Not surprising, though I had no idea Wilson is interested in art other than renditions of Confederate flags.
His solution to the problem of the major parties not being reactionary enough is the same as Strom Thurmond's and George Wallace's during their heydays - a far Right third party.
The only hope for conservatism, that is, for preservation of some semblance of civilized order and liberty, is a populist party along the lines of the real Reagan coalition of 1980 - economic freedom and social conservatism. And the first essential objective of such a party must be to destroy and replace the Republican Party. All else is sound and fury.
I can already hear the Bush re-election bandwagon in the distance. "Get on Board! Vote Bush and Save America from Hillary Clinton!" Will the millions of our fellow citizens yet again clamber aboard and hosanna their way down the road to perdition? If so, I fear it will prove that we suffer not from bad leadership but from a fatal defect of national character.
I believe most of us who believe in progressive politics spend much of our time criticizing mainstream conservatives. But, from time to time, it behooves us to remember there is worse than the GOP.
Clyde Wilson is a history professor in South Carolina who has been a major proponent of maintaining a 'traditional' view of the history of the South. His opinions can be read regularly at LewRockwell.Com.
Note: This entry also appeared at Silver Rights.
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