I am an independent conservative who ten years ago moved from my family’s red state to Illinois. The family-nurture influences on my social perspectives were Christian, Catholic, social conservative, fiscal conservative… you know the drill.
Many of “their” values remain mine. That’s why the arguments that I now have with conservatives leaves me, literally, with knots in my stomach. The present administration has betrayed its party, its constituents, its country and democracy itself. They have abandoned fiscal conservative restraint without even the pretense of accountability.
Along the way, they have ignored the constitution, under-taxed the profiteers who bankroll their elections, lied their way into war, botched that war at every turn, created multiple civil wars in the Middle East, incessantly fed the pressure points that have driven up the price of crude oil, dropped interest rates dangerously low for extended periods of time, encouraged unethical & immoral banking practices and brought the worlds banking system to its knees through mis-regulation … The list of betrayals is too exhausting to continue.
What hurts most is that my defense of conservative principles today results in my being labeled a liberal. Lib. Progressive. Fairy. Tree Hugger. Green Freak. Atheist. Commie Pinko Pig. What kind of mind control is going on in this country? Why do those betrayed not see this betrayal?
Senator Obama has been delivering a truly “conservative” message to his constituency for years. They are listening to him – they have/are cleaning up their neighborhoods. The people he serves are today more proud, more productive, more self sufficient than when he arrived. The State of Illinois reaps financial windfall from this more productive workforce that he has helped to create.
Why are my red-state brothers and conservative Illinois friends deriding me as if I had just pissed on Reagan’s grave?
View my 3 most recent posts to hear and read Sen. Obama’s acceptance speech. Comments / answers / explanations are welcome on this blog. I believe in dialogue.
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