[Texasforever]

You have created a ersatz strawman, and are beating it to death. Some might suggest that you are a purveyor of pessimism, and have a negative view of the ability of the polity over time to make intelligent choices. I do not.

Torie I didn't create a straw man. You tell me, what conservative government leader has survived the charge of Racism or any of the other “Isms” out there.

[Torie]

Ronald Reagan comes to mind. Bush pere and the Horton ad brohaha. The former mayor of NYC was called that when he cracked down on crime, and the squeegie artists on the street, etc. This line of argument is a deadend TF. Give it up.