The 2008 Presidential election will come down to a battle of conservatism versus liberalism.   Conservative principles and free market capitalism versus big government regulations and intervention, higher taxes, and big government socialist programs with the goal of ensnaring as many people as possible into government programs.  A society where people have the freedom to prosper and achieve to their fullest potential versus a society where people rely on the government to survive in poverty with little hope of upward mobility.

Those are two very stark choices.  Conservatism is a time tested philosophy and a movement, not a campaign slogan.  Strong national defense, lower taxes, and limited government are three key principles of conservatism. Conservatism believes that Americans should be free of big government regulations, intervention, and higher taxes, and be allowed to achieve to their fullest potential in a free market society. 

Democrats will have none of that.  Free markets mean people are free to pursue their dreams and prosper on their own. Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama do not want Americans to prosper and have the opportunity to increase their wealth.  Liberal Democrats desire an America where people have equality of wealth and equality of results.  That way there are no winners and losers, just equality.  There is no place for achievers in the Democrat playbook.  Achievers are winners who do not need government hand outs which keep you living in poverty. 

Democrats desire a society where citizens are not achievers but rather victims who need tax payer funded government handouts to survive.  Conservative Republicans desire a society where people of all walks of life are free of government regulations and have the opportunity to achieve to their fullest potential (as long as they are US citizens).

The more the government provides you, the less freedom you will have.  Conservatives believe Americans should have the freedom to make their own choices.   Liberals do not want you to have freedom to make your own choices.  Democrats want to regulate how much money you earn, what you eat, what kind of car you drive, how you heat or cool your home, take away your freedom to choose your own healthcare, and ban smoking in public.   That is communism. You can not prosper if the government has you by the throat.

When the federal government raises taxes to take money from the achievers and distributes that money to the poor in the form of government handouts and socialist programs, that is robbery.  People should recoil in horror when they hear the likes of Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama play up class envy and speak of equality of results, equal distribution of income, punishing people and companies who earn what they determine to be excessive salaries and profits.  Democrats do not understand the concept of free markets which stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship.  Small businesses are the largest employers.  Successful businesses employ people while providing healthcare plans and 401k plan benefits.  Democrats do not embrace businesses, they punish them for their success.

Nothing will stifle economic growth faster than higher taxes, increased government regulations, and increased government spending.   Higher taxes reduces personal wealth and consumer spending, which leads to a reduction in the production of goods and services and increased unemployment.  That hurts the little guy, the big guy, and all those in between.

Conservative Republican believe in strong national defense and winning the war on terror. Because we are the lone superpower, Democrats believe we are the bad guy, and we are causing the worlds problems (not to mention global hysteria, I mean global warming).  Democrats resent our military and our superpower status, and want to surrender to the terrorists.   The three major Democrat candidates for President are now engaged in a foot race to see who would pull our troops out of Iraq fastest if God forbid they became president. 

Conservative Republicans believe in preserving and defending our Constitution as it was originally written.  Democrats want to destroy our Constitution and appoint liberal judges to the federal and Supreme Court who disregard our Constitution, make up things that are not in the Constitution, and use foreign law to make decisions.  Democrats have been very successful at using the courts to advance their radical liberal policies that would never pass at the ballot box.  Judicial abuse is a serious problem in our country.  Conservative talk show host Mark Levin's book Men in Black provides eye opening insight to the consequences of judical abuse.

Rush Limbaugh is fond of saying "conservatism wins every time it is tried in a national election".  Republicans need solid conservative presidential candidates who are not afraid to articulate clear conservative principles in simple terms to the American people like Ronald Reagan did so effectively.   Republicans will not win the White House with moderate positions and pandering to Democrats or Independents (Democrats) for votes.   If the Democrats win the White House in 2008, we will suffer from massive government expansion and an overreach of government power that will lead us away from a free market society and into a communist society.