I agree with you wholeheartedly. The Bushbots on this thread sound like Democrats with their sharpened fangs defending Clinton in byegone days.
Establishment Republicans are an arrogant bunch, which is the point the writer of this piece makes. This is what happens when "conservative" becomes subservient to "Republican."
I can't tell a bit of difference between the hysterical left and these name calling "GOP at any price" people. If you disagree with them they snarl and squeal. They have nothing left but insults. I realize I'm using some hyperbole here, but anybody that's tried to have a discussion on this thread gets mischaracterized as a "tinfoil hatter," etc...These are arrogant and rude people, the exact opposite of Ronald Reagan.
Let's see. They don't need the libertarians. They only need their kind of Christians. They don't need the people concerned with open borders. They don't need the populists. What a party. They seem ready to drink their kool-aid and follow McCain off a cliff. Anything to keep power, even if that power does the work of the opposing party.
Some of us don't like becoming a Spanish speaking nation ruled by black robed judges. Some of us don't like political correctness and thought control. Some of us don't like gas prices going up a nickel a week. And they tell us we can't discuss it here, among our own people WITHOUT BEING INSULTED.
We are going to take a bath next year, people. Call me gloom and doom, but offering a program of high gas prices, trade agreements, open borders, and a war with no conclusion in sight is not a platform for victory. Flame away, Bushbots. I could care less.
This is what happens when "conservative" becomes subservient to "Republican."
___The GOP has a noble history and is worth supporting. But ultimately conservatism has to be a form of nationalism. Conservatism detached from US history...as a seoarate ideology,,,,leads to contempt for America when it doesn't "measure up: to the ideology.
The attack on "Bushbots" (like me, IU presume)is a good example,...I also remember that Reagan was attacked for not being "conservative"enough. Talk about infeatitude!
"Conservatism" is usually the best philosophy of government, but not always...the public DOES NOT WANT limited government...it wants effective government that won't trample on their freedom and which keeps the nation secure...