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The Conservative movement today has very little to do with Goldwater's (their supposed founder) ideas either. The Neo-Con leaders today have based their philosophies and policies on the economic and corporate elite and their morals and social visions on the 700 club and the Pat Robertson's. Goldwater would be turning in his grave because this is not a conservativism he taught. In theory, perhaps, but the leaders have much deeper agendas.
True conservativism is an efficiently run government with little red tape, answerable to the public, a laissez faire attitude towards business with some restraint and rewards to keep small businesses alive and thriving and allows for a strong educational system. Bush represents taking away rights (Patriot Act, Marriage Amendment, and so on), Bush represents big corporations destroying any competition, responsive only to those he deems to respond to, and a weaker educational system.
True conservativism is a good thing. Goldwater had some very good ideas, but don't portray what is being practiced by the GOP today as true conservativism. It's a very semi-fascist wolf in sheep's clothing.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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