Meanwhile conservatism STILL gets associated with McCarthyism and Bircherism despite our movement very publicly repudiating them. And it’s supposed to be a bad thing despite both being quite a bit more right than various other trusted sources.
I would rather be compared to McCarthy or John Birch than compared to Obama or Clinton
If you look at today’s “conservatives”, many of them share the same international views as Obama (especially Free Trade and Globalism), share the same views on Illegal Aliens (Rubio-Obama Amnesty), and supported Obama over those challenging his eligibility to be President.
Unfortunately, too many people who claim to be conservative think that conservatism is only Fox News, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh. I can still remember when many Democrats were more conservative than the FNC/Hannity/Limbaugh troika that passes as “conservative” today
I would rather be compared to McCarthy or John Birch than compared to Obama or Clinton or any of the Bushes.