Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Extremely or stubbornly conservative in political matters.
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- noun US, politics A political
conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, embracingstates' rights and social structures perceived to be traditional - adjective US, politics Holding views associated with paleoconservatism, including opposition to the federal government and social change
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Examples
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Commentator Peter Oborne who has appropriately been described as a paleoconservative says of Cameron's critics: the charges made - that Cameron has betrayed immutable Conservative principles, is focused on presentation, and lacks substance - are serious ones which deserve to be answered.
William Wilberforce and the grand tradition of radical toryism Burke's Corner 2007
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Commentator Peter Oborne who has appropriately been described as a paleoconservative says of Cameron's critics: the charges made - that Cameron has betrayed immutable Conservative principles, is focused on presentation, and lacks substance - are serious ones which deserve to be answered.
Archive 2007-07-01 Burke's Corner 2007
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For as has been pointed out by Bill Kristol — one of the few conservative intellectuals who has been willing to say a good word about Mrs. Palin — her views are much closer to those of her conservative opponents than they are to the isolationists and protectionists on the "paleoconservative" right or to the unrealistic "realism" of the "moderate" Republicans who inhabit the establishment center.
In Defense of Sarah Palin Norman Podhoretz 2010
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For as has been pointed out by Bill Kristol — one of the few conservative intellectuals who has been willing to say a good word about Mrs. Palin — her views are much closer to those of her conservative opponents than they are to the isolationists and protectionists on the "paleoconservative" right or to the unrealistic "realism" of the "moderate" Republicans who inhabit the establishment center.
In Defense of Sarah Palin Norman Podhoretz 2010
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For as has been pointed out by Bill Kristol — one of the few conservative intellectuals who has been willing to say a good word about Mrs. Palin — her views are much closer to those of her conservative opponents than they are to the isolationists and protectionists on the "paleoconservative" right or to the unrealistic "realism" of the "moderate" Republicans who inhabit the establishment center.
In Defense of Sarah Palin Norman Podhoretz 2010
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William S. Lind is what you could call a "paleoconservative", which seems somewhat whacko to my milquetoast weltanschauung, but, Willie is something of an avant-garde theorist, when it comes to things military.
When the Mexican toilet flushes . . . Edstock 2009
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William S. Lind is what you could call a "paleoconservative", which seems somewhat whacko to my milquetoast weltanschauung, but, Willie is something of an avant-garde theorist, when it comes to things military.
Archive 2009-11-01 Alison 2009
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Groups on the "paleoconservative" Right – those not in the Bush neoconservative orbit who have strong ideological reasons for joining an ad hoc alliance – include some of the organizations most disliked by leftists: The John Birch Society, Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum, the Rockford Institute, the "Buchanan Brigades" of Pat Buchanan's American Cause, libertarian-leaning Lew Rockwell and his Ludwig von Mises Institute.
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In particular, neoconservatives disagree with the nativist, protectionist, and non-interventionist strain of American conservatism once exemplified by the ex-Republican "paleoconservative" Pat Buchanan.
Introducing "Think Twice" Word Detection System To OpEdNews 2007
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In particular, neoconservatives disagree with the nativist, protectionist, and non-interventionist strain of American conservatism once exemplified by the ex-Republican "paleoconservative" Pat Buchanan.
Introducing "Think Twice" Word Detection System To OpEdNews 2007
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