Ed wants to rewrite historyThe conservatives of the past would be called , based on what they did then, screaming liberals by the crop of today's conservatives.
Look at what NiXXon did while in office.
He passed some the most progressive politicies we have into law.
When did Nixon become the poster child for conservatism? Damned near the only conservative thing about the man was his staunch opposition to Soviet/communist spying in the US early in his career. In all other things he was, at best, a moderate.