Rhodes4Rep's blog

Conservatism as it stands in many minds today has different labels you've all heard them Compassionate-Conservative, Neo-Conservative, Fiscal-Conservative, Social Conservative, and Conservative-Libertarian... the list goes on. We not only let the left label us with tags like neo-con but we divide ourselves with all of these labels. Yet when defining liberals have we called the various strains what they are a Liberal-Communist, Socialist-Liberal, Liberal-Fascist, Regressive Liberal, or the Liberal-Elitist.

The reason we are regressing as Republicans is not that conservatism is dead but that we let it be redefined by those who didn't really know the basic tenet's of Conservatism. Conservatism is by nature compassionate not because the government will make programs to take care of the poor, but because when less people are on welfare and have been put back to work then more of that money can go back into the free-market system and provide more jobs. It also allows the average American to show his compassionate side not by allowing the government to provide for individuals but now maintaining that a charitable organization that knows better how to take care of those truly in need to have more money available to fulfill their mission.

With some politicians advocating that we take oil company profits and even threatening the complete takeover of energy and health care why not call it what it is Liberal-Socialism or Liberal-Communism wouldn't that cause a little bit of a stir. Liberalism can easily be defined along those lines... but conservatism 101 tells us less government, more freedom, traditional morality, and adherence to the Constitution which should all go hand in hand.

In George Washinton's Farewell Address "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness. . . . The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them."

RR