Most Conservatives aren't all that Conservative

@dark_joev (3034)
United States
February 23, 2011 10:55pm CST
Okay well I don't have exact numbers but the Mainstream Republican party isn't really conservative by any stretch of the imagination. They talk the big game but yet when it comes down to it they want a big powerful federal government. They want the government to be able to spy on you and make sure you are making moral choices. So lets see here the Conservatives want to cut spending on Welfare Programs but only some. Yet they want to have the Federal Government tell you who you can Marry? I mean really this is a violation of an individuals right to choose for themselves who they want to marry. They want the Government to control what you put in your bodies. The launching of the War on Drugs which I got to say we are losing that War very heavily. The Conservatives are for the violation of the Individuals rights just as the Left Progressives are for the violation of your right to spend the money on what you want to spend it one. These two groups are smoke and mirrors. The Conservatives in power have proven that they are nothing more than lairs. We will make every bill fall in line with the United States Constitution then they pass to extend the Patriot Act give me a break. I guess we are stuck with these liars till 2012 when the majority will switch to Democrat again because the Conservatives will shoot themselves in the foot.
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@gladys46 (1205)
• United States
24 Feb 11
It's very simple to prove that "conservatives" are not "conservative" ... research the nation's economy since Reagan ... see who grew "big" government, who promulgated aggressive unwarranted, unpaid for wars! There is no surprise to be found ... republicans are just slogan oriented, they can't govern ... they have no balance!
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
26 Feb 11
""big" government, who promulgated aggressive unwarranted, unpaid for wars!" You mean like having the government FORCE people to buy health insurance, or were you talking about unpaid for wars like the one we illegally went into in Bosnia? You really need to pull your head out of the sand and realize that in the big picture, republicans and democrats are doing the exact same thing. Both grow government and both go into wars without paying for them.
@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
26 Feb 11
I like to say that a liberal is a staunch supporter of the First Amendment while a conservative is just as adamant a supporter of the Second Amendment. Theoretically, that makes most dems liberal and most repubs conservative but that's only in theory. In reality, they both choose their battles with little regard for the rights guaranteed by the constitution.
@laglen (19759)
• United States
24 Feb 11
Joe, plain and simple, the conservative party isnt so big that it has accomplished all you have stated. A conservative would not support the Patriot Act. That is like saying all liberals are democrats and want us to be a completely socialist country. It is too blanket of a statement. Republicans and Conservatives are two different animals. Like the previous poster stated, there are a great many different types of conservatives and they are not necessarily republicans. You even point this out in your first sentence.