Conservatism is the Philosophy of Hope

Since the declaration of Arlen Specter that he has been a liberal Democrat all along, the mainstream media has been having a field day declaring the Republican Party dead. The headlines have been laughable.

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First, Arlen Specter is a rudderless political hack; a rat that will do whatever it takes to survive. Knowing he would lose his GOP primary, he switched parties to try to keep his seat after the next election. This was not about the Republican's party's makeup – Specter does not have a political philosophy.

Second, it has not been liberals taking to the streets in a show of raw political power since B. Hussein Obama’s spending spree has started. The grassroots Tea Party Movement has bypassed the gutless national GOP apparatchiks and are taking back political power based on a real philosophy of smaller government and free markets. The combined power of the Tea Party Movement dwarfs the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, and Tea Party Movement will determine the 2010 congressional elections. The nation is setting up for 1994 all over again.

Moving forward, the GOP will expand the party the same way Reagan did. Talk to the people with a straight conservative philosophy of equal opportunity, capitalism, smaller government, and economic growth.

Conservatism is the philosophy of hope. Liberalism breeds hopeless dependency.

Conservatism – not Socialism, not government dependency – is the philosophy of hope.

The Democrats are at their zenith. They better enjoy it.