In light of the divisions on this Board, food for thought.
Did I do right?
There is a distinct lack of stones between two of those legs in the Conservative branch (whithered and sickly as it is) of the Republican party.
Either Wickard v Filburn is a constitutional atrocity and everything based on it is an usurpation and abuse of power, or the drug war is a legitimate exercise of the the Commerce power.
I don't see any other alternative. You can't have a national government that opertates within the scope of it's enumerated powers according to the original intent of the Constitution and also have agencies like the DEA operating on nothing more than a claim of "finding a substantial effect on interstate commerce". Clarence Thomas gets it. How do we get everyone reading off of that page?
Since the recreational use of drugs tends toward the “pursuit of happiness,” what business does the federal government have in regulating the same?
Oops! Just knocked that ol’ lid off the can of worms again. Sorry. Hey. Maybe I’m not happy unless I can wield power over other people.
I smell trouble.
If there was a bill in the US Congress to ban same sex marriage, what would be the conservative position?
One outcome satisfies the social aspect. One satisfies the limited government aspect.
This is a great thread! Thanks you so much for helping us focus on our main goals.
For example, the MSM wants to divert our attention by asking Conservatives what their position is on every topic on Earth.
What does the topic of Global Warming have to do with anything but junk science? The MSM loves the distraction, because is has nothing to do with Conserving what little is left of our Constitution.
Threads such as this help us to focus on the most important aspects of being a Conservative.
Gov. Rick Perry has lived and governed with conservatism and he has the will and the drive (in spades as we are witnessing) to keep working for conservative principles. And he understands the urgency of this election.
Rick Perry wouldn’t be a placeholder, a nibble around the edges — work with “my friends” in the “loyal opposition” president, at the expense of the country. He is the outsider. He isn’t K Street or Washington D.C. But Perry knows what they’ve done to our freedoms.
And he is the only candidate who has a record the Left will find difficult using against him (not that they won’t try but better than getting knocked out in the third round like the others). Thus the MSM (and sad to say conservatives) attempt to portray him as dumb (haven’t we seen this before?) drunk, racist, Islamofascist sympathizer or anti-Muslim bigot, spoiler, etc. etc. etc. They have to attack his character and ridicule him to marginalize him and his record. The record Obama and the Left don’t want to face in an election contest.
Texas is where 1000 people a day are moving to find work. And I really am annoyed that I have to clarify this for the reader, they’re coming from other U.S. states (where their governors aren’t working so hard to fight the Obama recession) and not from Mexico. But since that is the MSM “talking point,” I must.
Thank you hocndoc.
Thank You for a correct outlining of conservatism.
We have lost the ability to actually study and understand what we really stand for in elections. People are drug around like a goat with a leash on by the media. AND the establishment.
Good job Dr.
A bump to to the top - especially in light of last night’s speeches and yesterday’s “vultures.”