Why listen to the negative?

With the newly, thrice elected Tony Blair (mind you he's not long for the position), and the big fat entitlements enacted by the Bush administration in the past five years, one has to wonder as to the future of the conservative movement in this country and abroad. John Derbyshire in today's national review, has all but declared Britain lost for the conservatives and the U. S. close on her heels. To quote a most pessimistic and down-right depressing line from his article, "Britain today, the U.S. tomorrow. There will be no more Churchills or Thatchers, no more Coolidges or Reagans, no more Rehnquists or Scalias. We are living in the twilight of conservatism", one may think we are on our way to some sort of Castroesque, dystopic future.
Friends, fear not. For as long as I am around there will be at least one, true-to-the-core conservative running around spouting quotations from our heroes past and present. I alluded to this occurence last week, where a conservative writer finds it in himself to doomsay to the general public about the current state of affairs. I find it hard to understand. In my belief of conservative thought, one undeniable truism that has run throughout is optimism. The power and strength found in positive thinking, action, and attitude. One need only take the longview approach. Bush may not be a conservative through and through, but he sure as heck is better than the alternative. Merely think of the difference between '92 -'00, and '00-'05. It can be described as a great leap forward or a tiny step, doctrinaly towards a more conservative government. Either way it is an advance and victory for our side. If we keep going in this direction, no matter how small or how large the steps, it will still be better than moving leftward. To take a more historical view of the conservative movement in our times, one can start at our lowest point, April 29, 1975, (To find out why I picked that date just google it) and follow the progression until now. 1980, the election of the Gipper; late '80's through early '90's, the fall of communism in eastern Europe; '94, the reemergence of a Republican congress; '00 to present, election of Bush twice, expansion of congressional majority, and offensive action on foreign terrorism; the future should be bright.
No matter how powerful the socialistic voice of the left-wing seems, I always take comfort in the past and in myself. Who says there only has to be one "greatest generation"?