Conservatism 101

One point whe should all agree on is less government.

1 posted on 11/09/2006 10:01:07 AM PST by PeterPrinciple

To: PeterPrinciple

Apparently, since the election, Conservatism means posting vanities.

2 posted on 11/09/2006 10:02:02 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Republican, atheist, pro-lifer, stranded in Blue Boston)

To: PeterPrinciple

3 posted on 11/09/2006 10:02:13 AM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (http://lonestarconservative.blogspot.com/2006/11/open-letter-to-moderate-voters.html)

To: PeterPrinciple

4 posted on 11/09/2006 10:11:40 AM PST by labette (I’m not an expert, but I play one on Free Republic. You can too!)

To: PeterPrinciple

Smaller government and push power away from the federal government down to the local level - no more bull**** Big Government programs like No Child Left Behind, etc. Put the power in the hands of the people at the local level. They know how to govern themselves better than the bean counters in Washington.

Reinforce freedom and privacy, especially those areas important to personal freedoms which are found in the Constitution. Everybody who was cheering for the PATRIOT Act, etc., are now all of the sudden wetting their pants, thinking "oh crap, Democrats have Congress, and could take the Presidency in 2008 - what if they decide to expand the PATRIOT Act?". Things like property right, which the Supreme Court walked all over, etc., all need to be strengthened. Of course, this goes without saying, and ties into the smaller government and more localized government.

Those are two of the biggest issues we face, and where our Republican controlled federal government and Congress have let us down.

5 posted on 11/09/2006 10:18:13 AM PST by af_vet_rr

To: PeterPrinciple

To me it's nothing more than pure, white hot, palpable, sickening, venal, hatred for democrats, and anyone who aligns themselves with it.

(Just 'cause that's what the goofballs over at DU want to hear.)

Owl_Eagle

If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.

6 posted on 11/09/2006 10:22:25 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)

To: PeterPrinciple

"When you distill conservatism down, what is left?"

The Constitution.

7 posted on 11/09/2006 10:55:47 AM PST by CSM (Americans are getting more and more childish and looking for Big Mommy to take care of them.)

To: PeterPrinciple

Read your copy of the Constitution. See how far off track we really are. Conservatives believe the Constitution means what the words say...no more and no less.

The Constitution controls the size of government and restrains the power of officials.

8 posted on 11/09/2006 11:14:21 AM PST by Rapscallion (Abortion, education, and energy are not federal responsibilities.)

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