{"id":9308,"date":"2006-12-11T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-11T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/9308.html"},"modified":"2006-12-11T15:50:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-11T20:50:00","slug":"welcoming-the-blogospheres-latest-high-profile-addition-and-russell-kirk-acolyte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/welcoming-the-blogospheres-latest-high-profile-addition-and-russell-kirk-acolyte\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming the blogosphere’s latest high-profile addition (and Russell Kirk acolyte)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like a villain in a horror movie, [tag]Tom DeLay[\/tag] refuses to fade away quietly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) announced the launch of an Internet-based grassroots organization aimed at raising money and uniting Republican activists to take back and hold the GOP majority in Congress, according to a release today. <\/p>\n

The new organization, comparable to the left’s [tag]MoveOn.org[\/tag], is called [tag]GAIN[\/tag] (Grassroots, Action, and Information Network) and will be hosted on www.tomdelay.com, a blog that will feature comments from DeLay and other conservative bloggers and activists.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, GAIN is not yet comparable to MoveOn at all. For one thing, GAIN started today and has no members. For another, MoveOn wasn’t started by criminals.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, DeLay helped kick things off with a big-picture post about the perspective he’ll bring to blogging — by repeatedly quoting Russell Kirk.
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Unfortunately, many D.C. insiders are simply incapable of looking outside the capital beltway for fresh opinions and new approaches that might otherwise help our nation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, that would be Tom DeLay, the 21-year veteran of Congress, who served in multiple leadership roles including House Majority Leader, decrying the limited perceptions of “D.C. insiders.” Classic.<\/p>\n

As for Kirk:<\/p>\n

Conservatives must act on First Principles. We must organize and act to protect the very principles of: order, justice and freedom that are the touchstones of our founding documents. […]<\/p>\n

We are conservatives. We believe that our government is limited and our freedoms are guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. We believe in a society built on three First Principles: Order, Justice and Freedom. These principles are the three legs of the stool upon which our society rests.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You philosophy majors out there may notice that DeLay is quoting Russell Kirk almost literally word for word<\/a>, which is odd considering that DeLay’s reactionary approach to “revolution” is largely at odds with Kirk’s Edmond Burke-style of conservatism. Not that I expect intellectual consistency with DeLay or anything….<\/p>\n

In any event, the right probably doesn’t need one more unhinged ideologue with a blog, but DeLay is offering one anyway. My only question at this point is, will DeLay have to give up the [tag]blog[\/tag] if he goes to jail?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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