` :::::As for ``Conservatism wins every time it is tried``, I'd love to see a real example of that where it doesn't involve simply rhetoric. Liberals call foul on neocons all the time because it is a false conservatism. Liberals attack capitalism because they don't see a difference between corporatism and capitalism, and Conservatives in Name Only support corporatism all the time. Diogenes would have a hard time finding an honest conservative given the state of things today. While I fully agree with Charles that Conservatism should win every time, I fail to see it practiced by most. Perhaps I have no idea what conservatism is and the rest of the misguided world is right and I am wrong. But I see conservatism as supporting liberty as laid out by our Constitution. Things like: * Freedom of opportunity, in business, and in the pursuit of personal goals. * Support for a well-regulated militia, and the right of each person to bear arms in defense of their nation and their property and family. * Support of each citizen to speak their mind, whether it is a popular view or not, and to assemble freely and peaceably where they might choose. * Genuine popular support for wars, not acting through fear and without popular consent. * Spending within our means, not just on programs for the poor, but on all things, including our military. * Support for the family, and not simply in decrying those with different ideas of what a family is, but genuinely and personally held beliefs, which would include a disdain for divorce and a disdain for any form of violence against women, men, or children. :::::I could go on, but in all these things, those who call themselves Conservative have been hypocrites. Should I follow the crowd now and say ``BUT the liberals are worse``? No. Because I don't care what the 'unwashed masses' do. If you claim to be a person of principle, then act as such, or don't claim to be principled. Liberals aren't *all* wrong, nor are Conservatives *all* right. But if no one is serious about doing the right thing, what hope do we have?      `