What have the conservatives won for the last 40 years? Race and gender issues are more entrenched than ever in both discourse and policy. Now gay issues too, in way less time than 40 years, at that. In all three, even choosing the wrong turns of phrase without disagreeing with the liberal consensus is instant political death. Drugs are not a conservative issue: the war on drugs is the brainchild of the 19th century Progressives with their idiotic fetish for temperance (same as your least favorite issue: circumcizion).

War and imperialism issues got associated with Reagan and thus with conservatism because of the Reagan administration inclusion of many imperialists within its ranks. But the war party has always spanned across party and ideological lines. WW1, WW2, Korea and Vietnam were Democratic wars. Iraq is not (though still it passed unopposed by the Democrats; and though Syria certainly is: may I remind you that Bush Sr had Assad Sr on board in 1991?) but looking at history from the exception rather than the rule is more disinformative than informative.

And if you mean the "Wall Street wing" those are, indeed, conservatives who capitulated. Not to Carter or Clinton. To FDR. The true conservative policy would be to let those who fail, fail. As every conservative knew before they unsuccessfully tried to "stay relevant" in the face of the FDR landslides. And still won almost nothing until the Goldwater revolt.

No, Dissy. Conservatives have capitulated on EVERYTHING to Libruls and Progressives. If you are not witnessing anything closer to Socialism, it isn't because Progressives are cowards. It is because they are *not* Socialists.



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