Many issues and events surrounding the RNC have brought out important debates among conservatives concerning the balance of principle with the need to appeal to voters. Today, I discuss the need for balance with most principles. We’re not all about workers or corporations. We’re not all about one group or the other. We have fixed principles that are for the “whole of the people,” that you pragmatically present to appeal to various people. But what we don’t need is an overindulgence of an extreme ascetic cosplay to pander to a specific group, all the while using the other extreme as the straw man to justify ridiculous behavior. I also show how Republicans continue to obsess over symbolism, cosplay, and abstract right-wing theory, while in practice, they are ironically continuing the same business as usual. 

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