What Americans say and how they vote are 2 different things. Ask these same people if they are willing to give up their subsidies, government loans, welfare, licensing rules that protect them from competitors, etc. and I’m sure you will get a much different response.
Some of the biggest beneficiaries of government spending are businesses of various kinds. Food stamps are a boon to farmers and grocery store owners.
Really?
Then why do Democrats cheat during elections?
Why do Democrats consistently oppose requiring voter ID?
Exactly. Americans like to think that they are for individualism and capitalism but what they are really for is free stuff paid for by someone else. Not all Americans but a large chunk are. 80 years of the Welfare State have given way too many Americans an attitude of “Gimme gimme gimme and make the rich pay for it.”
You said it, there is much talk about how we are so conservative but watch what people vote for rather than what they say. People are often vastly different from their own self image. Have you ever met an irrational, illogical person who self identified as being irrational and illogical? I never have.
You said it, there is much talk about how we are so conservative but watch what people vote for rather than what they say. People are often vastly different from their own self image. Have you ever met an irrational, illogical person who self identified as being irrational and illogical? I never have. I have known people who called themselves stupid but they seldom act stupid, those who act in really stupid ways tend to think they are brilliant.
Even Freepers have posted comments in the past about how many “conservatives” voted for Obama!I still say that ZERO REAL conservatives voted for Obama, only people who self identify as something they are not, like “Rainman” saying, “I’m an excellent driver.”