The Death Star was Destroyed

Shortly after the election of President Obama, Sean Hannity started talking about "conservatism” going into “exile." The phrase makes me think of Luke Skywalker hiding out on some remote planet of the universe as he secretly tries to prepare an amassing Rebel force for one last attempt to overthrow the evil Emperor and his conflicted sidekick, Darth Vader.

So who is our Luke Skywalker?
The answer is not Sean Hannity. Luke would never have chosen poison by degrees (John McCain) over a shotgun blast to the head (Barry Obama). He would have fought equally hard against both of them. But what about someone like Rick Santelli or these high school kids in Mesa, Arizona? Or how about a conservative governor who refuses to sell his state to the Emperor.

When did conservatism first go into hiding?
I would disagree with Hannity’s implied presumption that conservatism has only recently been forced into hiding. George Bush’s big government, big spending, open borders policies will not exactly get him mistaken for Ronald Reagan by any true conservative. Nor will the policies of his father, Bush 41. In fact, I would argue that with the exception of Newt Gingrich and the short lived “Contract with America” fiscal conservatives have been in exile since 1988. That’s twenty years. How old was Luke when he first met Yoda?

In the end, the Death Star was destroyed. I'll let you figure out what the Death Star might represent.