In <4874007d$0$12036$9a6e19ea@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, on 07/08/2008
at 08:04 PM, "Vito" <vito@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>"Bob Myers" <nospamplease@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> You're going to have to explain that one - I don't see
>> how that would even come close to making them
>> "conservatives by definition."
>>
>They were seeking change when they fought England for independence.
>People seeking change are generally called 'liberals". Sometimrs worse.
>Once they had won and created the government they wanted, they worked and
> fought to conserve it; thus becoming "conservative".
>Sadly, Blundering Bush and other borrow and spend liberals, and their
>allies on the religious right, suckered the press and people into
>allowing them to don the name "conservative". Thus the confusion.
You clearly have no idea of what the word "conservative" means.
>The Constitution spells out what the federal Government can legally do
>and in a few case what it cannot. Any power not specifically granted to
>the feds is forbidden to them (reserved to the satate and/or people).
>Goldwater and his "conservative" sup****ters wanted to eliminate
>unconstitutional federal programs. LBJ, Bush and Reagan have expanded
>them.
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