It's not fair for you to say I'm not engaged in discussion. The problem here, for you and me, is as much cultural as it is political. Although we may both claim to be conservatives, we view the world differently and find different meaning in what we observe.
For example, imagine a parent working for many years to steer their child on to the right moral path. And yet, there efforts are only somewhat successful because the the teenaged child ends up experimenting with drugs, sex, etc. The parent sees the problem and tries a number of traditional, reasonable, and appropriate measures to correct it. By the time the child becomes 22, he/she is working and mostly law abiding, but is still using pot.
It seems that by your view, this has not been a good "conservative" parent. He/she has not "solved" the problem. But others may see this parent as very good and conservative for having worked to address the child's problems in a practical fashion. Others might argue that the parent wasn't strict enough! She should have applied "tough love," called in the police, or used some other tactic. But the parent feels that such measures would have caused much more damage in the long run.
This is long, but it might help you understand why I view President Bush as a terrific conservative president. He's working to solve a complex problem via measures that are traditional, practical, appropriate, and which reflect what he (and I) consider to be in the spirit of conservatism, a la Ronald Reagan. You may disagree, but if this is not "discussion," then nothing is.
You just did it again. :-(
You ignored what I actually said, about "conservative = less govt/border security". Then started a long filibuster of an analogy that is so off base I'd have to spend a long post disagreeing with that straw man. I mean, child-rearing? Tough love? It's very simple -- 'conservative = smaller govt/tough on defense'.
Never mind, I appreciate your attempts to chat with me.
It would just be more productive next time if you'd actually in some way respond to the things I'm actually saying.