Another Bad Article In Praise Of Conservatism

Turning Back The Clock: It's Not A Bad Thing Liberals love to skewer conservatives by saying they're just interested in "turning back the clock" -- as if that's a bad thing. Notwithstanding the fact that it was Republicans who ushered in the civil rights era, beginning with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln in September 1862 and continuing through the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act, signed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990. It was also Republicans who introduced our national-park system under that horseback-riding president, Teddy Roosevelt, and strengthened it courtesy of our cowboy president, Ronald Reagan. -- via WitchVox

Is it just me, or is he defending conservatism by pointing out that Republicans have passed some un-conservative laws?