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30 Sep 2006 06:54:22 AM |
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Credo of a Conservative |
I wish that the pseudo-conservatives in DC would read this.
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Credo of a Conservative
by Marc Oberzil
[Note from the editors: Originally published in our e-mail edition back
in February of 2004, we have promoted this priceless letter to our
special collection as a reminder of the tectonic political shift going
into Election 2006. Enjoy!]
February 26, 2004 -- I am a conservative. I believe in staying solvent
and out of debt.
I am a conservative. I believe in keeping my nose out of other people's
business, their nations and their bedrooms.
I am a conservative. I believe in conserving our assets and our
resources -- our air, our land, our water. Accordingly, I don't support
or engage in wastefulness, inefficiency or lavish excesses.
I am a conservative. I think an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure. Therefore I support appropriate government spending on such things
as infrastructure, schools, social welfare and crime prevention, because
in the long run it's cheaper and more effective.
I am a conservative. I don't sign on to risky schemes. I think if you
give Bob a dollar, it helps Bob, but it may not necessarily help Oscar,
Fred or Maria.
I am a conservative. If I am attacked, I respond appropriately and
conservatively. I do not swat mosquitoes with dynamite.
I am a conservative. I don't deal falsely or prematurely with facts.
I am a conservative. I understand the purposes of various institutions.
It is the job of government to govern, the job of religion to address
spiritual needs, and the job of business to secure profits by producing
needed goods and services. I do not confuse these institutions.
I am a conservative. I understand my position in the world and that my
opinions are not the only valid ones.
I do not have an exclusive claim on what is right, good or patriotic,
and those who disagree with me are not automatically evil traitors.
What's really weird, though, is that I've always thought these things...
.... but now everyone calls me a liberal!
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http://www.americanpolitics.com/sc200402conservative.html
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "raven1" |
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| Title: Re: Credo of a Conservative |
30 Sep 2006 07:42:10 AM |
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On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:54:22 -0700, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
I wish that the pseudo-conservatives in DC would read this.
---
Credo of a Conservative
by Marc Oberzil
[Note from the editors: Originally published in our e-mail edition back
in February of 2004, we have promoted this priceless letter to our
special collection as a reminder of the tectonic political shift going
into Election 2006. Enjoy!]
February 26, 2004 -- I am a conservative. I believe in staying solvent
and out of debt.
I am a conservative. I believe in keeping my nose out of other people's
business, their nations and their bedrooms.
I am a conservative. I believe in conserving our assets and our
resources -- our air, our land, our water. Accordingly, I don't support
or engage in wastefulness, inefficiency or lavish excesses.
I am a conservative. I think an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure. Therefore I support appropriate government spending on such things
as infrastructure, schools, social welfare and crime prevention, because
in the long run it's cheaper and more effective.
I am a conservative. I don't sign on to risky schemes. I think if you
give Bob a dollar, it helps Bob, but it may not necessarily help Oscar,
Fred or Maria.
I am a conservative. If I am attacked, I respond appropriately and
conservatively. I do not swat mosquitoes with dynamite.
I am a conservative. I don't deal falsely or prematurely with facts.
I am a conservative. I understand the purposes of various institutions.
It is the job of government to govern, the job of religion to address
spiritual needs, and the job of business to secure profits by producing
needed goods and services. I do not confuse these institutions.
I am a conservative. I understand my position in the world and that my
opinions are not the only valid ones.
I do not have an exclusive claim on what is right, good or patriotic,
and those who disagree with me are not automatically evil traitors.
What's really weird, though, is that I've always thought these things...
... but now everyone calls me a liberal!
That's funny: I agreed with pretty much everything, but I couldn't
tell whether it was Barry Goldwater or Bill Clinton talking. I guess
that makes this liberal a conservative.
--
"O Sybilli, si ergo
Fortibus es in ero
O Nobili! Themis trux
Sivat sinem? Causen Dux"
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Credo of a Conservative |
01 Oct 2006 05:18:52 AM |
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In article <8o7sh291qvk0dh1l5olpkmpln00mucti71@4ax.com>,
raven1 <quoththeraven@nevermore.com> wrote:
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:54:22 -0700, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
I wish that the pseudo-conservatives in DC would read this.
---
Credo of a Conservative
by Marc Oberzil
[Note from the editors: Originally published in our e-mail edition back
in February of 2004, we have promoted this priceless letter to our
special collection as a reminder of the tectonic political shift going
into Election 2006. Enjoy!]
February 26, 2004 -- I am a conservative. I believe in staying solvent
and out of debt.
I am a conservative. I believe in keeping my nose out of other people's
business, their nations and their bedrooms.
I am a conservative. I believe in conserving our assets and our
resources -- our air, our land, our water. Accordingly, I don't support
or engage in wastefulness, inefficiency or lavish excesses.
I am a conservative. I think an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure. Therefore I support appropriate government spending on such things
as infrastructure, schools, social welfare and crime prevention, because
in the long run it's cheaper and more effective.
