Comments on: Do conservatives even know what they stand for? http://lerner.net/blog/2008/02/08/do-conservatives-even-know-what-they-stand-for/ Doug Lerner reports from Tokyo and St. Louis, and points beyond... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: doug http://lerner.net/blog/2008/02/08/do-conservatives-even-know-what-they-stand-for/comment-page-1/#comment-98 doug Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:16:55 +0000 http://lerner.net/blog/2008/02/08/do-conservatives-even-know-what-they-stand-for/#comment-98 I sort of like "Group 1 with a reasonable social safety net". I'm not sure where on the political spectrum that puts me, but I guess I would not be welcome at the Conservative Political Action Conference. doug I sort of like “Group 1 with a reasonable social safety net”. I’m not sure where on the political spectrum that puts me, but I guess I would not be welcome at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

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]]> By: randombob http://lerner.net/blog/2008/02/08/do-conservatives-even-know-what-they-stand-for/comment-page-1/#comment-97 randombob Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:18:50 +0000 http://lerner.net/blog/2008/02/08/do-conservatives-even-know-what-they-stand-for/#comment-97 Nice write-up. If there has to be conservatives in this world, they should all align behind ground #1 (libertarians). At least they have an actual, succinct philosophy that can hold water to a degree. The rest have.... Hypocrites. Each of the other three believe pretty much what you accused them of, but only so far as it negatively affects others, not themselves. God forbid ("god forbid!") that they suffer because of their own views. God forbid that they are on the short end of the stick. In all reality, I think the healthiest form of government is actually #1 with rubbings of Democracy all over it. Gov't gets bigger because it becomes necessary in order to enforce all the contracts/laws that are in place that the other 3 camps like so much to try to subvert. If the "wickedness of man" wasn't so prevalent, think that the libertarians would have a chance at being right about the issue. <a href="http://www.randombob.net" rel="nofollow"> random bob, a.r.c.</a> Nice write-up. If there has to be conservatives in this world, they should all align behind ground #1 (libertarians). At least they have an actual, succinct philosophy that can hold water to a degree. The rest have….

Hypocrites. Each of the other three believe pretty much what you accused them of, but only so far as it negatively affects others, not themselves. God forbid (“god forbid!”) that they suffer because of their own views. God forbid that they are on the short end of the stick.

In all reality, I think the healthiest form of government is actually #1 with rubbings of Democracy all over it. Gov’t gets bigger because it becomes necessary in order to enforce all the contracts/laws that are in place that the other 3 camps like so much to try to subvert. If the “wickedness of man” wasn’t so prevalent, think that the libertarians would have a chance at being right about the issue.

random bob, a.r.c.

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