Let's hope true conservatives make a comeback

I'm a democrat, but I'm hoping true conservatives make a come back? Why? Because real conservatives who want less government interference (along with lower taxes) are libertarians. They support freedom and the constitution. They are, in short, everything current so-called Republicans aren't. And currently, the only true conservative I know is Ron Paul.

They're what Republicans used to be about before they turned into neo-CONS, con-men and out-and-out liars who sell the idea you can lower taxes, raise spending and eliminate the deficit at the same time. That all started with Reagan. It was "tell people what they want to hear and they'll buy it," which they did.

That was bad enough, but then it degraded into "Tell people what we want them to believe, and they will," and they did.

The same Republicans who said they were against big government have created the biggest, most intrusive governments in US history (this also started with Reagan) with the biggest deficits to match.

They worked to build the Federal government into a frightening power that steals control from the states (and individual citizens!), defeating one of the most basic protections the founding fathers fought for--keeping federal powers in check.

They systematically remove oversight from corporations while making the government more intrusive in personal lives. That means they have, in a few (but seemingly endless) years, turned our democracy into something not far from a true regime (one where corporations control government).

The Feds are now run in great part by corporations. This is especially true of energy companies , one reason the US went to war--oil (argue all you want, but it's painfully true).

Energy companies also crafted the governments still mostly energy policy--Cheney's still never had to say who he met with or how they formed the policy--much less what the policy really is.

Meanwhile, gas prices have more than doubled since Bush took office. Why aren't Americans outraged? Especially when oil company profits reach new levels of greed. I believe companies should make a profit, but making more of a profit when the country is bleeding money into oil companies coffers is outrageous un-American price-gouging. Yet it's precisely what the neo-CONs are doing--redistributing the wealth of the country from individuals to a select group of corporations.

The "Republicans" in control now are not Republicans in the classic sense, hence the "neo-CON." They are, in fact, radicals who are working tirelessly to undermine the very roots of democracy.

They got a president in office who wasn't elected, through the Supreme Court, which was itself unconstitutional and a radical violation of constitutional law.

They have given the president unprecedented powers, while idiotically limited their own in the house and senate. And we've seen now how hard the Executive branch has been working to turn the Justice department, one of the balances of their power, into a tool for their power.

In the mean time, Democrats have been turned into "conservatives," trying to protect the constitution and protect individuals from the ever-escalating and out of control federal government. That used to be what Republicans said they were doing to protect us from Democratic socialist ideas--like Medicare!

There are still true conservatives in the Republican party, and they've been disgusted by what "their" party has foisted on America--and the world.

The trouble is, the neo-cons are good at really only one thing--propaganda. They're brilliant at it, just like all fascists must be in order to control citizens.

Fear is the big motivator. Greed is #2. They play on people's most base emotions and fears to control them--and make people want to be controlled.

They're also masters of language. Recently the escalation of the was was called a "surge" and the Democrats stupidly bought into it.

You cannot win using their language. Democrats needed to call it an escalation, and they need to start saying that the current administration is immoral--which it is. Lying. Stealing. Killing. All immoral. All Bush administration highlights.

Paul uses this word several times, including "an immoral monetary system," and "Though opposition to totally unnecessary war should be the only moral position"

Words like Morality and Immoral have been warped and perverted by the Neo-cons, but when people stop and think what those words really mean to them, then they start to see that they don't mean starting wars, killing and maiming people, and allowing corporations to rape our treasury and plunge us into debt (some of the worst corporate offenders, like Halliburton are actually leaving the US for the protection of the middle east, while others simply have offshore money laundering operations as efficient as those of the drug cartels!)

I have no beef with true conservatives. People who truly want to defend freedom and civil rights. Those who are against big government interference in our lives.

That said, I hope that those same people will also realize that a national health system, or an affordable insurance guarantee system is not big government, but good government, one that's really working for the security of the people.

Meanwhile, let's hope that Republicans stop being radical fascists and go back to being true Republicans again.

It's called the DEFENSE DEPARTMENT and NOT the OFFENSE DEPARTMENT

Republicans keep trying to act as if they're heros because of 9/11.

The truth is the Bush administration and Republican majority needs to take responsibility for 9/11 happening in the first place!

Of course, they don't take responsibility for anything. Not for starting a war. Not for the massive deficit. Not for unemployment and a weak economy. Not for the loss of American jobs. They preach "personal responsibility" merely as a way of trying to avoid their own responsibility.

Sep 11 happened under the watch of A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT AND MAJORITY.

That's unarguable. They might try to say that Clinton's years in office allowed it to happen, but in truth, the Clinton administration met daily--with the president, to counter-terrorism.

Did we have a terrorist attack during the Clinton administration? No.

Did we have a terrorist attack during the Bush administration? Yes. The Bush administration ignored the situation, ignored memos reading, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike United States." That's not Clinton's fault, that's clearly Bush's fault.

Now some candidates, including the formerly centrist and only recently right-wing Romney (and of course Mr. Cheney, with his massive public support of a 9%, probably the lowest of any politician in US history!) is claiming the Democrats want the US to go back on the "defensive."

That's right. We do.

Our military is called The DEFENSE DEPARTMENT and not The OFFENSE DEPARTMENT. It's called that for good reason--the US is not supposed to start wars. We are supposed to finish them. Prevent them if possible.

But the Bush administration didn't allow the defense department to plan the offense, Rumsfeld and Rove and Wolfowitz and their political cronies planned it (if you can call what they did planning), over the heads and the objections of the trained military generals.

Yet have men take responsibility for their mistakes? No. Have they taken responsibility for 9/11 and the attacks on American soil in the first place? No.

Finally, virtually everything the Bush administration has said or done regarding this offensive and unnecessary war has been wrong since the start. And yet they keep acting as if doing more of the same will make it better.

The very definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. What does that say about the Bush administration and their "plans" for the future?

Think about it. Yes, THINK. They don't want you to, but you can. It even feels good. You'll be so proud of yourself. Give it a try.