Problems in Conservativeland?

[bryant69]

New article by Tony Blankley ( http://www.townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/tb20030723.shtml ) exposes some of the problems Bush is going to face. In particular he talks about how the Conservative movement is fractured a bit, and the different parts don't always agree--and President Bush clearly can't please them all. In particular there's a question Rush Limbaugh's been asking--why should conservatives elect a president if he's not going to run the country as a conservative?

Of course you might feel that he's done a pretty good job running the country as a conservative--I do--but perception is everything.

The downside is that there is of course no third party conservative candidate coming along to drain off some of this energy the way that Nader drained off Liberal energy and votes in 2000.

Anyway interesting stuff--for more commentary --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

Bryant

[Dirty Hippie]

1. I see a hugh difference

between neoconservatives and more traditional conservatives (Think Barry Goldwater). Traditional conservatives, if they are paying attention, should be outraged by the trend toward more government intervention in our private lives as in the Patriot Act(s). They are also very against deficit spending and generally are more isolationist.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

2. A co-worker

is very much a traditional conservative. He loathes * and the whole neocon-artist gang and is appalled at the lies used to get us into war.