"So where were all you conservatives when Bush was blahblahblah...?"
I am now officially fed up with that tired old crap. Let me school you Leftists on a few matters.
First off, "Republican" does not equal "Conservative," and hasn't for a long, long time. The last Conservative we had as President was Ronald Reagan. George Bush 2.0 was not a Conservative. George Bush 1.0 was not a Conservative. Conservatives(and I include libertarians like myself in that definition) believe in limited, Constitutional government first and foremost. Fiscal responsibility follows from the "Constitutional" part.
We Conservatives and libertarians were doing the same thing during the Bush regime that we're doing now--decrying the expansion of government and the theft of our liberty. Just because the Leftist media didn't see fit to cover it, doesn't mean it didn't happen. The difference now is that we are much more able to seek out and connect with our brother and sister patriots due to the explosion of the internet and its attendant social networking capabilities. This makes us more effective, and more visible. The LSM can't ignore us any more, which is why they've taken to demonizing us.
Unless you're a hard-core Oppressive, you might be surprised at how much you have in common with real Conservatives. Real Conservatives don't want to run your life. We don't want to establish a theocracy. We don't want to take over the world. We respect and value the inherent dignity of every human being, and believe that empowerment of the individual is the best way to ensure that every person has the opportunity to be the best they can be.
Fake-ass Conservatives--the Cocktail Party--want to run your life and steal your money, just like the Oppressives. They may want to run different aspects of your life, and take your money for different purposes, but we consider them just as evil if not more so--at least, the Oppressives are fairly upfront about their intentions.
The Left/Right, Con/Lib, R/D paradigm is not at all how it's been presented to you. Open your mind, do your own research, and never jump to conclusions. What you think you know is likely wrong, and many of those you hate may one day stand up for your freedoms. Are your opinions really yours...or are you simply echoing that which you've been taught?
Think.
Exactly. Just because I sometimes vote Republican doesn't mean that I'm down with the Cocktail Party or that I wasn't griping about things like the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act back when GWB was in the White House.
ReplyDeleteAnd even if not one single person had complained about either Bush, would that really change the fact that we're awake and complaining now? Which would these people rather have - a late awakening or none at all?