[mikeus_maximus]

voters will not believe them until they believe his colleagues are capable of acting in a way that is consistent with conservative principles and contrary to their parochial, political interests.

That's never happened and, I've come to believe, never will. To govern conservatevly would take a wide-spread altruism contrary to selfish human nature. For that reason, conservatism as a viable form of government suffers from the same conceptual flaw as communism, and won't work in the real world.

[stockpirate]

“To govern conservatevly would take a wide-spread altruism contrary to selfish human nature.”

Selfishness is not a flaw, but a virtue. To act in a conservative way by your very actions would be in your own self interest.

And conservatism is not just like communism in any regard.

Tell me are you a follower of that type of doctrine?

[subterfuge]

What load of crap that post was.

Conservatism is a mindset, not a form of government.

Communism is opposed to freedom, which is antithetical to conservatism.

You must be thinking of libertarianism.