Ask Dr. Liberal
DL Reader/Commenter Brian writes:
When did being a conservative come to mean these things?
More government, more spending, state of hoping for perpetual warfare with third world countries, increases taxes on those least able to afford it, while giving tax breaks to those who are obscenely wealthy.
Last time I looked it meant:
Conservative (Con-Ser-Vative); = a poltical ideology that embraces a healthy distrust of government scope to do what people can do, that reduces the size and scope of government, that cuts spending and prefers commerce over warfare as a mechanism to resolve international disputes, reduces taxes and governmental centralization of power.
Did you and Karl Rove change the definition or did the entire GOP decide to simply embrace another ideology? If so, why does that ideology look like national socialism? If not, please tell me what this new ideology is; I am a little confused.
Well Mike Castle says “fuck you” so Dr. Liberal will take a shot at responding.
Brian,
Poor chap. Your mistake is thinking that “conservative” has some kind of fixed meaning. Did you know that in Austrailia “liberal” party is the crazy ass right win party? It’s true mate! Liberal and Conservatives they are just words.
Here in the states people who refer to themselves as “conservatives” are basically uncreative followers. They want simple black and white answers to complex problems and above all they want to feel like they are being led by a strong father figure.
So “conservative” has no real meaning outside of what the leader says it means at any given time.
Right now Bush is the GOP daddy so if he says conservative means huge budget deficits and crazy ass military adventures then it simply does.
I hope that helps.
-Dr. Liberal
Change frightens me…
I was happier back in 1953.
It’s true because it’s in the bible.
Fuck the Beatitudes; the ten commandments rock!
BTW – though they came up with the ten commandments, the jews still killed my personal savior.
Our tax dollars should never go to needy people; they’re just lazy and should get a real job! But bailing out our crappy corporations is in no way welfare, it’s not their fault they can find a real market.
Though my great-grand pappy’s last name ended in a vowel, that doesn’t mean that other “vowel-enders” should be allowed to step foot in my great land. All they’re gonna do is take my highly-skilled position at DuPont.
I luv guns and libs want to take them me. I need fully-automatic guns ’cause even though I dream that I’m Chuck Norris throughout the day and night (jack bauer too! 🙂 ), people darker than Edgar Winter scare me.
Osama and Obama – Whoa! Too close for comfort! My logic is smiple: If their names are that similar, just think how similar their political views are! It. Just. Makes. Sense.
Every sperm is sacred! Every abortion is murder….unless it’s mine.
Why should I volunteer? I can do more here on the home front….
Red Dawn is my favorite movie, by far! Sometimes I do wish we were taken over by the Soviets and Cuban, so I can use my fully-automatic weapon…though I’d most likely get shot through the head before firing off a single round…but a boy can dream, huh?
My favorite love-making technique is Missionary.
That is why I’m a Conservative.
Edgar Winter
Von Crack said the secret word!
So VC. Were you born stupid, or is that the natural result of being a whinny ass liberal?
“Though my great-grand pappy’s last name ended in a vowel, that doesn’t mean that other “vowel-enders” should be allowed to step foot in my great land. All they’re gonna do is take my highly-skilled position at DuPont.”
Try finding a true conservative that wants to keep all immigrants out. Hello…we just want them to, I don’t know, respect our laws and come here legally. Libbies on the other hand want them to rush the borders, so they can sign them up to welfare roles and figure out a way to let them vote for their sugardaddies.
Meanwhile, people trying to immigrate to this country legally get all tied up in red tape. Many of them have jobs lined up (or are currently in a job on a legal greencard) and want to support themselves, but libbies don’t care about that crowd. They won’t be able to get them hooked on the welfare crack.
Dry up.
I’m a fisher of fools….
…my job here is done. 😉
What would the world do without Dr. Liberal?
Thanks Dr. Liberal. Spiffy answers chap. lol