[BlackElk]

The silly term "Vichy conservative" was apparently coined by an old friend, John Zmirak, who has fallen for paleowhatever and who now writes for all the wrong sites including VDare. Just to prove I know him (he was a guest at my wedding where I was a bit long in the tooth and he a pup), he belongs to the Party of the Right of the Yale Political Union. When one is elected to membership in the party, one is allowed the party privilege of choosing a new middle name. John, a very fine Catholic, took Cardinal as his middle name. If you ever meet him or if you know him, ask and he will confirm.

You m,ay have voted for Bush but if you think isolationism is on the way back to replace conservatism, I suggest bed rest and lots of fluids.

[JohnGalt]

Vichycon is just plain funny, as I could never make Canadian Conservative stick; plus I know how much the Ivy League tea-sippers hate the French.

[ninenot]

Isolationism beats the hell out of stationing US regulars every 1000 miles or so around the globe.

On the other hand, we could declare the restriction on assasinations void and go get the people who are problems, as long as we can document that such action was defensive.