[biblewonk]

Vox Day is a novelist and Christian libertarian. He is a member of the SFWA, Mensa and the Southern Baptist church, and has been down with Madden since 1992. Visit his Web log, Vox Popoli, for daily commentary and responses to reader email.

Libertarians are always Mensa's, or is it visa versa?

[newgeezer]

Thanks for the ping.

I've bookmarked this one. I especially enjoyed the line about Dubya being more LBJ-ish than Reagan-ish.

Practically speaking, conservatism is dead in the Republican party. If Dems are whacked-out leftist liberals, Rs are timid centrist liberals.

Maybe the only remaining significant reason to vote for Rs over Ds is SCOTUS nominations, and it remains to be seen whether that difference holds up. Would Dubya even want to nominate a Thomas or even a Scalia? I doubt it. All we can hope for is a Rehnquist, and we just might get shafted by another Souter (or three).

In the end, Rs are on the same track as Ds. The slope is just as slippery and only a bit less steep. Apparently, We the Sheeple like it that way.