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You too do not understand the difference in Progressive ideology and Conservative ideology.
Just because they have an R by their name, does not automatically place the Conservative ideology to their agenda.(GW. Bush... John McCain are not true Conservatives. Was Republican FDR Conservative?)
I would venture to say that FDR was probably the most progressive President this country has ever seen.
You can come out from under that rock and get educated by the truth, now.
You have obviously confused Conservative with the Republican label, once again.
Both Republicans and especially Democrats have leaned Progressive for so long it is confusing. FDR a Republican, was just as Progressive as Wilson, a Democrat, was.
If we can get the Progressives out of both parties, you will see a move to a stronger nation.
Note the amount of true Conservatives, elected to office in National, State and local elections, Nov, 2nd, 2010!!!! What does that tell us, using common sense. I see it perfectly clear.
You too do not understand the difference in Progressive ideology and Conservative ideology.
Just because they have an R by their name, does not automatically place the Conservative ideology to their agenda.(GW. Bush... John McCain are not true Conservatives. Was Republican FDR Conservative?)
I understand quite clearly what a Conservative is. There are, however, many factions who self-identify as conservative that advocate for big government. Social Conservatives, who make up a huge portion of conservativism in the United States, seek expanded government control over our lives based on their values. What you descibe is more akin to Libertarianism, not Conservatism. Conservatism, as defined above, is simply an adherenece to the status quo and a desire for slow change. Many conservatives use government to fulfill that objective.
Also - FDR was a Democrat, not a Republican. He's really the one who ushered in the transition of conservatism away from the southern Democratic base to the Republicans, being finalized with the Civil Rights Law by Johnson. I'm not sure you're as informed on these issues as you seem to think you are.
Proven over and over again, women had the right to vote in many states before 1920. Nationally, it was to get the woman's vote for the democrats... Harding won the next Presidential election hands down, by getting the women's votes.
Democrats did not approve of the civil rights act. JFK voted NO twice on it. More Republicans voted yes than Democrats, by 2-1.
But Democrats were more conservative than they are now.
Once again - this thread is NOT about Republican vs Democrat; it is about Conservative vs Liberal. And in 1920, the Democrats were the Conservatives.
The past, no matter which party you chose, you got a Progressive slant to the agenda.
Nov. 2nd, 2010, was a Tea Party Constitutional Conservative, landslide.
Some Progressives made it back in(McCain).
Look at Chris Cristie from NJ, would you classify him as Progressive or Conservative?
He has a very good rating from both voting democrats and republicans.
The Tea Party's just a very predictable and expected reaction to a recessed economy and a minority, left-of-center president. Such movements arise everytime the economy goes down or Democrats take power. There was a similar uprising when Clinton was elected. Then most people realized he was actually a pretty good president, similar to Obama.
Once again - this thread is NOT about Republican vs Democrat; it is about Conservative vs Liberal. And in 1920, the Democrats were the Conservatives.
NO, you don't get it. Only the Southern Democrats were Conservative in nature, by not all. The Northern Democrat in places like Wisconsin, were influenced by Marxism, but not all northern Democrats.
Your the perfect example of what they were molding. A confused and mislead citizen.
I understand quite clearly what a Conservative is. There are, however, many factions who self-identify as conservative that advocate for big government. Social Conservatives, who make up a huge portion of conservativism in the United States, seek expanded government control over our lives based on their values. What you descibe is more akin to Libertarianism, not Conservatism. Conservatism, as defined above, is simply an adherenece to the status quo and a desire for slow change. Many conservatives use government to fulfill that objective.
Also - FDR was a Democrat, not a Republican. He's really the one who ushered in the transition of conservatism away from the southern Democratic base to the Republicans, being finalized with the Civil Rights Law by Johnson. I'm not sure you're as informed on these issues as you seem to think you are.
That would be liberal conservatives, not social conservatives. The key word is "expanded".
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