Well, the answer to that question is both, and a whole lot in between. Ever since George W. Bush entered the White House there has been news story after commentary after article about how America was becoming a Conservative nation. I’ve called bullshit on that from the beginning. Bush barely won his first time and I think if Al Gore had been a better candidate (and I’m a Gore fan) I don’t think we would have had the Florida fiasco. Then came September 11, 2001, and all of America rightly stood with their Commander-in-Chief. Then came the 2004 election in which John Kerry ran a crappy campaign and Bush won again. None of which meant this nation was becoming more Conservative.

America is a large country with an eclectic mix of people who politics, more often than not, fall squarely in the middle. I would even say it’s slightly center-right, but certain not Conservative. At least not the brand of Conservatism handed out by the religious right, neo-conservatives, and by extension their man George W. Bush. Nor is America a Liberal nation, at least not in the sense that Fox news defines Liberalism. Unfortunately, as long as we have Rupert Murdoch’s well-paid loud-mouths and a compliant media that is fright to piss them off the idea that America is a Conservative nation will not go away — even if Karl Rove does.