"The Rules don't apply to me."
Congratulations. You are now a Liberal.
Well, that may or may not have been a decent 1960's definition, but it won't fly today.
I am always distressed by how many conservatives define conservatism as some sort of sheeple-like obedience to the "law" or the "rules". Conservatism is about standing on a set of PRINCIPALS. Laws and rules (especially today) often run counter to conservative principals.
I don't know about anyone else, but I have not been in a coma for the last 3 decades. The precious rules that you define conservatism as a blind obedience to are no longer, for the most part, moral or constitutional. They are made by anti-freedom, anti-American, counter-culture interests.
So yes, as a conservative, I can proudly say that sometimes, the rules don't apply to me either.
When does conservatism stop being defind as blind obedience in your eyes?