Politics Red Rover, Red Rover....

[ABM]

How many conservatives in here.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

not really, but maybe so.

 

[ABM]

not really, but maybe so.

Bold proclamation.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

How many conservatives in here.

Didn't even make the poll results public.

Yes I'm conservative, but I rarely vote for Republicans.

 

[ABM]

Didn't even make the poll results public.

Yes I'm conservative, but I rarely vote for Republicans.

Didn't even think to, nor know how, for that matter.

You vote for Democrats?

 

[e_blazer]

I'm not sure that such a thing really exists in America anymore. At one time, conservatives usually were aligned with the old maxim, "That government is best which governs least". Today, most of those who identify as conservative have no problem at all with government using its powers for all kinds of things that they feel are appropriate (guns, abortion, immigration, etc.). They also have no issue with using government power to try to impose their views on a variety of social issues on other people (LGBTQ rights, racial equality, women's rights, etc.). Conservatives at one time were adverse to profligate government spending and insistent that budgets be balanced. Check out how the deficit rose under Republican administrations to see how well that has played out. http://goliards.us/adelphi/deficits/ So, I guess you'd better define your terms as to what it means to be a conservative.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Didn't even think to, nor know how, for that matter.

You vote for Democrats?

I'm more likely to vote for a third party candidate, such as Libertarian or Constitution party.

 

[Chris Craig]

I'm a moderate

 

[RR7]

Nope

 

[ABM]

I'm not sure that such a thing really exists in America anymore. At one time, conservatives usually were aligned with the old maxim, "That government is best which governs least". Today, most of those who identify as conservative have no problem at all with government using its powers for all kinds of things that they feel are appropriate (guns, abortion, immigration, etc.). They also have no issue with using government power to try to impose their views on a variety of social issues on other people (LGBTQ rights, racial equality, women's rights, etc.). Conservatives at one time were adverse to profligate government spending and insistent that budgets be balanced. Check out how the deficit rose under Republican administrations to see how well that has played out. http://goliards.us/adelphi/deficits/ So, I guess you'd better define your terms as to what it means to be a conservative.

Staggering. Biden will take us into the stratosphere.

 

[ABM]

I'm more likely to vote for a third party candidate, such as Libertarian or Constitution party.

Nothing wrong with that, fer sure.

 

[julius]

Staggering. Biden will take us into the stratosphere.

Cept that's not a factual statement

 

[ABM]

Cept that's not a factual statement

We all have our faults. Sorry.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Staggering. Biden will take us into the stratosphere.

Like it or don't, Trump started the current inflationary mess. Biden just doubled down on it. And if you wanna play that game, Republicans are the ones doing everything they can to ignite the next Civil War. They'd rather destroy the country entirely than live in an actual democracy.....

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Like it or don't, Trump started the current inflationary mess. Biden just doubled down on it. And if you wanna play that game, Republicans are the ones doing everything they can to ignite the next Civil War. They'd rather destroy the country entirely than live in an actual democracy.....

This current inflationary mess started back in 2008 with TARP and QE. Kicking the can down the road just got us to where we are now.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

This current inflationary mess started back in 2008 with TARP and QE. Kicking the can down the road just got us to where we are now.

It just took 14 years to arrive. Got it.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

This current inflationary mess started back in 2008 with TARP and QE. Kicking the can down the road just got us to where we are now.

Just a note: I'm pretty sure you have more posts mentioning QE than everyone else combined.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

It just took 14 years to arrive. Got it.

Absolutely. Anytime there was any issues, the FED would buy more bonds, print more money, or keep the rates low when they shouldn't have.

We bailed out the banks when they should have been allowed to fail.
Then we bailed out small businesses while we forced them to be shut down.
Then we sent everyone stimulus checks multiple times.

All resulted in inflation. This has been brewing since 2008, its not even as bad as its going to get.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Absolutely. Anytime there was any issues, the FED would buy more bonds, print more money, or keep the rates low when they shouldn't have.

We bailed out the banks when they should have been allowed to fail.
Then we bailed out small businesses while we forced them to be shut down.
Then we sent everyone stimulus checks multiple times.

All resulted in inflation. This has been brewing since 2008, its not even as bad as its going to get.

Damn Republicans. That's what happens when they're left unchecked.........

 

[CJ_is_Gone]

I'm more likely to vote for a third party candidate, such as Libertarian or Constitution party.

Me too.
Less government manipulation the better.

 

[Phatguysrule]

I'm not sure that such a thing really exists in America anymore. At one time, conservatives usually were aligned with the old maxim, "That government is best which governs least". Today, most of those who identify as conservative have no problem at all with government using its powers for all kinds of things that they feel are appropriate (guns, abortion, immigration, etc.). They also have no issue with using government power to try to impose their views on a variety of social issues on other people (LGBTQ rights, racial equality, women's rights, etc.). Conservatives at one time were adverse to profligate government spending and insistent that budgets be balanced. Check out how the deficit rose under Republican administrations to see how well that has played out. http://goliards.us/adelphi/deficits/ So, I guess you'd better define your terms as to what it means to be a conservative.

Bingo. Conservative doesn't mean anything anymore.

 

[Voodoo]

The older I get the more I would say yes I am a conservative, but Republicans have gone off track since at least 2001. But they’ve been off the rails since 2016 in particular.

By conservative I generally mean someone that believes in moderation, both in change, and in government intervention, spending, regulation, while also believing in strong civil liberties and rights. Republicans haven’t been conservative by that definition in a long time.

 

[RR7]

I'm the opposite, feel like the older I get, the further left I go.

 

[Voodoo]

This current inflationary mess started back in 2008 with TARP and QE. Kicking the can down the road just got us to where we are now.

By all evidence that’s not true at all, inflation happens much faster than that. There’s a ton of inflationary pressures that are occurring right now that have nothing to do with either TARP or QE.

 

[jonnyboy]

“Conservative” and “Liberal” are both good qualities in their own right. But they are words who’s meanings have been ignored and adopted by groups who are really neither.