Conservatism has been tried, and it failed.

[Marr]

I'm reading alot of commentaries by mental midgets like George Will, and all with the same themes: 'Republicans lost control of Congress because they weren't being conservative' or 'Democrats won because they've become more conservative'.

This is nothing but shallow damage control. The GOP was the same beast on Nov. 6, 2006 that it was in Novemeber of 1994. The same "government should not help you" ideology still fueled it, the same names and faces steered it, and the same greed infested it. What sort of person embraces the idea that government is a malignant force *and* seeks a position of power in the government? A thief, that's who. The most cynical sort of con man. It took years for it to become clear to the public, but it has finally become clear.

So! Just thought I'd toss that out there for any socially irrelevant, out-of-touch, obsolete conservative ideologues who might be perusing the board today, looking for a little insight into the public psyche.

[gully]

1. Heard Buchanan say a couple nights ago "Neo-conservatism is dead."

What a remarkable thought that is.

[Nite Owl]

2. What have conservatives ever

done for Americans? They keep talking about fiscal conservatism and even dems fall for that line. They aren't. Think of what that means to them: we cut the social programs but spend us into debt for our wars, refuse to raise the minimum wage but give tax breaks to corporations. That's all it means to them, they don't balance budgets, they improve our lives and they don't get the fact that it is our country, it doesn't belong to the corporations or the war machines. The dems have to make that clear and stop this making conservatism a viable thing to emulate.