Let's get 'eristic'

As candidate for President I have been calling for a "miracle of renewal" in America. WFB, William F. Buckley, the pre-eminent conservative voice in America for this century, has just died. He left us with the same message. In 2006, he said we need a "repristinated vision" for America. 2008, is not too soon to undertake this mission. Liberal, Democrat candidates for President, Obama and Clinton embrace the antithesis of conservatism - socialism - as the future course for America. One example is their opposition to NAFTA (North American Free Trade Alliance) which has been economically good for our country though they portray it otherwise. In the last 10 years the jobless rate has fallen to new lows and 18 million jobs have resulted from its inception. Yet Obama and Clinton rail against it as a disaster. I quote WFB again: "Despair is inappropriate for a culture as buoyant as our own." Even though William said this in 2006, I hope he feels the same way today. Conservatives ( including myself) should become eristic ( to use a WFB word) with the opposition. We need to become disputatious ( my word) with them because America is no longer a pure, working, constitutional democracy. We already can distinguish the horns of socialism’s ugly head.