Attack the policies. Show how they are inferior and back it up with reason. Give the conservative alternative and explain it. If people are listening to you, you can convey your message. Once they’ve stopped listening, you’ve already lost, no matter how much you jump up and down in impotent frustration. If you don’t show the Democratic policies as short sighted, damaging, and fantasy and, instead, try to portray President Obama, who has a record approval rating at the moment, you will relegate yourselves to obscurity and the back shelf of American politics. As a conservative, I’m not willing to let that happen and am not willing to surrender my party to the extremists who seem determined to shoot us in our collective foot.

Really? “Mirrors” how, exactly?

That we should pursue systematic genocide, perhaps? Unwarranted widespread military aggression? A doctrine of racial purity?

Which is it, Edwin?

C’mon. Perpetuating just this sort of kneejerk, overblown nonsense (i.e., “Obama = Hitler,” “Obama = Stalin,” etc.) is partly why conservatives continue to lose elections.

Comparing Bush to Hitler didn’t work well for the left wing — and doing so with Obama certainly won’t help the right. (Even with “good intentions,” which, as you helpfully point out, sometimes create inverse results.)

I’d suggest perhaps you, and anyone who shares your rather irrational perspective, reread Mr. Levy’s column (and this time maybe take its points to heart) if you want to avoid the “wingnut” label and have conservatism regain some influence.

And what’s your basis for believing this? Especially given that he’s renowned for surrounding himself and working respectfully with those that disagreed with him, from his Harvard Law Review days forward, and that he pretty well understands the need for — and every citizens’ right of — dissent.

Because as your comment stands now, without any rationale, it seems pretty delusional, if not outright ridiculous.

>>>”DON’T apologize to foreigners and say things to them like, “I didn’t vote for Obama,” or “He’s not MY president.”…

Uh… given the ecstatic world reaction so far, I don’t think any American has to worry about this issue — at least not like with Bush.