What Does it Mean to be Conservative?

Source: http://blatheringsblog.com/

June 15, 2009

have you seen the latest gallup poll? good news for conservatives! of those polled, 40% identify themselves as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% liberal. can this latest polling data be used to promote the ‘conservative brand’ rather then all the incredibly lame calls from some in the gop to ‘moderate’?

so here was the question: how would you describe your political views - [very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal, very liberal]. surprisingly, even divided by gender ‘liberal’ comes in last!

so wake up conservatives!

know what you believe, why you believe it, and be able to discuss it in a winsome fashion instead hitting your more moderate brethen in the face with a cold fish! we must be able to rationally articulate to them why trusting conservatives with the country is better then trusting liberals.

and please, don’t run FROM conservatism but run TO it. (just like in the movie ‘the patriot’ when mel gibson - battered, bleeding, down - picked up the tatered American flag and ran toward the british to rout them forever.) heh!

and the gop leadership? if they can’t figure out how to use this latest information for an advantage over the obamanation and their greedy power grab, they are truly pathetic.