Posted on 05/08/2006 2:16:40 PM PDT by Conservative Coulter Fan
While the word is not yet devoid of all meaning, the last five years have been witness to a corruption of the word "conservative" that earlier rotted out the once-noble concept of liberalism. To be liberal once meant to be pro-freedom and skeptical of state intervention. Now, it signifies limits on free speech and free association, no limits on government spending and state intervention.
If a verb such as "to be" can be called into doubt, (or at least its present tense, third-person singular), how much easier it is to redefine an adjective!
Keen political observers will note that what passes for the "conservative" commentariat follows opinion as much as it leads. With the exception of a few mavericks such as Michelle Malkin and John Derbyshire, they followed the pro-amnesty, open-borders party line until quite recently, when the mood of the American people began to turn very ugly at the sight of a horde of illegals marching and demanding more of the non-existent rights they have been claiming for decades.
It is ironic that such "conservatives" argue that illegal immigration is good for the American economy, given that they are theoretically adherents of Adam Smith's capitalism, which states, among many other things, the Law that as supply goes up, that price must go down, given constant demand. One would have to be a serious sophist indeed to miss the application of that law to labor prices, which have declined more than 16 percent while 30 million legal and illegal immigrants have entered the country and provided that price-suppressing supply of which Mr. Smith speaks so highly.
So, the economy is healthier while Americans are making less money. Pro-immigration economists will point out that household income is higher, but this is only because more married women are working than in 1973, the year real wage rates peaked. It is interesting to note that these "conservative" commentators are therefore defending a practice which is directly linked to the profoundly non-conservative value of removing mothers from their children.
No doubt the next thing these "conservatives" will be championing is government-funded day care.
It's also remarkable to mark how poorly the so-called conservative commentariat seems to understand its principles. For example, Mark Alexander wrote on TownHall, while complaining of how the president had failed conservatives domestically:
As the titular head of the Republican Party, President George W. Bush has distinguished himself as a conservative when it comes to foreign policy ...
But as real conservatives once said of a Reichsfuhrer, circa 1933, "tell me one thing he wanted to conserve?"
There is nothing inherently conservative about a willingness to wage war. Indeed, the presidents responsible for World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War were all Democrats of a distinctly liberal – in the modern American sense – stripe.
And Jorge's jihad for democracy isn't conservative in the slightest – it is Woodrow Wilsonism gone mad and transferred from Europe to the Middle East. Interestingly enough, some of the current World Democratic Revolutionists have strong links to Trotsky's World Socialist Revolution, which raises some real questions about just who, precisely, is zooming who?
It is time for conservatives to abandon their allegiance to the Republican Party, which in its tripartite power has revealed itself to be far from the party of freedom and small government it billed itself to be when it claimed the presidency in 1980. Yes, this means that the Democrats will win in 2008, which they are sure to do anyhow when the Elder Gods of the Inner Circle dig up the corpse of Bob Dole, rename him and offer him as a sacrifice to the Lizard Queen.
Power draws scoundrels like rotting flesh draws flies. With the success of the Republican Party and Fox News, you can be sure that half of the "conservative" commentariat and three-quarters of the "Republican" politicians are in service to no higher principle than their own advancement.
And while conservatives can continue to play along and serve these frauds if they wish, at least they need not do so in ignorance. As Trent Reznor urged: "Bow down before the one you serve. You're going to get what you deserve."
I am not sure I have ever read a more incoherent rant on FR before.
"Jorge"
The Truth in one fell swoop.
Isn't Christian libertarian an oxymoron?
And what is down with Madden mean?
Well IT'S true..
That dispels the theory they are good for the economy.
No, and NO!
Correct!
Mr. Day's writing seems to verge on the incoherent; but, I don't think that "Christian libertarian" is an oxymoron. A belief in small government, individual liberty, and personal responsibility does not conflict with Christianity -- an individual is simply free to chose which religion (if any) to follow. (As in both the U.S. and Canadian Constitutions.)
I disagree, with the amount of tax dollars going to fund the Iraqi Government, the civil engineering projects like highway construction, etc., etc. The same is happening in Afghanistan. As for fighting them there...my God, mosques are off limits, and there are enough restrictions on returning firing and so forth that it seems policy makers are little interested in our troops fighting the enemy.
This guy is practising an old con trick of mixing contradictory adjectives with conventional descriptive terms and creating an upside down false argument both for and against various causes.
His technique works best on gullible uninformed types who are not quick to notice that he is performing verbal "flim flam".
Re-read his stuff and you should detect his frequent "switch-a-roos". He's a weasel.
Ping!
Bump.
I see a lot of truth in what he says.
What I've learned at FR is that most everyone wants to claim to be conservative, with their own personal definitions, exceptions, and exemptions and it's evident on this thread.
the only way to save this party in to nominate Mike Pence for President
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