Has the Bush administration signaled the end of conservatism?

[Ming]

It's not your political leanings that makes one generous or greedy... it's the individual. Greedy people come in all kinds of political labels... To imply that political leanings do is ignorant and shows a total lack of understanding of reality.

[Ned]

Ming, to a liberal, self interest is greed.

[Japher]

troll

[Ming]

Ned...

Being conservative does not equate to self interest.
Liberals can be also be greedy and only care about themselves...

They are political labels and don't really define the individual behind them...

[Japher]

look at Ariana Huffington! Independent, but definitly a greedy liberal...

[monkspider]

The thing about conservatism is that it is inherently self-destructive. In fact, if we were to follow conservatism through to it's logical conclusion, we would witness the complete destruction of the entire world. That's just one of the many reasons why it will never work.

As far as conservatives being greedy, I know a lot of conservatives who are not greedy at all. In fact, they tend to be conservative on social issues, but much more open-minded to progressive economic policies. Now, I would say that if an individual were fiscally conservative, it would be a pretty sure bet that they were either misled at some point, or they are in fact, greedy. There is no room for economic conservatism in a charitable heart. God bless em though, all we can do is try to reason with them, and hope for the best.

[Ben Kenobi]

Now, I would say that if an individual were fiscally conservative,

I'd rather like a smaller government so that I can choose who I want to give my money to. Does this make me a greedy, heartless conservative?

It sickens me when my folks work their butts off only to see half of what they earn go towards sponsoring junkets for the Governor general.

That's why I prefer a government that is fiscally conservative, even if it means cutting back on popular, though expensive social programs.

Sadly, the one who spends the most tends to get re-elected.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Ming
It's not your political leanings that makes one generous or greedy... it's the individual. Greedy people come in all kinds of political labels... To imply that political leanings do is ignorant and shows a total lack of understanding of reality.

exactly

[Nubclear]

[QUOTE] Originally posted by skywalker


bad troll, stupid post [/QUOTE[

50+ responses isn't exactly "bad"

[DinoDoc]

We're easily impressed. The bar isn't exactly high around here.

[MrFun]

Yeah, but most of those responses, were just to throw tomatoes at the thread's author.

[Nubclear]

A troll looks for a response....

Throwing tomatoes counts as a response

[Odin]

The conservatives bite the bait again!

The BS of republicans in the last 25 years shows that the Republican Party is a buch of hypocrites (the Dems arn't angels either, but they are better than the GOP). The only way Bush is going to win in 2004 is by pulling a Florida.

[MrFun]

Bill Clinton was an idiot when it came to implementing the NAFTA agreement and helping to pass the stupid Defense of Marriage Act.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Ming
To imply that political leanings do is ignorant and shows a total lack of understanding of reality.

It's not ignorant at all. I believe that to believe the opposite is not to understand reality. Tell me why a greedy person would be a liberal. Now I can understand a liberal politician being greedy. They may misrepresent themselves just to get elected, but why would a regular Joe Liberal be greedy. Tell me.