I am a conservative. I don't sign on to risky schemes. I think if you
give Bob a dollar, it helps Bob, but it may not necessarily help Oscar,
Fred or Maria.
I am a conservative. If I am attacked, I respond appropriately and
conservatively. I do not swat mosquitoes with dynamite.
I am a conservative. I don't deal falsely or prematurely with facts.
I am a conservative. I understand the purposes of various institutions.
It is the job of government to govern, the job of religion to address
spiritual needs, and the job of business to secure profits by producing
needed goods and services. I do not confuse these institutions.
I am a conservative. I understand my position in the world and that my
opinions are not the only valid ones.
I do not have an exclusive claim on what is right, good or patriotic,
and those who disagree with me are not automatically evil traitors.
What's really weird, though, is that I've always thought these things...
... but now everyone calls me a liberal!
That's funny: I agreed with pretty much everything, but I couldn't
tell whether it was Barry Goldwater or Bill Clinton talking. I guess
that makes this liberal a conservative.
Same here. I'm sure that if Goldwater were alive today and running for
office, he's be denounced as a liberal.
--
"O Sybilli, si ergo
Fortibus es in ero
O Nobili! Themis trux
Sivat sinem? Causen Dux"
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Credo of a Conservative |
06 Oct 2006 03:19:20 PM |
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When Goldwater was alive and running for President, he was denounced by
liberals as being not a true conservative, but rather a radical. And
they used every nasty trick in the book to get him, including an open
letter signed by about 2000 psychiatrists saying he was not mentally
fit to be president. Karl Rove would have been proud.
So, please, no "good conservative, bad conservative" tricks. The "I am
a conservative" credo in fact lists very little that distinguishes
conservatives from liberals, and is obviously an attempt to play
mind-games with polysemantic words. What does this putative
"conservative" think about Affirmative Action? About immigration? About
a strong military? About welfare? About the importance of the
two-parent family? About gun control? About school prayer? About gay
marriage?
My guess is that he will have a liberal position on each of these
issues. At best, he shares some attitudes held by the libertarian wing
of the conservative movement (his nickname wouldn't be "Kos" by any
chance?).
There is much that departs from conservatism of any sort in the Bush
Administration.
Conservatives who supported Bush will have to deal with that
Administration's demonstrated duplicity and incompetence in Iraq, its
massive deficit spending, its failure to deal with Social Security, and
other faults.
They may wish to undertake a thorough housecleaning in the Republican
Party, which is clearly illustrating Lord Acton's observation about the
corruption of power. They may even find that there are elements of the
Democratic Party that deserve support in the upcoming elections, (but
the recent results in Connecticutt seem to indicate that the Democrats
are headed further Left).
But it does liberals no credit to hide their political beliefs and
pretend to be some sort of conservative. No one is going to be fooled,
and it just further degrades an already lamentably poor level of
political discourse.
Doug
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: Credo of a Conservative |
30 Sep 2006 04:40:14 PM |
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raven1 wrote:
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:54:22 -0700, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
I wish that the pseudo-conservatives in DC would read this.
---
Credo of a Conservative
by Marc Oberzil
[Note from the editors: Originally published in our e-mail edition
back in February of 2004, we have promoted this priceless letter to
our special collection as a reminder of the tectonic political shift
going into Election 2006. Enjoy!]
February 26, 2004 -- I am a conservative. I believe in staying
solvent and out of debt.
I am a conservative. I believe in keeping my nose out of other
people's business, their nations and their bedrooms.
I am a conservative. I believe in conserving our assets and our
resources -- our air, our land, our water. Accordingly, I don't
support or engage in wastefulness, inefficiency or lavish excesses.
I am a conservative. I think an ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure. Therefore I support appropriate government spending on such
things as infrastructure, schools, social welfare and crime
prevention, because in the long run it's cheaper and more effective.
I am a conservative. I don't sign on to risky schemes. I think if you
give Bob a dollar, it helps Bob, but it may not necessarily help
Oscar, Fred or Maria.
I am a conservative. If I am attacked, I respond appropriately and
conservatively. I do not swat mosquitoes with dynamite.
I am a conservative. I don't deal falsely or prematurely with facts.
I am a conservative. I understand the purposes of various
institutions. It is the job of government to govern, the job of
religion to address spiritual needs, and the job of business to
secure profits by producing needed goods and services. I do not
confuse these institutions.
I am a conservative. I understand my position in the world and that
my opinions are not the only valid ones.
I do not have an exclusive claim on what is right, good or patriotic,
and those who disagree with me are not automatically evil traitors.
What's really weird, though, is that I've always thought these
things...
... but now everyone calls me a liberal!
That's funny: I agreed with pretty much everything, but I couldn't
tell whether it was Barry Goldwater or Bill Clinton talking. I guess
that makes this liberal a conservative.
Had to have been Clinton, Goldwater would have mentioned the "negative
income tax"
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