"Like most Americans, including most evangelicals under 40, I find this culture war language absurd. If conservative ideas were that much more virtuous than liberal ideas, then the conservative parts of the country would have fewer social pathologies than the liberal parts of the country. They don’t."
It's actually worse than that. Those "family values" Red States have higher rates of divorce and teen pregnancy than the godless, liberal Blue States. The most conservative states in the country are also the poorest."
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The GOP needs to get back to what I call the "pragmatic conservative values" of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
This thread should be named "Social conservative values" as that is what the author is really talking about.
it seems today no one can separate social conservative from fiscal conservative. Thats why I have no political party.... maybe the fiscal conservatives are really the independents.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
What are the definitions for Liberal, Progressive, and Moderate. I need to be properly categorized so I know what candidates are trying to appeal to me.
What are the definitions for Liberal, Progressive, and Moderate. I need to be properly categorized so I know what candidates are trying to appeal to me.
The problem is that the media and the parties are tied to someones pocketbook and make you go all in or all out on these definitions.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
This thread should be named "Social conservative values" as that is what the author is really talking about.
it seems today no one can separate social conservative from fiscal conservative. Thats why I have no political party.... maybe the fiscal conservatives are really the independents.
The best part of the "old" Republican party was their fiscal conservationism. They would always be the voice for "how are we going to pay for it". That ended with 'Ronny the Reagun'. Reagan/Bush took office with $1trillion in debt, and left with $3trillion. That leveled off under Clinton, but went through the roof with George Worst Bush. The old time Republicans would accuse the Democrats of "TAX & SPEND"... while they turned into the party of "CUT TAXES AND SPEND".
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The best part of the "old" Republican party was their fiscal conservationism. They would always be the voice for "how are we going to pay for it". That ended with 'Ronny the Reagun'. Reagan/Bush took office with $1trillion in debt, and left with $3trillion. That leveled off under Clinton, but went through the roof with George Worst Bush. The old time Republicans would accuse the Democrats of "TAX & SPEND"... while they turned into the party of "CUT TAXES AND SPEND".
TRUTH....
neither party has the right to legislate their own brand of 'social religion'....
as for the fiscal crap....BOTH PARTIES BETTER GET TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DEMS- dont tell me who needs more help, never make some more equal than another REPS- dont tell me how you think I should be married
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Ya have to take a look at this david brooks. He is a flip flopper from way back. First a liberal...then a conservative...then supports the iraq/afghan war....then he doesn't support the wars.....then he thinks there's too much teen sex and divorce yet supports abortion....then he leaves his conservative roots to promote gay marriage. He calls himself a moderate when the subject fits his journalistic spin. He's all over the map with his ideologies and has been labeled a neocon aka fascist!
He clearly is not one of the 99%!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
keep social views to yourselves....an myself.....as for the fiscal----this is how they control the vote......
doing a 'corporate inservice' about customer service indicates I should 'love' (they really used the word) my customers.....since when is government/corporate/anything outside religion allowed to use/legislate/regulate 'love'??????
anyone????
Beuhler?????
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
What are the definitions for Liberal, Progressive, and Moderate. I need to be properly categorized so I know what candidates are trying to appeal to me.
yeah haha gee what box can i fit in
we are cats that got out of the bag
and David brookes has a new book out he was promoting on the tingling leg guys sunday mornin cartoon news show
We didnt come this far to get this far. random 12 year old
A slave is someone that waits for someone else to free him. Ezra Pound
Conservative Values, are those talking points that Conservatives harp on when running for office... not a standard that they live their life by.
It's do as I say, not as I do.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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