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Entry: After Paleoconservatism (II) Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/after_paleoconservatism_ii#24917 Post contents: <i>We are so fortunate to have someone as pure and virtuous as Mr Richert at takimag, who cares only for the common people at the local level of politics, untainted by desire for power or influence.</i> Obviously, Dr. Havers doesn't participate in local politics, else he would know that the desire for power and influence is just as strong as at the federal level. <i>Irony aside, where were these mythical “organic communities” during Ron Paul’s campaign? Since he didn’t win a single primary, I assume that they don’t exist.</i> So the failure of Ron Paul's campaign to become the leader of the central government in Washington, D.C., proves that communities that are resisting centralization don't exist? I'm not quite sure I follow your logic, Dr. Havers. On the other hand, the failure Ron Paul's campaign, like the failure of Pat Buchanan's campaigns, seems to be more evidence of the point that I made: "If we consider renewal and restoration a success only if it happens <i>right now</i>, then we have to focus on centralized institutions and elites--and, ironically, in our haste to change things, we never will." Sent at: 2008 08 08