[tacticalogic]

There is nothing oxymoronic about cliaming to be a conservative and wanting the Constitution amended

Sure seems like it to me. If changing it is "conservative", what's there to conserve?

[jwalsh07]

The Constitution describes the amendment process. The founders were smart guys. There is nothing inherently unconservative about amending the constitution. See the Bill of Rights, amendments all.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

If changing [the Constitution] is "conservative", what's there to conserve?

Conservative is when you restrict yourself to amending the Constitution by constitutional means . . . rather than by simply declaring that the Constitution means whatever you find convenient.