[gaijinda]

Dear Mr. Bonker: Are outside looking in? Do not believe what you read in the press. I suggest you get on a cheap flight, get yourself a rental car and drive around this large country that you really do not understand.. I am afraid you have spent too much time in books, media and hanging with your peers. Come on over, find out for yourself. If you are here, get out of whatever box you are living in..

As for "each successive generation is generally more liberal (culturally/socially) than their predecessors" - that is a broad statement that simply is not true. But do not make the poli sci major's mistake of thinking the world revolves around politics, because it does not. Look at the economic liberties and opportunities that American's enjoy today. Entrepreneurs across a broad range of activities continue to remake America every day. This creates wealth on a scale never seen in human history, but with risks and social dislocations that so called "liberal democracies" like Norway or Japan would never allow.

As for the other kind of "liberal" - be reminded their are many young Americans who look on the politics and cultural values of their "baby boomer" parents as being some sort of hypocritical joke.

Regarding the two party system, that is grounded in the geography and demographics of this United States. You should study and understand the history of this a little more. I hope you are not in Italy..

The American conservative will not soon be extinct, we are just waiting for those of the next generation with half a brain to grow up...