If you're any kind of "conservative," my kitty cat is the King of Siam.
Cute the way you've managed to cruise under the ZOT radar, though, I must confess.
So far
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Jovial --
Are you this insulting and angry all the time, or only when asked to think?
I am who I say I am, almost certainly more deep-down conservative than you sound, with a voting record and intense involvement in political and community affairs to prove it.
I did live through the Watergate mess and feel that the lack of integrity and respect for law that Nixon and his gang demonstrated is largely responsible for the distrust of government and cynicism evident in society today, as well as in your posts.
If Nixon is one of your heroes, he let you down, big time. You should feel betrayed instead of trying to rewrite history. This is not some conspiracy theory -- it's all there, on tape and paper, documented for the ages, a sad chronicle of a bitter man who did his country great harm.
Nixon's transgressions and Ford's pardon of him is also responsible for the election of Jimmy Carter, more's the pity. Although I think Ford did the right thing in putting the matter to rest.
I'm the real deal, a thinking, caring conservative. Perhaps I'm just not as jaded and bitter as you sound.