Thanks for the comments. Perhaps you’re right about the money flow. Do you think Hunter and Thompson got their message out?
Thompson ran a campaign that never seemed to progress to more than a crawl, and I don’t remember seeing Hunter out on the campaign trail at all.
By the time Thompson got up to speed, as much as he did, McCain was mopping the floor with him and it was over.
I do not think Conservatism was pushed all that stridently this year. You may see it different.
I do not think Conservatism was pushed all that stridently this year. You may see it different.
Every candidate tried to lay claim to the Reagan mantle. From my POV, conservatism (at least FR conservatism) has come to embody immigration as the #1 issue. Every candidate but McCain adopted a no-tollerence policy on illegal immigration. If conservatism was a powerful force in American politics, anyone but wishywashy, get along McCain should have won the nomination.
It could be that the American people were decieved on McCain's stances, or that the Powers That Be( Illuminati, Trilateral Commision, Council on Foriegn Relation, Bildeburger...insert a million all powerful entities here) fooled us all agian...or McCain appealed to more GOP primary voters.
I think it was the later. I believe conservatism was rejected by the GOP primary voters in favor of...a new Washington tone. Kinda like in 2000.