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:::: I don't doubt that liberals, the media, history books, and a diversity other people use the term.  I doubt that any of the conservatives you mention, or any other conservatives, use the term much.  It would be easy for you to prove me wrong, if I were wrong.  I don't see anything conservative or insightful about the term.  Majority rules?  That's a mundane, almost meaningless concept at best.  It begs the question of what the majority thinks at a particular time, which of course is very fickle.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:59, 10 January 2009 (EST)

:::: I don't doubt that liberals, the media, history books, and a diversity other people use the term.  I doubt that any of the conservatives you mention, or any other conservatives, use the term much.  It would be easy for you to prove me wrong, if I were wrong.  I don't see anything conservative or insightful about the term.  Majority rules?  That's a mundane, almost meaningless concept at best.  It begs the question of what the majority thinks at a particular time, which of course is very fickle.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:59, 10 January 2009 (EST)

::::: Pat Buchanan calls himself a populist (though it notes Goldwater and Reagan would not use the term). [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n15_v47/ai_17161967] Rove calls Bush a populist on taxation [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905EFD61130F930A15752C0A9659C8B63].  I suppose there are two different concepts of the word: first, the classical "majority rules" idea which was rejected by the founding fathers in favor of checks and balances, and second, the modern term which refers to deriving your power from the people (example would be Palin's emphasis on the "real America" and blue collar workers) as opposed to deriving your power from intellectuals and media magnates, the modern conservative "populism." [[User:RodWeathers|- Rod Weathers]] 18:21, 10 January 2009 (EST)

::::: Pat Buchanan calls himself a populist (though it notes Goldwater and Reagan would not use the term). [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n15_v47/ai_17161967] Rove calls Bush a populist on taxation [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905EFD61130F930A15752C0A9659C8B63].  I suppose there are two different concepts of the word: first, the classical "majority rules" idea which was rejected by the founding fathers in favor of checks and balances, and second, the modern term, conservative "populism," which refers to deriving your power from the people and relying on widely and deeply held conservative Christian values (example would be Palin's emphasis on the "real America" and blue collar workers) as opposed to deriving your power from intellectuals and media magnates. [[User:RodWeathers|- Rod Weathers]] 18:21, 10 January 2009 (EST)