According to “the experts” Paul Ryan is a conservative, John Boehner is a conservative. They even call John Kasich a conservative.
Either “conservative” means a guy with a knife ready to stab his friends in the back, or Knight is right....the word no longer has much meaning the way we see it played out.
After supporting, voting for and observing what I was assured were conservatives for Congress, I would have to line up with the coach on this one.
I think linguistics would be fascinating to study in the GOPe.
It is arguable that the GOPe is guilty of high crimes and innumerable misdemeanors against the English language.
“conservative” ...the word no longer has much meaning the way we see it played out.
If so, the left has won.
I think you’re on to something with this post!
Men “identify” as women, women “identify” as men, surely liberals can “identify” as conservatives. I think of a conservative as someone, like myself, who believes that we would be far better off had we actually followed the constitution as it was written rather than making up a fake version of it (living, breathing document, my arse) and that most of the amendments after the first ten have been proven to be mistakes. I know very few who actually agree with me on all or even most of that.
I have known so-called “conservatives” who have said to me such things as, “Now, I am one of the most conservative people you will ever meet but I think the government should give everyone FREE healthcare.”
...and Mitt is a “severe” conservative.