ALMOST 20 YEARS LATER, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED

The hysteria among conservatives about the possible re-election of Pres. Obama is often couched in apocalyptic terms and as I was reading Pat Buchanan's speech to the 1992 GOP Convention, I felt that conservatives not only have not moved an inch since then, they have also lost the battle.

Here's the key part of the speech:

Friends, this election is about more than who gets what. It is about who we are. It is about what we believe and what we stand for as Americans. There is a religious war going on in this country. It is a cultural war, as critical to the kind of nation we shall be as the Cold War itself. For this war is for the soul of America. And in that struggle for the soul of America, Clinton & Clinton are on the other side, and George Bush is on our side.