"President Kennedy promoted Capitalism. He represented, at the time, far more a conservative philosophy than a liberal one though he was elected as a Democrat. I think, had he lived, he would have been a great President." (BS: Kennedy Assassination Anniversary Nearing)

"A namby pamby, like the Democrats would elect were there enough votes to elect him/her, would only result in disaster for the country, and even perhaps for the world."

Now there seems to me to be a certain inconsistency in those two posts by Doug. If the kind of attitude expressed in the first wins out over the one expressed in the second, among people who share his politics, I think the prospects for the USA and for the rest of the world will be a lot healthier than if it's the other way round.

And I have a gut feeling there's a good chance that might happen.

(And of course it's perfectly true that Kennedy did represent a "conservative philosophy" in all kinds of ways. And it is equally clear that the hellriders controlling the White House at present do not.)