Didn't the John Birch Society just publish in their magazine the most recent Conservatism Index showing that the average democratic U.S. Senator is actually more conservative than the average republican one? It all reminds me of the plain belly and star belly Sneechws (Seuss).
Rogel
· 2 years ago
I'm unfamiliar with this article and be happy for a link. I wonder what is their definition for conservative. I suspect it is more the social conservative combine with left leaning economic which scares me twice :)
Not surprisingly the article differentiates between traditional and so called "Neo" conservatives which for the index is an important distinction. Bush-era conservatives tend to be big government and anti-privacy and it may be largely on these and similar points where the tables seem to be turning.
Found an additional reference (actually the one that I first found) at the JBS Blog http://www.jbs.org/node/345
There is an ancient haiku I love that says:
Four gates Under one moon Four temples
It's the one moon part that impresses me. We're all, most of us, after the same thing. We all love our freedom. I'm the last person in the world the I would have thought would read a JB publication and while it hasn't changed my party affiliation it has made me more open to being cooperative with the right.
Cheers.
Rogel
· 2 years ago
Thanks for the link Chris. I think that the main measure we should use is how observant of the constitution are the candidates are. The only problem with this measure is, I'm afraid, that we will have nobody to vote for :) On serious note, the CI measure suggested in the post you provided is a very good measure to examine how much our representative are devoted to protect our liberties. It is crossing the parties lines, as both parties are devoted for their own political power and not for the protection of the constitution.
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Not surprisingly the article differentiates between traditional and so called "Neo" conservatives which for the index is an important distinction. Bush-era conservatives tend to be big government and anti-privacy and it may be largely on these and similar points where the tables seem to be turning.
There is an ancient haiku I love that says:
Four gates
Under one moon
Four temples
It's the one moon part that impresses me. We're all, most of us, after the same thing. We all love our freedom. I'm the last person in the world the I would have thought would read a JB publication and while it hasn't changed my party affiliation it has made me more open to being cooperative with the right.
Cheers.
On serious note, the CI measure suggested in the post you provided is a very good measure to examine how much our representative are devoted to protect our liberties. It is crossing the parties lines, as both parties are devoted for their own political power and not for the protection of the constitution.