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Quartermass

(457 posts) Thu Dec 29, 2011, 03:15 PM Dec 2011

So What is A Good Conservative? [View all]

I really would like to know, what is a good conservative? Are there any in existence at all that you like? Why do you like them? Do they have to support the issues you support?

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So What is A Good Conservative? [View all] Quartermass Dec 2011 OP

An oxymoron n/t 3waygeek Dec 2011 #1

More likely, a genuine moron COLGATE4 Dec 2011 #2

DUzy! FarLeftFist Dec 2011 #60

lol barbtries Dec 2011 #70

Eisenhower. Nt abelenkpe Dec 2011 #3

+1 nt hifiguy Dec 2011 #13

Eisenhower was a warmonger of the first order... MicaelS Dec 2011 #32

He expanded social security abelenkpe Dec 2011 #38

Well, he made the military industrial complex from scratch. Neoma Dec 2011 #64

One Is Tempted, Sir, To Quote General Sheridan, In Slight Paraphrase.... The Magistrate Dec 2011 #4

Disgusting RZM Dec 2011 #18

Well, let's not rule anything out just yet. randome Dec 2011 #23

You Keep A Tight Clutch On Those Pearls, Sir... The Magistrate Dec 2011 #36

Like I said. Disgusting RZM Dec 2011 #37

Bullshit. Resistance to fascism BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.... socialist_n_TN Dec 2011 #40

Nothing's stopping you RZM Dec 2011 #41

Hyperbole HangOnKids Dec 2011 #47

Thank you, Magistrate....n/t unkachuck Dec 2011 #42

+1 - nt Ohio Joe Dec 2011 #55

"Do as I say do, not as I do". Zalatix Dec 2011 #43

I've never seen them crying over it. I'm the one crying over it here. RZM Dec 2011 #44

I don't see threats here. Zalatix Dec 2011 #45

I see endorsements of violence RZM Dec 2011 #46

Please get over yourself HangOnKids Dec 2011 #48

LOL RZM Dec 2011 #49

You might see endorsements of violence HangOnKids Dec 2011 #52

Violent rhetoric? Not even close. Zalatix Dec 2011 #50

That's how you're going to try to justify it? RZM Dec 2011 #51

Dude if you have a gripe HangOnKids Dec 2011 #53

Already did RZM Dec 2011 #54

You Spoke Your Mind HangOnKids Dec 2011 #56

Nah, I'll pass RZM Dec 2011 #57

Whatever Dude HangOnKids Dec 2011 #58

Depends on what you mean by 'lost' RZM Dec 2011 #59

You Are Posting On An internet Board HangOnKids Dec 2011 #61

Yup, I've lost one myself not too long ago. Zalatix Dec 2011 #63

Yup, got a problem with that? Zalatix Dec 2011 #62

If that's your opinion, fine RZM Dec 2011 #65

The idea that government should stay out of our private lives... randome Dec 2011 #5

Do you mean, like a REAL, you know *conservative* conservative? annabanana Dec 2011 #6

Depends on if you are talking about a regular person or public servant RZM Dec 2011 #7

most intelligent post i've read all day (including my own) maggiesfarmer Dec 2011 #27

Thanks! RZM Dec 2011 #29

Technically, a liberal Scootaloo Dec 2011 #8

Teddy Roosevelt abelenkpe Dec 2011 #9

There aren't any. Jazzgirl Dec 2011 #10

A good conservative would be the type that helped LBJ get civil rights and Great Society legislation totodeinhere Dec 2011 #11

what passes for conservatism right now ain't conservative rurallib Dec 2011 #12

my answer to that would be against the rules Motown_Johnny Dec 2011 #14

One that's been properly marinated guitar man Dec 2011 #15

It's a person who is born angry, envious, filled with hatred, suspicious, authoritarian, Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #16

Okay, what is falsely patriotic? Quartermass Dec 2011 #17

Wearing flag lapel pins, crying at the Pledge of Allegiance, then not caring a RAT's ASS about the Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #19

Remember "Support the Troops"? CANDO Dec 2011 #30

Frank Zappa toddaa Dec 2011 #20

Good Conservative (n) An environmentally responsible liberal; a liberal that uses resources frugally Zorra Dec 2011 #21

Um .... someone cautious like me. dawg Dec 2011 #22

nice post - well thought out maggiesfarmer Dec 2011 #28

RON PAUL MrDiaz Dec 2011 #24

The only good conservative is a dead... Bucky Dec 2011 #25

one that doesn't vote or votes Democratic proud patriot Dec 2011 #26

Hasn't been discovered yet. Sorry. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2011 #31

Ignore the "schtickers" who can't resist the one-liner you may intend them to parrot. gulliver Dec 2011 #33

Well, there are plenty of good individuals who vote Conservative LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #34

A good conservative is a Park Ranger. Rex Dec 2011 #35

If I explained, DU would ban me for advocating violence. nt bluestate10 Dec 2011 #39

I think we're very confused on how to classify ourselves these days. Neoma Dec 2011 #66

Yes, I'm aware that different countries ahve different definitions for liberal and conservative. Quartermass Dec 2011 #67

Reformed can be pretty awesome, they often have passion. TheKentuckian Dec 2011 #68

an oxymoron nt barbtries Dec 2011 #69