Navy Pride said:
I look at your profile my friend and I see you call yourself a Conservative......Can you list the issues you are Conservative on? Thanks.......
Oh, and I will list mine..maybe we can tell who the real Conservative is...
Fiscal
1. Pro Small Government
2. Pro tax Cuts
3. Pro a balanced budget
4. Pro States Rights
5. Pro Judges interpreting the Constitution not making laws
6. Pro Defense and a strong military
Social
1. Pro Death Penalty
2. Pro Life
3. Anti Gay marriage but pro Civil Unions
4. Pro school prayer
5. Pro under God in the POA
6. Pro and amendment to ban burning the flag
7. Anti Affirmative Action
8. Pro school vouchers
I probably missed a few but I would be interested in how you stand........
2. Pro Life
1) Pro small government - I am with you on that. Unfortunately, Bush has increased government size over even what FDR did. Therefore, Bush is not Conservative in this area.
2) Pro tax cuts - I agree. Bush is OK on that.
3) Pro balanced budget - I agree. Unfortunately, Bush has never met a domestic spending bill he didnt like, and has used his veto a single time while in office in an attempt to reign it in, not even to kill pork barrel spending. Bush is not Conservative in this area.
4) Pro states rights - I agree. Unfortunately, Bush has increased the power of Federal government more than even JFK did. Bush is not Conservative here either.
5) Pro judges who are not activists - I agree. Bush did good with the Roberts nomination. I feel he will make a good judge. A+ for Bush on that.
6) Pro defense and strong military - Again, I agree, but to a point. I disagree on foreign adventurism, especially when it is not necessary. Bush, rather than strenghening our military, has actually weakened it through his reckless actions. This is open to debate, since there are conservatives on both sides of this issue..
Now to social issues, and this is where your notion of Conservatism falls apart.
1) Pro Death Penalty - That should be left up to the states.
2) Pro Life - Again, that should be left up to the states. I favor the overturning of Roe v. Wade, since that undermines the soverignty of the states. On the other hand, I oppose any Federal law to regulate abortion, since that would be in violation of the 10th Amendment to the Constitution.
3) Anti Gay Marriage - Again, the Federal government has no business here. This is a states' issue.
4) Pro school prayer - See above.
5) Pro under God in POA - See above.
6) Pro amendment to ban flag burning - Why not an amendment to prosecute those who fly flags on their cars if they dont take care of those flags? Why not prosecute business which disrespect the flag by using it as a logo in advertising? Actually, this should also be left up to the states. Let them regulate the behavior of their own citizens without the Federal government undermining their soverignty.
7) Anti affirmative action - Agreed. The Federal government has no business here.
8) Pro school vouchers. Again, the Federal government has no business telling the states how to run their own school systems.
Most of the points you make in social are not Conservative, but seek to regulate the behavior of people, and undermine states' soverignty. This flies in the face of number 4 in the first set of statements. You have contradicted yourself badly on this.