Hot-air Republicans

While the word is not yet devoid of all meaning, the last five years have been witness to a corruption of the word "conservative" that earlier rotted out the once-noble concept of liberalism. To be liberal once meant to be pro-freedom and skeptical of state intervention. Now, it signifies limits on free speech and free association, no limits on government spending and state intervention.

If a verb such as "to be" can be called into doubt, (or at least its present tense, third-person singular), how much easier it is to redefine an adjective!

Keen political observers will note that what passes for the "conservative" commentariat follows opinion as much as it leads. With the exception of a few mavericks such as Michelle Malkin and John Derbyshire, they followed the pro-amnesty, open-borders party line until quite recently, when the mood of the American people began to turn very ugly at the sight of a horde of illegals marching and demanding more of the non-existent rights they have been claiming for decades.

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