...over at townhall.com. I read his piece on the 10 differences between conservatives and liberals. I'd like to avoid saying that it was biased and more than a little hypocritical, so I won't.
It definitely makes for an interesting primer on why some people, like the Hannity's and O'Reilly's of the world, can irritate people so well. Self-serving fodder would be one description. Conservative propaganda would be another. Pompous rhetoric has a nice feel though.
First to last?
-Conservatives believe in pursuing policies because they're pragmatic and because they work.
-Such as the Patriot Act? Or No Child Left Behind? Maybe you were referring to any semblance of a foreign policy?
-Conservatives, most of them anyway, believe in God and think that the Constitution has been twisted by liberal judges to illegitimately try to purge Christianity from the public square. We also believe, most of us anyway, that this country has been successful in large part because it is a good, Christian nation and if our country ever turns away from the Lord, it will cease to prosper.
-Why do they always play the Christian card? Insisting upon equal representation of religion is a Constitutionally given right. If you want to pray in school, then everyone should be allowed to pray in their own way. And the concept of separation of church and state is important. Keep that in mind should we elect a non-Christian president, because you'll be hounding that point later.
-Conservatives are patriotic, believe that America is a great nation, and are primarily interested in looking out for the good of the country.
-We question the greatness of our nation, and the policies of our nation because we are patriotic. We question the response of the world to our actions because we are interested in maintaining the goodwill and respect of other nations. Having our troops home and safe, protecting our borders, will do more for the good of our country than spending years fighting an unwinnable war against a constantly growing terrorist threat that we are further nurturing with each day we occupy Iraq.
-Conservatives believe that government, by its very nature, tends to be inefficient, incompetent, wasteful, and power hungry.
-Having seen the last six years of the Bush Administration, I fully agree. Time for change...
-Conservatives, but not necessarily Republicans (which is unfortunate), believe it's vitally important to the future of the country to reduce the size of government, keep taxes low, balance the budget, and get this country out of debt.
-I'm not sure how much of the government was reduced with the Bush Admin, but my taxes aren't exactly low, I'm pretty sure I remember reading that Clinton had us working on a surplus, and we were heading out of debt. At least until 2000, anyway.
-Conservatives believe in confronting and defeating enemies of the United States before they can harm American citizens.
-I'm fairly sure Liberals feel the same, but I think we ultimately prefer to not have our troops dying overseas in a futile attempt to confront enemies that stay hidden the majority of the time. Talking of arresting them in the act is just foolish. The abject failure of the Patriot Act proved that.
-Conservatives believe that abortion ends the life of an innocent child and since we believe that infanticide is wrong, we oppose abortion.
-Sanctity of life is a great argument. Defend the embryo, kill the Arab, force a rape victim to bear an unwanted child, and send another soldier to die overseas for this Administration's vanity. How very Christian of you...
And before you say that the soldiers are dying there so that we may live here, what's wrong with stem cell research?
-Conservatives are capitalists and believe that entrepreneurs who amass great wealth through their own efforts are good for the country and shouldn't be punished for being successful.
-Socialists? Really? Because we think someone with ridiculous excess should pay a fair and proportionate amount? We don't respect high achievers? If they got as far as they did by working hard and being protected by the rights established by our nation, there's no reason for them to be excepted from the system simply for having more money. Saying we look at them as "piggy banks for (our) programs" is like saying you don't look at them as donors and special interests for your elections. Besides, it's not hard work making a profit when you're charging well over $3 at the pump.
-Conservatives believe that we should live in a color blind society where every individual is judged on the content of his character and the merits of his actions. On the other hand, liberals believe that it's ok to discriminate based on race as long as it primarily benefits minority groups.
-Right. Conservatives are color blind, accepting of all white people. As far as character and merits of ones actions... Ted Haggard was pretty well thought of...is his character back out of the closet yet?
-Conservatives believe that individual Americans have a right to defend themselves and their families with guns and that right cannot be taken away by any method short of a Constitutional Amendment, which conservatives would oppose. Liberals believe by taking arms away from law abiding citizens, they can prevent criminals, who aren't going to abide by gun control laws, from using guns in the commission of crimes.
-Sure, give the handguns to law enforcement. Everyone else can make due with long-barrel weapons. Hawkins already commented that the Va Tech shootings are an argument against gun control, "a perfect example of how gun control puts decent people at the mercy of criminals," which is a fair take on the situation, especially after hearing some VA Tech kid talk on CNN about how it might have been different if other kids had guns to defend themselves.
-Conservatives believe that judges should act like umpires instead of legislating from the bench. That means that judges should determine whether laws are permissible under the Constitution and settle debates about the meaning of laws, not impose their will based on their ideological leanings.
-There is no way that you can tell me that any of Bush's Supreme Court choices were in no way motivated by his or their ideological leanings. If Conservatives do not wish to impose their will from the bench and not legislate, then Roe v. Wade stays on the books. And Texas v. Johnson.
And W. Virginia Board of Education v. Barnett.
For someone with such a resume who puts together one article a week for townhall, it’s sad that he has to resort to regurgitating Ann Coulter and the rest of the posse to keep the checks coming in. A little originality? Too much to ask?
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