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[you are the first person I have ever seen suggest such a thing.]

"The Abandonment of Social Conservatism for Fiscal Conservatism"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2541257/posts

Worshiping the Golden Calf and/or yourself is not conservatism, Socrates.

184 posted on 05/25/2013 3:40:50 AM PDT by TArcher ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)

>>I have ever seen

If I recall correctly from basic training 30 years ago, having that sort of vision problem was called “OPTO-RECTALITIS”, and can only be cured when the afflicted removes their eyeballs from the Southern end of their digestive tract.

YMMV

185 posted on 05/25/2013 5:44:10 AM PDT by TArcher ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)

To: TArcher; The Ignorant Fisherman

Interesting blog post. Too bad you didn't understand it. Or the fact that it has nothing to do with the conversation you and I have been having. Here is the author's main point:

One edge of the blade is the fiscal (monetary) side, while the other edge is the social side, (i.e., the part which deals with moral absolutes). The TRUE CONSERVATIVE adheres to and uses both sides of this blade.

The thread itself (which your hero littlejerimiah participated in) reiterates the point that sound fiscal policy is at the very core of conservatism, but that it inappropriate for conseravives exclude social issues. As I have repeatedly said that abortion is my #1 political issue, that obviously does not apply to me.

So, again, what did you mean when you called fiscal conservatism "an abomination of nature," and what is your proposed alternative?

186 posted on 05/25/2013 2:01:19 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)

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