Posted on 04/25/2015 10:30:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The look on Sawyer’s face said it all..she expected Jenner to kiss Homo Obama’s ass but he wouldn’t..she asked as if being a Republican is like having the plague
Where will conservatism come into the picture when taxpayers have to pay for all those operations? (Fiscal? Social?)
Hey, he knows on some level that freedom is required, the Constitution is key, and there should be limits to government telling him what to do. What he wants to do with his freedom is something that appalls me, but if he is willing to give me the same space to be me that he requires for himself, then he is on the “right” track, IMHO.
I'm finished with the term conservative. It has no more real meaning then 'left' and 'right'
When you have 'conservative' being applied to Ayatollahs and hard core Chinese Communists,
or as indicative of being stuck in the past, unable to embrace progress, old and stale,
it's time to leave the term behind and choose one that better reflects the principles 'conservatism' embodies.
Looking over History from earliest times to the present certain revolutionary changes
in the way people think out the individual and government stand out.
Not to offer a complete list but as examples ancient Athens and Rome
marked significant departures from Authoritarian governments and promoted the role of the 'citizen' and of Law.
Closer to the present The Enlightenment was revolutionary with its focus on Reason and Individualism.
It led directly to the most significant revolutionary change in government and it's relation to the Individual in all of History...
'America' was born.
America with its bottom up structure, We the People are the rulers.
Government serves the People, the People are sovereign.
A Representative Republic was established.
The dangers inherent in Democracy were countered by the Rule of Law
and the explicit recognition of the inherent, unalienable Rights of Man.
Rights that can not be taken away at the whim of the majority.
Rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Right to Property, to Free Speech, Religious expression and Free Association.
These and all the others constituted a Revolutionary change.
Something new had been born on Earth.
I think the essence of 'conservatism' as we know it is embodied in the principles and relationships underlying 'America'.
It is fitting, accurate and justified to refer to 'conservatism' as Americanism and to 'conservatives' as Americans.
Obviously I'm not using the terms Americans to solely denote citizens of the USofA.
There are quite a few citizens that I would not, in this sense, call Americans.
As a well, philosophic Americanism can be claimed by anyone in the world that embraces it's principles.
So we would have a term whose meaning is clear.
Let them call the Ayatollah or the ChiComs conservatives. It doesn't bother us, we're Americans!
As an added bonus the theftists and statists will be sputtering trying to claim to be Americans
without embracing the principles of philosophic Americanism.
Hilarity ensues.
Not a bad thing actually because they have gone through personal bad times, recovered and became responsible people. Jenner was a highly trained athlete so being a conservative was really not all that much of a surprise to me, Robert Downey, Jr, was a surprise because he was really a mess.
It’s supposed to indicate someone who wants to conserve something, such as the historical definition of marriage or smaller government, but these days the left and the MSM are trying to re-define it as anyone to the right of Rand Paul.
I don’t agree that Jenner is what the dictionary would define as a conservative. Republican, sure, these days, the Republicans are just the “Me Too” party.
Be nice, at this point I’ll settle for just (R).
Of course he’s mentally troubled... Having to deal with that wife and the idiot daughters would do that.... I’m surprised he’s lasted this long without going all crazy eyed Charles Manson on them.
Defining conservatism down, it keeps happening.
When I think of Jenner I don’t thing conservative or liberal . . . I just think “freak!”
I remember when Keeping up with the Kardashians started, they were all living together in a bungalow type house in Calabasas with an inviting wraparound porch. The American flag was always flying and seen from the driveway.
“He and his wife supported Romney in 2012.”
That would be, She and Her Wife supported Romney in 2012.
And watch the libs start with the gay/transgender put downs, now that it’s okay because this one says he’s a Republican.
In Massachusetts you can murder your wife and get a free sex change in jail!
IOW, that Biathalon Freakshow just blew out (ahem) any hopes of being used by either campaign.
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