Comments on: How the Conservative Mind Works?

By: Arthanyel

Arthanyel — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:24:56 +0000

Psgt: If we could have those 5 parties then we would really be able to make something happen – and I think people would be pleasantly surprised how many times the Republicans and Democrats worked together to get things implemented.

By: PatriotSGT

PatriotSGT — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:13:32 +0000

Agreed Arthanyel- I would also venture a guess that it depends also on what type of higher education one attains that influences their beliefs and party affiliations.
I am still not sold on any candidate; I’ll wait for the debates and then make a decision while holding my nose.

I’d really like to see 5 different parties:
Liberal/progressives
Democrats
Republicans
TEA Party/conservatives
Libertarians

By: Arthanyel

Arthanyel — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:43:17 +0000

Psgt: I wasn’t stating an opinion, just a fact. The higher the level of education a person has completed, the more likely they are to vote liberal. But your statement is also true – the LOWER the level of education complete, the more likely someone is to vote liberal. Conservatives tend to be better represented in high school graduates and bachelor’s-level.

You know that I am in the same boat as you – fiscally conservative, socially more liberal. And neither party represents my views. At this moment in time (and for the last decade and more) unfortunately the Republican party appears to represent people that don’t care about the truth and will do anything to win, and therefore I can’t support them.

By: PatriotSGT

PatriotSGT — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:39:57 +0000

Arthanyel – “the more education someone has, the more likely they are to have liberal views”. I’d have to disagree. I see plenty of poor uneducated people who have “liberal views” and plenty of poor uneducated people who have “conservative views”. What I see the most of are people who have mixed views. For instance I amd a social liberal and a fiscal conservative. I believe in a strong, but flexible military. I am greatly dissappointed in most major political personalties, because they ALL flip flop to get the vote. They must or their base will vote them out and they’ll never attain majot status. Point in case Romney “evolving” on Obamacare to oppose it while Obama “evolved” on gay marriage to approve of it. Clearly both moves were made to appease the party base.

I know on this site there are many there are many like minded contributers to myself. We may disagree on the how to, but often agree on the need for change.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:54:03 +0000

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” – Albert Einstein.

The Cons can try going more and more conservative, pushing further to the right, and they can expect to have more success when they do. But they’ll end up doing nothing more than driving themselves into complete obscurity, and hopefully at that point more common-sense Republicans can retake control of their party, and bring it back to the table to do things like governing.

Issues like abortion, gay rights, and evolution are rallying cries. They represent old Republican talking points that were taken seriously by the hard Right, who now represent the controling body of the party. They were used to create solid voting blocs. Conservatives can deny evolution all they want, and they can deny rights to women and gays all they want. They are already in denial about changing demographics in America, to the point of believing that it must be a Liberal conspiracy to allow illegals into the country so they will vote Democrat. Republicans are firmly stuck in the past, and it will take a major jolt (like losing Congress and the White House, perhaps) to get them into the 21st Century.

By: Morrius

Morrius — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:51:41 +0000

Remember, it was on Mitt Romney’s watch that Massachusetts became the first state to mandate health insurance and allow gay marriage. Okay, on the latter his veto was overruled, but still.

I would laugh so hard if Obama brought this up in the debates.

By: ptgoodman

ptgoodman — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:13:02 +0000

Republicans NEED to keep the abortion and gay rights issues around forever. So it’s unlikely that they will make abortion illegal. In fact, they’ve set such a goal so difficult to reach–an amendment to make abortions illegal–that it is impossible to reach. This keeps the issue alive. This keeps the anti-abortion crowd voting for them Some for gay rights. There is no one less in touch with life’s realities than Tea Partiers, though garden variety conservatives are not far behind. What a bunch of idiots. If they make more gains in this election I’ll almost certainly leave this country.

By: Bard

Bard — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:40:45 +0000

Oh yea, Michelle Bachman was the more viable candidate. The woman who only got 80% of the votes that she literally paid for at the Iowa Straw Polling.