That may very well be so, if GOP=Republicans, but I refuse to believe that is true of conservatism in the broader sense. The problem as I see it is that Republicans have become indistinguishable from those on the left, due to their addiction to money-driven politics and the perks that derive from their privileged positions of political power. It truly is a game to these people, and they are emotionally and intellectually isolated from having to suffer the direct consequences of their game-driven ploys and so feel that they can pal around on both sides of the aisle with impunity.
Many were given a shock in the 2010 mid-term elections. Hopefully there will be enough "quiet, but carrying a BIG stick" TEA party folks still engaged in 2012 that we'll be able to remind these jokers that they work for US, rather than we being the grateful recipients of their "largesse". Graduated tyranny is still tyranny.
I VOTE. And I'll be scrutinizing the candidates records and voting OUT any candidates, no matter their political stripe, that have demonstrated a willingness to sell my children's futures down the river for political expediency. And if tyranny ends up undeniably manifesting itself, there are 90 million reasons why putative traitors to the Republic should rethink their position.
Note that I did not say real conservatives are doomed. Just the Republican Party.
And the fact that the RNC “communications” director would utter such inarticulate, sophomoric phrases is just one more sign of that inevitable destruction.
That was my point.
If Paul defeats Romney in the Virginia Primary, would that be a signal a brokered convention is more likely than a space-alien attack?
Worth repeating!