I am amazed that so many conservatives seem to think that addressing national and international issues and resolving them is such a simplistic task. I think that the essence of most real conservatives is a denial of variables. So many conservative commentators manifest a faux toughness as if just being tough is enough. Well, it ain't. That is one big reason why Palin has attracted a crowd and why Trump did so for a short time. They both espouse simplistic approaches (not solutions) and there are Americans who willingly embrace their simplistic approaches, but do not probe the substance of those approaches.

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