The definition certainly seems to be stretching beyond any boundary it ever once had. We have so-called “conservative” talking heads in the media who are not just pro-amnesty, pro-dope, and pro-fag marriage... but all three!
If conservatism has ‘evolved’ into embracing that kind of crap, then let’s just say it’s no longer a club I want to be included in.
The problem is that to most self defined “conservative” politicians the word “conservative” is nothing more than an obligatory campaign slogan.
I don’t know about Hannity, O’Reilly, et al, but I know locally (in politics and talk radio) that those who are pro-dope, pro-abort, pro-same sex marriage, pro-amnesty were all Democrats in the Reagan era.
I ponder what was it that made them switch to Republicanism. Was it the presidency of GHW Bush? The Clinton presidency? Newt Gingrich? The GW Bush presidency? The Obama presidency?
They were fine with Carter and Teddy Kennedy. Just curious why they rebranded and and didn’t run the far left wing element out of their party?