Really starting to wonder if "conservatives" have lost all principles. First, "conservatives" backed Bush, father of Medicare Part D, NCLB..
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
Second, "conservatives" opposed Medicare cuts & campaigned against them. Third, we have "conservatives" making Dem arguments on tech policy.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
(note that by "traditional," I mean from the still very recent time when unions didn't want more immigration esp guest workers)...
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
Fourth, we have "conservatives" using traditional union talking points increasingly on free trade & outright & commonly on immigration...
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
Fifth, I have now seen multiple examples of "conservatives" talking about how by not getting the fed govt more involved in student loans...
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
... the Democrats are supposedly "screwing over" students. Because nothing says "conservatism" like turning the govt into a massive bank...
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
... involved in a bunch (more) unwise lending that inevitably helps to promote more inflation in education costs, rather than constrain it.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
Just a few examples. For a lot of people, "conservatism" actually means "economically liberal, culturally conservative and/or reactionary."
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
And the irony in all this is, no, it's not just the establishment GOP that dabbles in this. It's the populist, grassroots wing also.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
In fact, it may be even more the populist, grassroots wing than the establishment, overall. In any event, I find it depressing.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
I don't mind people who are legitimately 3-legged stool conservatives. I disagree w them on social policy & to an extent defense/forpol...
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
...but at least they are legitimately conservative and not, you know, frauds. What I can't stand are people claiming to be "conservative"...
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
...when they would, in fact, support a bunch of liberal policies if an R were advancing them or if Obama were advancing the opposite policy.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
Obama is obviously a big liberal, and rarely does he propose anything outside bog standard liberal policy. But Medicare cuts...
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
... and his (recent, occasional) embrace of free trade and more legal immigration are things where he's shown more market friendliness.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
And yet, you still get "conservatives" who are like "no Medicare cuts!" "no free trade!" and "stop (virtually all) legal immigration too!"
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
And then, because these "conservatives" want free things & big government too, they're like "turn the govt into a bank!" and "expand govt!"
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
You can criticize libertarians for having extreme minority viewpoints and espousing often impractical policy.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
But people who call themselves libertarians generally, you know, hold policy positions that are 90% legitimately libertarian.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
And we tend to be consistent in taking and holding those stances regardless of who's in office and what the derp du jour is.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
I was about to say the same about liberals, but actually, that's only vaguely true, and only if you exclude civil liberties & forpol.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 28, 2013
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