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Just what I want, the opinion of anyone associated with a Bush. That’s a major part of the problem. The last two Republican Presidents after Reagan, haven’t helped the conservative cause one iota.
Shocking
Buck. It. Up.
There must be some truth in this, because otherwise Huckabee would never have gotten as many votes as he did.
Some conservatives are NOT fiscal conservatives, but religious socialists — like Huckabee, and they find Huck appealing..
Of course they seem to forget that the US became a great country because of individual achievements and freedoms, not because the government taking care of everyone and “solving” the problems.
“Young Christian conservatives and others are increasingly eager to bring a faith-based activism to government.”
Guess those little punks have never heard of “thou shall not steal.” We can thank Dubya for opening the floodgates for this disgusting reversal in GOP views on spending and enabling these big govt religious wackos.
The last time I recall seeing any semblance of it was when the Republicans took over the House and Senate. Then they let Clinton pin the blame on them for the government shut down and it’s been downhill every since.
The Republicans have let the Left define them for over a decade now, and the results are predictable.
FredT is about the only person left, besides Duncan Hunter, who has any conservative credentials left.
How about PSEUDOconservatives?
We've known this for quite some time. But its not conservatism that is a mess, its the GOP. Instead of sticking to what has been successful and what has worked, many Republicans have embraced more moderate politics and more liberal candidates. This won't seriously effect the conservative movement long term, but it just might destroy the GOP.
Conservative attitudes are changing. Or, more accurately, the attitudes of people who call themselves conservatives are changing.
I don’t think that is true. Conservatives have always been in the minority as we only have about 33 percent of the population (or so I have heard). The way we get ahead is to have some other part of the population agree with what the conservative believes on some issue such as gay marriage. When Bush ran on gay marriage in 2000 or 2004 (can’t remember which one), that added to the conservative numbers and resulted in us winning.
Can someone tell me what a pro-government conservative is? Are we defining conservatism by its historical meaning now?
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Well.. the current state of conservatism is something that requires a lot of thought and analysis.
A big poll number that is important is the one that asks whether the country is on the right or wrong track. And for awhile a vast majority of Americans say the nation is on the wrong track. And people dont look at why, they look at who’s at the helm and decide they want “change.”
People have linked “conservatism” to George W Bush. It’s no longer linked to Ronald Reagan. Bush and today’s GOP have moved conservatism away from the Reagan doctrine and morphed it into something that voters just dont want anything to do with anymore. And with a lack of a strong “Reagan-like” candidate in this election to promote sound conservative policies and principles, it is the independents who are coming on top now.
That’s just my opinion of the whole thing on face value. And I think conservatism is in real trouble. The electorate is clearly moving to the left.
The electorate has discovered the old rules don't apply anymore. Government is now all about divvying up the spoils.
The more money government spends and the more power over people it has the more some people will climb over each other to get it.
It used to be that government had to tax us to get money to spend, now they borrow money from the Fed willy-nilly to chase their schemes. Good old George is going to borrow 100 billion or more so as to send us all a check in the mail--how thoughtful.
A great number of our problems stem from overspending.
For instance, the government cannot mitigate the current credit crises because it has no money.
The government has created trillions in debt and borrows more every day.
Even Bernanke agrees we cannot continue at this pace. Who's going to stop it? Who's even talking about it?