Den gamle høyresiden våkner.

Den gamle amerikanske høyresiden ser ut til å ha våknet til live igjen.

Til dere som ikke er kjent med the old right, les Murray Rothbards forklaring nedenfor.

The Old Right was a strong and vibrant movement, dominant in the Republican Party in Congress (especially in the House of Representatives) and constituting roughly the Taft wing of the party. The Old Right was firmly opposed to conscription as well as war or foreign aid, favored free markets and the gold standard, and upheld the rights of private property as opposed to any sort of invasion, including coerced integration. The Old Right was socially conservative, middle class, welcoming people who worked for a living or met a payroll, and was the salt of the earth.

The Old Right reached a peak in its last days: for it was virtually the only opposition to the Korean War.

The old right var altså tradisjonell konservativisme (det vi ville kalt klassisk liberalisme idag). The old right forstod at en liten stat hjemme ikke var forenelig med et imperie utenlands.

Desverre forsvant denne delen av høyresiden etter andre verdenskrig. Den kalde krigen byttet den ut den gamle konservativismen med neokonservativisme.

Etter nærmere 60 år ser det heldigvis ut til at Ron Paul har klart å vekke til live igjen den sovende bjørnen på amerikansk høyresiden.

Ifra dagens Washington Times:

Nearly half of all Republican primary voters say it’s time the U.S. stops intervening in world affairs and focuses on domestic priorities instead, signaling a persistent rift that is playing out in the party’s presidential nomination battle.

Denne "halvdelen" har bare én mann å stemme på. Ron Paul.

Les også: We've been NEO-conned av Ron Paul.