The Death of Conservatism - PT. 2/2 - The Ring Of Fire

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Channel: The Ring of Fire · 2009 · News & Politics

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If the 2008 election taught us one thing its that Americans are overwhelmingly rejecting modern-day conservatism. But what's even more important is the fact that modern day conservatives are failing because they abandoned the principles on which the Republican Party was founded. Instead of focusing on preserving democracy and helping citizens, they've become a party of Glenn Beck style crazies, who want us to think that the president wasn't actually born in America, or that the government is trying to create a new Hitler youth program in our country. Mike Papantonio talks about the reverse evolution of the Republican Party with Sam Tanenhaus, author of the new book "The Death of Conservatism."

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