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\u201cNow is not the time to decide what to do or how to do it; now is the time to do it.\u201d \u2013 Rep. Kevin McCarthy, demonstrating the postmodern nihilist void in the heart and mind of the Thing that Used to be Conservatism Chesterton could get a whole book or two out of laughing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[913],"class_list":["post-100108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-postmodern-conservative-nihilism"],"yoast_head":"\nGreat Moments in American Oratory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""Now is not the time to decide what to do or how to do it; now is the time to do it." - Rep. 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