On 25 Jun 2005 12:25:01 -0700, wrote:

Conservatives stand for strict interpretation of the constitution and
less govt intervention? Sounds good on paper. What about medical
marijuana? Terry Schiavo? The overriding of the Florida courts by the
Supreme Court in the 2000 election? The Patriot Act? Attempts to
undermine the constitutional authority of the judicial branch? To
undermine the advise and consent role of congress? To take away from
the states the right to allow gay marriage? Etc., etc

Problem is, the label "conservative" no longer means what it used to.
More than anything else, it now suggests an obsession with asserting
control over others, rather than reducing government influence.

How I wish that most people who call themselves "conservative" these
days actually WERE conservative in the sense that the above poster
described.

Yes, too often "Conservative" really means either "Theocrat" or
"Corporatist", or "Selfish Authoritarian", or all three.

--
Luke
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"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