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maddiemom

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3. The best that could be said of conservatives, when they used to include

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 07:26 PM

May 2013

sane intellectuals, such as Wm. S. Buckley, was that they provided the necessary brake to liberalism getting out of hand (such as going all the way to violent communism). Don't get me wrong, I consider myself pretty much a Socialist.

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Why would anyone proudly call themselves a conservative? [View all] aaaaaa5a May 2013 OP

K&R silverweb May 2013 #1

I cannot recommend this video highly enough Cirque du So-What May 2013 #2

The best that could be said of conservatives, when they used to include maddiemom May 2013 #3

+1. Yeah, I used to listen to Buckley as a kid on PBS. Interesting man. And I'm a socialist who just freshwest May 2013 #9

These people who represent America's modern RW are not true conservatives. Jamaal510 May 2013 #4

Amen Thom!!! jjewell May 2013 #5

The More I Hear Thom Hartmann.... supercats May 2013 #6

I've always been a big fan of his and he's posted some very important things here at DU. freshwest May 2013 #8

Right on! MoreGOPoop May 2013 #7