2000 called and would like their John McCain back, thanksIn the past 8 years, we have witnessed the failure of applied conservative theory all almost every arena. No wonder even the Republicans have to run on a platform of change. For foreign policy, I need only to mention countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, Russia to scratch the surface. The administration in the branch of government that is supposed to be the defender of the constitution has instead been defending itself from it. I think I said enough on the economic end in the past couple of days.
In defense of conservatism, however, I would like to note that the incumbent conservatives are really not conservatives. They've strayed from the values of smaller government and fiscal responsibility to something unrecognizable. As of today, Ron Paul stands vindicated and that's all that needs to be said.
How did we get here? A combination of spin rhetoric mastery and an easily manipulated public. I worry for this country. Churchill put it best, "Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing... after they have exhausted all other possibilities." I fear we have yet to exhaust all the bad choices we have yet to make.
