And they would be wrong ... why?
Why dont you actually read the thread, then comment.
Because McCain’s not a conservative, which makes the party nothing more than an empty brand name.
You don’t fly Pan Am any more do you? It’s out of business. So is this party, since it no longer represents conservatism.
The coalition party is across the aisle. That’s the entire point of Rush’s monologue - the Big Tent was a deal with coalition government, and it failed.
Conservatism, Reagan-style, was based on unifying principles of government, and the ability of Reagan to communicate that vision.
That’s clearly gone. McCain is a FAR WORSE communicator than W, and that is saying an awful lot. But what is more important is that McCain has no coherent set of governing principles.
If the Social Democrats, which are essentially social liberals and fiscal/foreign policy conservatives, wanted to form a party, they should have. But they didn’t.
They pulled a boardroom coup and ousted the founders, which is a too common tale. So, now the Social Democrats are going to see if they can stretch the brand one more business cycle.
Politicians, however, make bad marketeers, because they don’t understand product. Conservatism is the product, and it’s a good product - out of favor now because times are realtively good.
It wouldn’t be far off to say that this year, the Republican’s product is going to be Made in Mexico (Hecho en Mexico) because it may well be the case they’ll be bootstrapped into the Oval Office by the illegal alien vote.
Conservatives, for all intents and purposes, from this day forward, are their own political party. It’s been coming for years, but that’s where it’s at.
Conservatives, Social Democrats, and Liberal Democrats. It’s kind of weird to see the US morphing into a parliamentary style coalition government. It’ll be an interesting decade.
Because, deep in your heart, you are a Communist.
Because the party bosses have maneuvered the nomination of a democrat?