[SeattleBruce]

Greeneyes, I appreciate you taking the time to explain who you are.

"I am a freedom loving American. I support the constitution, especially the bill of rights. I do not support the amendments that have eroded states rights such as the income tax, and other violations of the 10th amendment.

I do not support much of the legislation that has been passed (creeping socialism). I thought Roe v Wade was a horrible misinterpretation of the constitution.

The leftist MSM has tacked a label on people of conservative. That would imply that we want to conserve the status quo. I want to roll back the socialism that has been marching forward before I was even born.

I object to labels, but I think most of the tag-lines give a sufficient clue to where people on this forum stand."

I think labels are definitely limited, but this is my take on Conservative.

A true Conservative is a freedom loving, God-fearing, family loving, pro-life, patriot American, who supports Constitutional rule of law, limited powers of government along the lines of the intentions of the Founding Fathers.

Kind of like what you said.

A true Conservative is a thoughtful, well reasoned individual, who possesses cautious optimism, and therein does not trust the platitudes of big government promises.

Now, the RAT media can try to cloud, lie, tweak and misrepresent Conservatives all they want. And they are dying as a result of it because more and more people understand that they lie about us, and about our principles! But I stand as a proud Conservative American in the middle of socialist blue Seattle.

And this morning, for evident reasons, I have hope in America!

[greeneyes]

Bless you for your principles. Once upon a time the term Liberal meant freedom. Then the left co opted the term for themselves, and tagged freedom lovers with the term conservative. This still gets my dander up.

So I stand tall as a freedom loving American and reject labels.(Actually I am undertall LOL)

Best wishes for reclaiming your state and implementing reforms which restore liberty and power to the people.

[condi2008]

I like this chart for some basic characteristics:

Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs