Please explain if you will just what a true conservative is?
I’ve heard all the following people claim they are true conservatives, and some even Rush and Levin have called true conservatives. But I find none of them to be someone I would want to hold the same views on life with.
1. Jeb Bush
2. George Bush
3. Lindsey Graham
4. John McCain
5. Paul Ryan
6. Mitt Romney
7. John Boehner
8. Mitch McConnell
9. Most republican senate members.
10. Most republican house members.
11. Bush I
12. Karl Rove
13, Ted sCruz
14. Marco Rubio aka foam boy male dancer.
15. Kasich
the list goes on and on, my point is anyone who claims they are a “conservative” and is a public office holder is not telling the truth.
So if these people are conservatives then I must admit, I am not a conservative.
Fair enough question. I tend to consider a conservative as someone who tries to govern in a manner consistent with the original intent of the constitution. And you are right, most (if not all) of the names on that list are not conservative by that definition.
And so, when looking at who to vote for, I try to figure out who is closest to that and is still electable.
On a zero to one hundred scale, with 100 being totally conservative and zero being totally liberal, I am seeing not too many folks above the 50 mark.
Really difficult decision here.