I can’t help but snicker whenever I read the calls for a watered-down approach to conservativism, especially when I read how the radical liberals in the Democratic Party are tearing Senator Lieberman to pieces over his stance on Iraq, among other issues.
Liberal physician, heal thyself.
Still, the fact that Bill Clinton and Joe Lieberman are steering the Democratic Party more to the right in recent years gives all the more evidence that the American political electorate has indeed taken a step to the right. We’re more conservative than ever, and Lieberman’s distance from the radical liberal position is just one more notch in the shellelagh.
The reason why Democrats are promoting so-called “centrism” is simple: conservatives are winning. So long as we can continue to stick to our ideals and effectively put them into practice – and not become enamored with the idea of “being in power” – we’ll win the fight to bring that power back to families and individuals, and out of the hands of big government.