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They were your ideas, your symposia, your books, and usually
somebody else's table napkins.
All of a sudden, Republicans were not defenders of the status quo but
creators of the future. They
were looking at tomorrow with all the single-mindedness of an
inventor. In fact, they reminded me
of the American inventors of the 19th and 20th centuries who filled
the world with light and
recorded sound.
The new conservatives made anew the connection between economic
justice and economic
growth. Growth in the economy would not only create jobs and
paychecks, they said; it would
enhance familial stability and encourage a healthy optimism about the
future. Lower those tax
rates, they said, and let the economy become the engine of our
dreams. Pull back regulations, and
encourage free and open competition. Let the men and women of the
marketplace decide what
they want.
But along with that, perhaps the greatest triumph of modern
conservatism has been to stop
allowing the left to put the average American on the moral defensive.
By average American, I mean
the good, decent, rambunctious, and creative people who raise the
families, go to church, and help