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Originally Posted by edgeprod
Liberalism is ABOUT change, unfortunately. Conservatives regress or maintain the status quo, Liberals progress. Civil wars, military overthrows, etc, all Liberal pushes by their very nature. "We don't like this, let's change it." I'm not speaking about the party affiliations in the U.S., I'm making generalizations about the terms.
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Here is the problem: Many of the "wars" of modern times have been started by conservative presidents... Conservatives by their nature see things as "our way is right, you are wrong" and attempt to change things to their image regardless of it being good or bad for the people involved. More people have died in Iraq as a result of the war and the ongoing lawless situation compared to all the time of Saddam's rule... but Saddam is going to hang for it.
Conservatives want to tell people how to live, and in the US, specifically want the country to be run by laws that match up with what their bible tells them is right. Issues such as gay marriage,abortion rights, and stem cell reasearch are split almost exactly on religeous lines, rather than taking into consideration the overall implications for the individuals involved. Conservative (especially big C style) doesn't look at people as individuals, rather as a flock that should be herded and sheered on a regular basis.
The dreaded theory of "tax and spend liberals" is more than anything a reflection on the "spend away the future conservatives", who more often than not spend their time in power running up debt, paying for unpopular wars, and giving massive tax breaks to their rich conservative friends. Then the liberals get into power, and they have little choice left but to pay the bills left behind by the conservatives. (please see details of american debt levels 1980-2006, and match up years to Presidents). Bush Sr lost his Presidency because he was unable to continue to financial suicide pact of Reagan's voodoo economics for 12 years... the bill came due during his term and he got screwed over... the same screwing over that the conservatives have tried to hand the liberals every 8 years.
Watching Boy Bush on TV this morning, he looks like a beaten puppy. 2 years of the lamest of lame ducks, coming up!