Dwight Eisenhower, Conservative Hero (No kidding!)

Words well spoken. I'm often amazed by the prescience of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. That his brand of conservatism is now so grotesquely out of style is a commentary of our times. His observation that "they are stupid," is pointed and true. The conservative movement has been co-opted by ideological purists who compete with themselves over who is truly pure, dragging themselves farther and farther towards a wingnut wonderland that doesn't and can't exist in this world.

It is truly stupid to insist on wishes and wonder as policy. It is truly stupid to resist the needs of a nation for the sake of an imaginary pot of gold at the end of a mythical rainbow. It is truly stupid to resist expertise, knowledge, and education. It is truly stupid to try and roll back the tide of culture, music, and art. And it is truly stupid to try and force the nation into a tiny box of religion-based social engineering against their will.

Dwight Eisenhower was a hero. Never would he have expected this from his Grand Old Party. Well spoke sir, well spoke.