Top Conservatives??
I don't think so

A recent story out of the UK listed the top conservatives in the U.S. The top 20 according to these Brits are:

1. RUDY GIULIANI
Republican presidential candidate [Please. This error runs through this whole list. Being a Republican is NOT the same thing as being a conservative. Moreover, the mere fact that Giuliani is the current Republican front-runner does NOT qualify as the top conservative.]

2.GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS
Commander of coalition forces in Iraq [Don't know much about Petraeus, and have never heard his political views. I suspect he's on the list by virtue of being the top general in Iraq.]

3. MATT DRUDGE
Internet journalist and talk radio host [I like Drudge, and suspect he leans conservative. But, to my knowledge, he's never written a book or article articulating conservative principles. So, his being on this list is questionable, and #3?? Come on. Haven't they ever heard of William F. Buckley in the U.K.?]

4.NEWT GINGRICH
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives [The first one to even qualify as a conservative. ]

5. RUSH LIMBAUGH
Talk radio host [Finally.]

6. DICK CHENEY
Vice President of the United States [Hooray. (He should take some liberals hunting.)]

7.ROBERT GATES
Defence Secretary [Whaa?]

8. JOHN ROBERTS
Chief Justice of the United States [Whaa?]

9. JOHN MCCAIN
Senator for Arizona and presidential candidate [Please. Being a Republican candidate for president does NOT mean you are a conservative.]

10. MITT ROMNEY
Presidential candidate [See above.]

11. MIKE HUCKABEE
Presidential candidate [This is getting old. See above.]

12. CONDOLEEZZA RICE
Secretary of State [Regardless of who's president, no matter how conservative he might be, they always take the most limp-wristed, spineless member of the cabinet and make them Sec. State.]

13. JOHN BOLTON
Former US ambassador to the United Nations [Should be in the top 5.]

14. PAUL GIGOT
Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal [Ditto]

15. LAURA INGRAHAM
Talk radio host [Don't listen to her much. Is she the most conservative woman? Don't think so. Try Michelle Malkin or Debbie Schlussel.]

16. HALEY BARBOUR
Governor of Mississippi [A politician first; maybe a conservative if it advances his politics.]

17. FRANK LUNTZ
Pollster and strategist [Never heard of him.]

18. GLENN BECK
Talk radio host [Heard of him, but never heard him.]

19. MIKE PENCE
Congressman [One of the few true conservatives in Congress.]

20. ED GILLESPIE
Counsellor to President George W. Bush [Great political operative; led Bush's campaign against Kerry. But a conservative? I don't know.]