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Rod Beauvex

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5. I think this is where alot of politicians trip up.

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2015, 02:10 PM

May 2015

They try to get people to change their labels, and people don't like that. People are very attached to their labels, regardless of how they personally define them.

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Does anybody else get the sense that people call themselves "conservative" [View all] MissMillie May 2015 OP

I do get the feeling that people often don't know what that word means. arcane1 May 2015 #1

I don't care what they call themselves RandiFan1290 May 2015 #2

Not really in my house JustAnotherGen May 2015 #3

Nothing wrong with being "conservative" tularetom May 2015 #4

I think this is where alot of politicians trip up. Rod Beauvex May 2015 #5

I know plenty of self-described "conservatives" LeftinOH May 2015 #6