Can conservatives have it both ways?

[Guns Guns Guns]

Is government (A) a wasteful, incompetent behemoth comprised of lazy, ignorant boobs incapable of doing anything right and - at the same time - (B) a monolithic conspiracy of highly-effective secret cabals whose policies deliberately and systematically strip Joe Sixpack of his freedoms?


Discuss.


















I anticipate the rightwinger's answer will be "both", with no corroboration to support it...