Re: Obama XXIII: The Muslin Anti-Christ Wages War on the forces of Christianity!
Amusing to see righties try to define "conservatism" as something other than what's been practiced out of the Republican party over the last 15 years. I don't think Houdini struggled this much to get out of the trap they're caught in.
The problem for the houseplante's of the world is that "traditional conservatives" as they want to call themselves don't exist anymore. They've all died off, much like we no longer have Free Soilers, Whigs, Bull-Moose, etc, etc. Fiscally conservative, socially libertarian but optimistic leadership only exists in the fantasyland of your own minds, the same nirvana state where borrowing money to finance tax cuts for the rich stimulates the economy AND shrinks the deficit.
So yes, GOP = Conservative. Not some wishful thinking definition of conservatism, but the one dedicated to 1) Upper income tax cuts paid for by borrowing money, 2) Govt telling you what to do in the bedroom according to fundamentalist Christian doctrine that less than 1% of the population actually follows including its advocates, and 3) Unneccesary, poorly planned but supremely expensive military conflicts of an open ended nature in an attempt to resurrect the black and white world that existed during the Cold War.
Want proof: The top two GOP contenders this year have supported 1) The Ryan Plan which will maintain a deficit but reduce top level tax rates, 2) The Blunt Amendment, which would allow your employer to sign off on how they think you're using birth control before they decide to cover it, and 3) An unlimited engagement both in Iraq and Afghanistan.
So I ask, where are all these "traditional conservatives" because I don't see them influencing too much GOP policy lately...
Amusing to see righties try to define "conservatism" as something other than what's been practiced out of the Republican party over the last 15 years. I don't think Houdini struggled this much to get out of the trap they're caught in.
The problem for the houseplante's of the world is that "traditional conservatives" as they want to call themselves don't exist anymore. They've all died off, much like we no longer have Free Soilers, Whigs, Bull-Moose, etc, etc. Fiscally conservative, socially libertarian but optimistic leadership only exists in the fantasyland of your own minds, the same nirvana state where borrowing money to finance tax cuts for the rich stimulates the economy AND shrinks the deficit.
So yes, GOP = Conservative. Not some wishful thinking definition of conservatism, but the one dedicated to 1) Upper income tax cuts paid for by borrowing money, 2) Govt telling you what to do in the bedroom according to fundamentalist Christian doctrine that less than 1% of the population actually follows including its advocates, and 3) Unneccesary, poorly planned but supremely expensive military conflicts of an open ended nature in an attempt to resurrect the black and white world that existed during the Cold War.
Want proof: The top two GOP contenders this year have supported 1) The Ryan Plan which will maintain a deficit but reduce top level tax rates, 2) The Blunt Amendment, which would allow your employer to sign off on how they think you're using birth control before they decide to cover it, and 3) An unlimited engagement both in Iraq and Afghanistan.
So I ask, where are all these "traditional conservatives" because I don't see them influencing too much GOP policy lately...
