Well, at least I got more than one sentence.


[A "typical" conservative is one who laps up the republican party's talking points without regard to the facts. This is exemplified by people who still believe that there were WMD when Iraq was invaded, that Saddam has close ties to Al-Queda and helped plan 9/11 despite gadzillions of reports to the contrary so they still choose not to let facts get in their way.
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Hmmm, John Kerry agreed with the above typical conservative position, but that was before he disagreed.<vbg>


[Typical conservatives believe most Democrats are soak-the-rich, take-your-gun away, atheistic, tree-hugging morons. They also believe in taking money from the middle class (only because the poor don't have any to take) and giving it to people who haven't worked a day since they found the silver spoon in their mouths at birth. ]

You're very close to getting it. You forgot to mention that they also want to keep the poor so they will blindly follow them hoping to get some of the government goodies.

[The conservative already has his/hers and doesn't care about doing anything for anybody. Liberals want to help people too, (and this is the only talking point I will grant, we are frequently more concerned about the effort than the result).]

Hmmm, gee the three cars and thousands of dollars I've given away would take me out of the conservative side, if that were the case. I would not give money to a crack addict though. I do give money to the shelters - directly because I don't want to give to United Way and have them siphon off millions for the overhead. Salvation Army and Red Cross and my church get most of the money I donate because I know the money will be well spent and I've seen the results of their work. They care about outcomes. If you look, you'll see lots of "compassionate conservatives" out there.