I have to agree with this passage when it comes to conservative thought or the lack thereof.
Today, prominent Republicans publicly worry
they're becoming the "stupid party." In its prime, Heritage rose to
rival the power and capacity of the liberal academic establishment,
giving conservatives a reputation as serious thinkers. “There was a time
when leftist intellectuals dismissed conservatives as the party without
intellect. Heritage undid that,” Edwards said. “The Republican Party
for a while had the high ground. Everyone said that’s where the ideas
are, that’s where the intellectual ferment is. When your intellectual
ferment is nothing more than a political platform, that [reputation] is
undercut. That hurts the conservative movement in general.”
There needs to be a rival to the liberal academic establishment. The liberals own most of the faculties of the most prestigious universities in the country so there needs to be a counter balance. When the GOP "get rid of Planned Parenthood" they need to say "replace it with such-and-such" and here is the evidence backing up our position. In other words say how you can make something better and not just cut something and move on.
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