What happened to abolishing the Department of Education?

[Conservative Coulter Fan]

“What began to concern me more and more were the clear signs of rot and decadence germinating within American society-a rot and decadence that was no longer the consequence of liberalism but was the actual agenda of contemporary liberalism. . . . Sector after sector of American life has been ruthlessly corrupted by the liberal ethos. It is an ethos that aims simultaneously at political and social collectivism on the one hand, and moral anarchy on the other.”—Irving Kristol

[GovernmentShrinker]

there are a plethora of leftists who are absolutely determined to pursue a "culture war" and use the government to enact its policies

And sadly, there's also a plethora of "conservatives" who aim to misuse government in exactly the same way. Big government "conservatives" who want a big expensive government to try to force people to be "moral and religious" (to be defined by the big government "conservatives, of course, just the way leftists want to force their socialist definition of "moral" on everyone). "Conservatives" who have bought into the idea that government should be a tool of social engineering have bought into the foundation of socialist thought.

[Puddleglum]

Trivia question: Who was the first U.S. President to propose federal aid to public schools in the states? Which provision of the Constitution did he rely on? Answer: Eisenhower; and he relied on the provision empowering Congress to "raise and support Armies." (The first federal aid to public schools was the "National Defense Education Act," which was claimed to be necessary to provide a population sufficiently educated to overcome Soviet technical accomplishments such as Sputnik).

Very interesting fact - much appreciated

[Conservative Coulter Fan]

No, conservatives want to restore what has been since America was founded...surely you aren’t going to disparage the morality and religious proclamations of the founding fathers as “big government conservatism.” Conservatives, to their credit, stand in opposition to cultural marxism that seeks to displace western civilization and values. Laws is always concerned about morality...murder, robbery, theft, incest, pedophilia, prostitution, and so on. Surely you can’t believe that moral relativism is conducive to a republican form of government.

[Conservative Coulter Fan]

Another point, I’m a dreaded “social conservative,” and I support abolishing income tax, the welfare state (social security, medicare, and Mediciaid to name a few), federal departments (education, labor) agencies like the EPA, I support withdrawing from NATO, ending our participation in the U.N., ending foreign aid, and so on. So I challenge you to address me specifically.

[roses of sharon]

Liberals started the “culture war”, conservatives had no choice but to fight back.

These battles about abortion and gay marriage did not begin with us.

It is they who legalized abortion, and it is they who began a campaign to dress up sodomy in the flowery language of civil rights and marriage, and then demand that it be taught to our children!

This rewriting of history makes me sick...

[roses of sharon]

The MSM/DNC/Hollywood/Academia war room killed our class of 94......in 96 they were whipped.

I know, I worked for one of those brave men, I remember it vividly. You should have seen the horrific ads that were run against us in 96.

And then our pundits made it conventional wisdom that the Republicans just tried to do too many radical things...balderdash! We just have not a clue how to battle their massive propaganda machine...to this very day.