First, the entire fact that there is a tiny cabal of liberal Republicans running the Congress is of no surprise. I have thought for some time that these people ran as Republicans only because they couldn't change parties before they were elected; it would have been a detriment to them in the primary. They are largely east coast elites, or in particularly liberal districts (i.e. Leach in my state). They wield their power simply by threatening not to vote for things that Conservatives want; and we don't have a leader strong enough to keep them in line (as Reagan used to...heck, he even got Dems to vote with him by effectively using his bully pulpit).
Secondly, I'm somewhat tiring of a group of "the party can do no wrong" hacks glomming onto the Conservative title. I've seen many posts here lately that say something like: "I was a liberal until about a year ago...now I'm Conservative." Right...guess what...they're still liberals (and may be Republicans), but they actually have come to believe that Conservatism means some of the nonsense that we've seen lately.
Third, and most importantly, despite the many posts to the contrary that I've seen lately, the American public is largely conservative; the liberal media spin about the "great divide" is overblown. Every poll shows that the majority is, or leans, conservative. But, since "we" don't believe polls here any longer...let's just look at the two latest examples of this phenomenon. The "Contract with America"...advertised across the country, directly to the people STUNNINGLY swept Conservatives into the House. Or, more lately, President Bush's first two years in office were marked by largely conservative ideals (tax cuts, abortion limits, etc., even that monstrosity of an education bill sounded conservative for its accountability). We were rewarded with LARGER majorities.
His poll numbers did not start slipping until he started proposing & supporting a bunch of liberal glop. I have no idea if his political advisers came up with this plan, or if it is what he really believes.
I DO know, as has been weatherproofing in the past, that Americans support people with strongly held conservative convictions...who aren't afraid to say so.
I will be voting for President Bush, because I support the war on terror...so save the juvenile "vote for Kerry" posts, please.
Funny, I don't feel swamped. Thanks for the intelligent input, garandgal.
I thought this was a good article. It certainly woke up some of the FreeRepublics more centrist and moderate factions tonight.
Hahaha! I just re-read the last paragraph of my post. I see the spell-check changed well-proven to "weatherproofing." Of all the weird things to change it to! Obviously, I MEANT well-proven.