I agree. As long as the conservative media talking heads side with the left, we will never coalesce against the onslaught. Beck, Hannity, Hedgecock, et al, will point and declare us the radical fringe. The GOP does that with incredible audacity already.
Then we have within the ranks of Free Republic the timid, fair weather conservatives who shrinks back from the fray when it gets too heated.
Call it ‘Cheshire Conservatism. Has a ring to it. Just like the cat in Wonderland, their conservatism appears and disappears as needed.
See also “Situational ethics.”
I’m not sure how the government is going to manipulate people, at this point, into lying down and letting government agencies walk all over them.
It doesn’t really matter what Bundy or anyone else says in an interview that the politically correct don’t like.