Note to the lurking Righties:You are NOT a Conservative. Stop calling yourself one.

[Jamaal510]

35. "Regressives" would also be a good term for them:

More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/gop-ideals_b_1014396.html

A fundamental war has been waged in this nation since its founding, between progressive forces pushing us forward and regressive forces pulling us backward.

We are going to battle once again.

Progressives believe in openness, equal opportunity, and tolerance. Progressives assume we're all in it together: We all benefit from public investments in schools and health care and infrastructure. And we all do better with strong safety nets, reasonable constraints on Wall Street and big business, and a truly progressive tax system. Progressives worry when the rich and privileged become powerful enough to undermine democracy.

Regressives take the opposite positions.

Also, yeah, that was what I've been saying all along, too. Progressives are ironically the true conservatives. It is under our side that the deficit and unemployment actually lower, we're more cautious about sending troops to war, and people's rights get maintained (in contrast to the RW attempting to strip voting rights and contraceptive rights).