I read that article and thought it made a lot of good points, but more for the casual Republican than the ideologically biased on. In other words a republican who assumes things are going to work out because America is basically good and God loves us.
But I don't see a large difference between that sort of person and the sort of pseudo-marxist who believes that the general trend of history is on his side and conservativism will eventually die of it's own accord (although there tend to be a lot more of the first kind as opposed to the second kind).
On the other hand the True Believers, the Idealists, don't fit into this pattern as well - because they believe America is fucked up. IF you read the idealogues on both the left and the right theres a strong sense that things aren't just bad; they're terrible. Of course things will be terrible, because America is just not going to live up perfectly to anybody's ideals, and the more important your ideals are to you, the more dissapointed you will be in America.
Anyway that's my take on it - interesting article anyway.
Bryant
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