and welfare regime that continues to plague our economy and limit our liberty fifty years on.
A Return to The Conservative Mind
Conservatism has forgotten its roots in the tradition of liberty and community. Let's revisit Russell Kirk's book.