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Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz

As conservatives let’s stop lying to each other Ep 94

Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz

Blaze Media

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.83.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The first step to solving a given problem is being honest with yourself about the severity of the problem itself.  We can’t become like ‘Baghdad Bob liberals’ and ignore the problems within our comatose movement and pathetic congressional leadership.  Nor can we ignore the problems with Trump himself, even as we praise the good aspects of his first month in office.      In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel goes through some observations of this past week and from the CPAC gathering to demonstrate why too many conservatives have their heads in the sand about some of the challenges we face.  We are no longer on the campaign trail.  Republicans have control of all branches of government, and although we know many of them, especially in the Senate, are not conservative, that point is lost on the average voter.  Voters will blame all conservatives for the ineptitude of Republicans if they fail to enact a relentlessly positive agenda.  Railing against the media is therapeutic for many of us, but if that’s all we have to offer, we are headed for a disaster.   It's time for an honest discussion about the future of what this party stands for.  We must formulate a hard-hitting agenda (many ideas have already been put forth here at CR), speak to the morality of our views, and channel our passion and outrage to issues of substance in a consistent and intelligent way.  Once we do that, it will be much easier to fight the media on our turf rather than on their terms.    Towards the end, Daniel gives Trump some advice for his upcoming address to Congress and how he should present his immigration and health care policies in a way that will place Democrats on defense.  Rather than have a false debate between progressive nationalism and failed tepid republicanism, why not actually try real constitutional conservatism for once?    The notion that conservatism is dead and in need of reform is built upon a false premise because we have never tried real conservatism in the modern era with the existing challenges confronting this country.  We need a new movement, not new principles. It’s time to build a new movement built upon timeless principles.              Show Links:  Trump’s new national security advisor sounding like a liberal Enough lukewarm hell: 8 steps Trump must take NOW to effect real change Islamists just sawed off a Jew's finger. That's not enough bloodshed for the 'tolerant' Left.     Daniel Horowitz Senior Editor, ConservativeReview Twitter: Daniel Horowitz @ RMConservative Subscribe to The Conservative Conscience Podcast: iTunes | Stitcher | Android | RSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Conservative Conscience.

0:04.8

In Washington, politicians are full of half-truths and hot air.

0:08.0

The Conservative Conscience is here to help you cut through the rhetoric and noise and explore

0:11.9

the politically right way to think about the issues.

0:14.5

You'll dive into one of the most insightful Conservative minds in America.

0:18.6

Conservative Review Senior Editor, Daniel Horowitz, and along with co-host Joe Coste,

0:23.0

they break down the major issues in Washington.

0:25.5

You are now entering the Conservative Conscience.

0:29.6

Hello and welcome back folks to the Conservative Conscience.

0:32.2

This is your host, Daniel Horowitz.

0:34.7

It's actually Sunday, my official day off, although I'm not taking the day off today.

0:40.4

In between games of monopoly and war with the five and seven-year-olds, now the kids are

0:46.0

out of the house and I figured I'd record an episode today because I apologize.

0:51.5

I missed late last week.

0:53.0

There was just too much going on.

0:57.4

We are living in a time when Conservatives needed leadership more than ever.

1:04.2

If Conservative Review is the only place to provide that, then look, we'll be busy overtime.

1:10.2

As you saw this week, we had CPAC, which is supposed to stand for Conservative political

1:15.4

action conference, but throughout the years it's really been libertarian.

1:19.1

Now, it's just been a mumbo-jumble of the lowest common denominator of Trump's faults

1:24.5

and the GOP establishments faults.

1:28.7

What you saw this week was no leadership.

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