[Eddie01]

Conservative:

Learns from the past. Thinks for him/herself.

[newfarm4000n]

Learns from the past. Thinks for him/herself

Don't you think that there is a difference between a conservative ( Rehnquist) and a traditionalist (Scalia) ? Too many liberals confuse conservative with holding on to the past.

[oldbrowser]

conservative = bases opinions on observation or experience.
liberal/progressive = bases opinions on unproven theories or
wishful thinking.

I think the problem derives from the fact that the liberals have been allowed to call us conservatives and themselves progressives. I think we should be called the realists and they should be called the wishful thinkers.