Great Minds Think Alike: Obama on "Conservatives"

I say somewhat presumptuously, even audaciously.

Andrew Sullivan points out:

Obama in Time:

I was always suspicious of dogma, and the excesses of the left and the right. One of my greatest criticisms of the Republican Party over the last 20 years is that it's not particularly conservative. I can read conservatives from an earlier era—a George Will or a Peggy Noonan—and recognize wisdom, because it has much more to do with respect for tradition and the past and I think skepticism about being able to just take apart a society and put it back together. Because I do think that communities and nations and families aren't subject to that kind of mechanical approach to change. But when I look at Tom DeLay or some of the commentators on Fox these days, there's nothing particularly conservative about them.

Emphasis mine.

Comments

[Steve Broback]

I think many traditional republicans who consider themselves conservative would agree with this. There's a lot of dissatisfaction by those on the right over the policies and actions of the last several years.

[Elizabeth Crum ("E!!")]

Looks like we are soulmates, in the blogging sense. LOL