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Originally Posted by finnbow
What's interesting is that these sentiments to disassemble, clean and reassemble didn't come to the fore until Obama won the Presidency. Where were they when their government (under Dubya) sold us a bill of goods to support their ill-conceived, ill-managed and ill-fated trillion dollar war while ignoring malfeasance and criminal activity on Wall Street?
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Oh BS! You continue to want to be petulant about this, and perpetuate idiotic and dis-proven narratives.
Conservatives have been increasingly concerned about the scope and reach of government for years. That's why there's still a fondness for Reagan: he may not have been successful in achieving his stated goals, but his message still resonates. Conservatives fired Bush Senior in 1992 by either staying home or voting for Mr. "I'm all ears". What the hell do you think THAT was about? We later had the Contract with America that resonated not just with conservatives but centrists as well. We then proceeded to watch Gingrich and company become corrupted by Washington and piss it all away.
We haven't had an election cycle that advanced core conservative principles since 1994. Dole? Not hardly. Bush Jr.? At best, Bush was a moderate, and conservatives had plenty of disagreements with Bush. McCain? A train wreck. Ronmey was a conservative wanna-be, but governing in MA and his inability to clearly articulate a coherent message damaged his candidacy.
Spare me the "this is all about Obama" crap. You can't be that blind.