The Cold War was quite different from actual attacks on American soil.Having lived through both,I think that Reagan had the easier time of it,but no,I am NOT denigrating what Reagan did or said.I'm just saying that both presidents were/are conservatives.And President Bush has done many more conservative things,than Reagan did in his first term.
Please don't use Newtie as an exemplar.He was very good,for a while,but ended up being spineless and a caver. I used to really like him,but truth be told,he also harmed the Conservative movement,in the end.
Lest you forget,though President Bush supposedly has a GOP majority in the Senate,it really isn't one and Frist is one of THE all time WORST majority leaders of all time.
Who is the Conservative standard bearer? PRESIDENT BUSH;THAT'S WHO!
You want "evidence"? Again,I suggest that you read the very long list,compiled by a few FREEPERS,on his accomplishments;actual accomplishments,not just words.
What would I have had YOU do? Why fight it all,as I did and still do! At just 23,I debated and completely shattered a RED DIAPER BABY's world view,in the belly of the beast...Greenwich Village. I FREEPED,solo,long before there was such a term or this site.I wrangled against hippies/anti-war protesters in the streets,and I've tirelessly given time,money,and effort to help elect Conservatives for almost my entire life.I've also raised a CONSERVATIVE child,who is now married to a Conservative and they'll produce Conservative kiddos.There's lots of things we all can do,to stop the frog effect.
I don't support,with money,any lefties. Do you? Even my doctors and dentists and the man who fixes my appliances,when the break,are Conservatives,and I don't go to the movies,nor buy books written by liberals.
I drive my wife CRAZY with this stuff. Try doing business in Vermont without dealing with lefties. Not so easy. As to your FReeping in the Village I can certainly feel for you as I wage my personal war against leftism every day here behind the Maple Curtain.
When I first joined FR I could have an argument on the nature of conservatism or the meaning of the "neccesary and proper clause" or some other such thing all of the time. Now it seems to me like this place has become to much of a cheering section for the GOP.
Remember the Buchananites and the McCainites on here? They did not win the debates on here because their ideas were wrong. Doesn't it help our cause by rounding out our ideas by having these debates? That was really my point in my original post even if I put it ineloquently.
So thanks for the debate, hopefully Jim won't boot me. LOL!