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An admonishment.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)

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| December 31, 2006 | Masters, Gerald K. | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Initially, Ramesh Ponnuru's words in "The Way Back" (Dec. 4) seem harmless. He closes his piece by admonishing conservatives to "maintain their principles" as they react to November's electoral thumping. But the rest of the article is dominated by a discussion of shallow political tactics.

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We all know winning elections is important, and always urgent. But along that path, NR can't allow us to lose sight of the bigger picture. Years ago, Whittaker Chambers felt compelled to remind a young William F. Buckley Jr. that, "in defining positions in principle, one always risks losing, anticipates losing, the fuzzy, the foggy, the fainthearted, the geese, etc. But in this matter, I have never abandoned Lenin's phrasing of it: 'Luchshe ...

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