The Republicans' Ultimate Failure

John McCain losing this election will be a failure, but not the only one, and certainly not the most important. What has happened since the creation of the Bush Republican Party will be the ultimate failure, for the Bush Republican Party has been the ultimate conservative manchurian candidate. The Bush Republicans have ruined the conservative name: they seized the brand, used it as cover, and proceeded to devolve into career politicians worried only about guaranteeing their next vote and next successful election rather than operating according to their conservative principles. Instead of small government, they enlarged it more so than FDR's New Deal. Instead of fiscal responsibility, they've ballooned the debt so much that the famous national debt clock broke trying to keep up with the escalating tab. Instead of a competent and reserved foreign policy focused on American interests rather than nation building, a platform on which Bush campaigned in 2000, we've become an agressor, an invader, and an occupier, destroying our economy and our reputation with our allies.

Barack Obama has proven to be presidential and extremely knowledgeable on foreign policy. So far, he has deserved to win this election, mostly because John McCain has so earned the loss he likely will face. However, President Obama will likely have a very friendly and reinforced Democratic majority in Congress with enough votes to pass legislation without fear of a Republican filibuster. This is unnerving. But it's the fault of these Bush Republicans who pursue conservative values only when they are in danger of losing elections. Good riddance, and let the conservative brand be rebuilt by conservative intellectuals who promote intelligence and ideas.