What "conservatives" don't get is that respect for the constitution, respect for life, less government and personal responsibility are not characteristics specific to conservatism, although they would like to think they own these traits. And this is why they are no longer in power, because they demonstrated NONE of these characteristics while Bush was president,and yet they preach as if they did, and insulted people who do not consider themselves to be conservative but also hold these principles close to their hearts.