Are you consevative or liberal, and why?

Answer 1

Conservative because I am an intelligent logical adult.

Answer 2

I am becoming more liberal because the Republicans increased discretionary spending on government by 40% the last 12 years and set us up for a depression once the economy and tax receipts slow, which they will. The government has become a Monster and the poor willl suffer the most as jobs go away as the economy crashes--thanks to the Republicans. The poor will suffer because the govt will be broke and cannot help like in the 30'. I sure hope the Democrats raise taxes soon to stop this from happening.

Answer 3

Neither, I am a moderate because I don't believe that extreme fundamental beliefs from either end can govern society.

I am not insecure like Bush or introverted like Cheney. Conservatives can only relate to sex scandals and war (due to frequent masturbation and PS2 game play).

Liberals are too idealistic and forget reality at times, like the idea that the democratic peace theory can actually apply in a place like Iraq - a place where, for centuries, people cannot get along. (american conservatives are actually extreme liberals in this case).

I, on the other hand, think more rationally. That's why I am a moderate.

Answer 4

I am a moderate because in some cases I lean towards the liberal side, and on security issues, I'm a conservative. I support human and civil rights to the utmost. I believe in equal opportunity, even if it means having racial quotas. I believe that women should have equal pay for equal work. I believe in gay civil unions. I think hate crimes should be mandatory 15 years to life in prison or death, if someone dies in a violent way. I support a higher minimum wage. But, I don't support abortion. I believe in a strong military, but not for the Iraq War. I think we should go after Bin Laden with all our forces possible. I think homeland security should be more of priority than what it is. I don't believe in blanket amnesty for illegal immigrants. I vote a split ticket, but am leaning towards the Democratic Party for president in 2008.

Answer 5

Conservative- I believe in less taxes for EVERYONE, less government waste on programs, free enterprise, but most of all..... I hate listening to celebrities, so I choose the opposite party they root for.

Answer 6

Conservative.
Abortion issue.
Protecting children.
Promoting job creation.
Provide for the common defense better.
Socialism turns to totalitarianism.

Answer 7

Neither I prefer to do my own thinking and not follow any one groups ideas or opinions

Answer 8

Liberal, because I am fair.

Answer 9

Liberals tend to believe in the social contract, that we are stronger as a nation when we empower each other and conduct our government for broad social benefit rather than for individual benefit. Conservatives, on the other hand, operate from a lower level of human development where individual empowerment means "survival of the fittest", "a sucka's born every minute", "dominion over the planet means plunder rather than guardianship" and "me first".

Genocide, rigging elections, gerrymandering, lying and torture are OK if it means their survival. They believe that the end justifies the means. Liberals do not. Conservatives have never believed in the American Dream. Since the beginning of this democracy, the dream to be free and have a fair chance has been under attack by the Conservative's belief system.

Conservatives do not believe in the U.S. Constitution, unless it serves their self-interests. Liberals believe in free speech. Conservatives do not. Liberals look out for each other's rights in our pluralistic society. Conservatives do not. Conservatives do not care for anyone but themselves and their own viewpoints, their own religions, their own bank accounts. They are not believers in the common good. They plunder, even from the weak. They do not care about their own neighbors or their own communities or people who are different than they are. They prefer to live in gated communities and build massive fences and walls. They relentlessly strive to disenfranchise as many people from the American Dream as possible.

According to the Supreme Court record, they fought against Americans who wanted slavery abolished. They fought against black Americans who wanted to vote. They fought against female Americans who wanted to vote. They fought against Americans who wanted to keep church and state separate. They fought against older and disabled Americans who wanted American public restrooms and sidewalks to accommodate wheelchairs. They fought against American workers who wanted a decent minimum wage and a forty-hour work week. They fight to this day against poor people by refusing to raise the minimum wage yet voting themselves raises in legislative bodies.

While claiming to support "family values," they fought against American children and forced them to work like slaves in factories and mines. They spent our money making arms dealers rich while taking money away from the public school system. They fought against working American mothers who needed equal pay and decent childcare. They fought against hungry American babies and slashed preschool nutritional programs for the poor. They fought against pregnant poor Americans and slashed prenatal care programs.

They fought against American healthcare professionals who were struggling to stop the spread of AIDS and they blocked the distribution of condoms that would have saved millions of American lives. They fought against American homosexuals who wanted to be able to rent a house or an apartment and live together in peace.

They fought against American police organizations that pleaded for a ban on the guns that slaughter police officers and over 40,000 Americans every year. They fought against Americans who tried to protect the environment and people from pollution and poisons that are being put in the air and water.

They fought against every American in court who has struggled to protect our freedom of speech. They fight against Americans who want the Internet to remain free. They fight against Americans who want peace and they fight to protect their right to profit from war. They fought against a common ground like this Yahoo site, a common ground where people from all tribes and nations of the world could gather and share ideas and problem-solving, the United Nations.

Their vision has plunged this nation in horrible debt, set back science and technology and our national math and science scores to the point where our young people cannot even pass the new global job market tests while they pandered to fringe religious groups for their votes, sold us out in NAFTA based contracts that thus far have benefitted only a few and have divided this nation in order to plunder even the future of our children.

Liberals stand for growth, change, evolving. Liberals stand for tolerance, respect, diversity. Liberals stand for compassion, spirituality and love for fellow humans. That's why I'm a liberal.