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Conservatism is dead. Look at federal spending, look at the increasing centralization of power under an all knowing, all powerful government. Conservatives think airline pilots should be able to defend themselves with a gun. Bush thinks that jet airliners should be shot down by National Guard pilots in F-16's...who would otherwise probably be flying passenger airliners. Conservatives used to believe that a tax cut meant now, not in a decade, and that the Dept of Education should be abolished, and federal spending should be reigned in.

We'll see about the next election. The GOP has made the mistake before of taking its true conservative base for granted. The GOP will not get the Senate back this fall, and will lose seats in the House. And I hope they do. The GOP has shown it does not deserve majority status, and is better as the loyal opposition.

"Conservatism is dead."

Nonsense. That sort of fringe talk, no matter how many threads you repeat it on, isn't even close to the truth.

Democrats have given up gun control as an issue. Think about that fact for a moment. What thinking man would claim that the Democrats would give up that position if "Conservatism is dead"??

If Conservatism is dead, why are faith-based initiatives on deck to be passed?

If Conservatism is dead, why did the U.S. pull out of the left-wing International Criminal Court?

If Conservatism was dead, why isn't the Kyoto Treaty on Global Warming being implemented at the cost of hundreds of thousands of American jobs?

Why is our national missile defense being funded, tested, and set for initial deployment in 2004 if Conservatism is dead?

Don't look now, but Democrats are scrambling to jump to the Right. Democrats such as Gephardt are now backing a war on Iraq. Democrats are demanding that American security be increased. If the right wing is dead, then why are Democrats trying to fly on it?

Look at Hollywood. The top films out over the last year are family films. TV studios are retreading old family-friendly shows. Comfort foods are back in vogue. The American flag is flying in every city.

You may think that conservatism is dead, but current evidence doesn't bear out that conclusion. You are also going to be VERY surprised at just how out of touch that viewpoint is in November of this year. Then you can act like the media and pretend to be "surprised" that the Democrats got routed in the elections...