Some conservatives are smart. The problem with these Bush conservatives is they aren't. I think they may be smart. They know exactly what they are doing. They are filling the pockets of the baby bells.
Monopolies are far better Repulican donors than competitive companies.
Republicans will always help to decrease competition while preaching capitalism non-stop. This is why I'm not a Republican. There is no capitalism without competition. Socialism is light years more efficient than a monopoly. Inflation is, arguably, caused mainly by big organizations which consolidate power over a resource like oil or railroads or phones or Internet, and discover that they can maintain the same customer base while jacking up prices.