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Why I am proud to be a conservative

Tap

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On this primary election day in SD, here are a few of the reasons I look for a conservative candidate.

I think things are more productive when government stays out of business as much as possible and lets the individual prosper, or fail. I do not support a business becoming a monopoly, but I do believe in lots of competition amoungst businesses. The government has never produced, and in fact gets in the way, and puts roadblocks in front of individuals producing. The governments job should be to make sure there is fair competition, and nothing else.

I think the security decsions of the US, are better made by the US, and not the UN. Most liberals support the UN, and they think the UN is better at making our military decsions than the US is. I think the UN should stick to humanitarian issues, and keep their nose out of our business. Some of the countries in the UN are SO immoral it is rediculous. Our liberals seem to want to hand over our country to the UN, and that is unacceptable to me.

Liberals want the US to adopt all kinds of government run parts of our economy that they say needs "fixed". Health Care, Big oil, etc. Let the government nationalize any of these things, and watch the price go way up in a hurry on that product. How about limiting the damages that malpractice suits can award? But that would not help the ambulance chasers who get most of the dollars on contingency cases, and we couldn't do that. Or how about letting oil companies search for more oil supplies or build new refineries? NOPE, there might be a yellow bellied sap sucker or some hardly endagered species living where the oil rig would need to drill. Never mind the fact the modern drilling is very efficient, or that we could be indepenent from other oil producing nations. Let's support Saudi Arabia's economy, and hold back ours. Government has never completely fixed a problem in my lifetime yet.

I think that SS. and Medicare are probably good programs for the elderly that have had hard times, and not beeen able to save, but why is every attempt to get a better return on their money thwarted by the Dems? The stock market has proved to have much better returns over time than the measly returns on SS, but the libs are scared to lose one of their programs to the free market, and we wouldn't want our consitituants seeing that the free market works.

How about Taxes? Tell me how any taxpayer of any size has the incentive to produce at confiscatory tax rates? I understand that when R. Reagan took office, the highest tax rates were over 50%. We had a terrible business economy, and interest rates were through the roof. Who would want to produce when you gave over half of what you made to uncle sam? You cannot tax your way to prosperity.

This brings me to welfare reform that talked about the other day. A wiser man than me said that if you give a man a fish, you feed him for one day. Teach a man to fish, and he has fish for a lifetime. I think this fits in well with welfare reform. If we limit the days on welfare to able bodied persons, they see that they need to get going and get a job. They have to prove that they are not unable to work, and it adds to our economy in the end, and makes the person feel better about themselves. And I am for helping the truly needy, and I think churches do a big service in this dept.

I think that government need to be involved in our lives, when our society is not responsible enough to keep our morals. If we ended abortion, think of all the taxpaying citizens that could be helping the liberals causes. :wink: If our society is not moral enough to see that abortion is wrong, who else but government could do it? But as Soapweed says, let a horrible criminal face the death penalty, and liberals rally around him like he is Christ himself. If liberals cannot see the difference between a clearly innocent person (fetus) and a clearly guilty one (criminal), then I could not explain this any better to them. They like to say conservatives contradict themselves on this, but I think it is vice versa. A crime is a crime.

I think there are a lot of well minded liberals, but most of them are wrong headed in the big picture.

To end my topic, GOOD LUCK today Liberty Belle!
 

Tap

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Thanks FH. I see I made several spelling errors, but daylight was burning, and I was in a big hurry.

Today is primary election day, and LB has an opponent, so if she wins, she still has to go through the general election in the fall.

Almost always the Republican in our area wins in the general, so I would say she would have a good shot. Come to think of it I am not sure if there is a democrat in the primary, but there probably is. Maybe they were unopposed. I don't keep so good of tabs on that side of the isle. :wink:

I also think that an independant could run in the fall.
 

Tap

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First, update on LB. She is doing very well with the first precincts reporting.

Second, I must have stated lots of facts in my synopsis of why I am conservative, because nobody disagreed with me. :wink: :lol:
 

Soapweed

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Tap said:
First, update on LB. She is doing very well with the first precincts reporting.

Second, I must have stated lots of facts in my synopsis of why I am conservative, because nobody disagreed with me. :wink: :lol:

That was a good essay, Tap. I agree with you all the way.

In these modern times there are lots of numbers, ratios, DOW Jones averages, and all sort of other figures to "figger" out. This made me think of HDL (good cholestrol) and LDL (bad cholestrol) ratios. Thinking of this brings up my LTL score, which is very low. LTL (in my mind) stands for Liberal Tolerance Level. :wink: :)
 

Hanta Yo

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Tap,

You are a good thinker, and I very much appreciate your post. Maybe you should run for something :D :wink: As if you had all the time in the world...but those who are good thinkers are pretty busy...lots of time to think in the tractor...those are the people who need to run and win for us! NOT those who make a career out of it. Tap, I think you need to think about the changes that need to be made in your state and go for it. MY excuse is because I'm too busy...maybe I'll rethink my busy-ness for Montana...if you'll rethink yours in S. Dakota :D

I, too, hope Liberty Belle wins in the Republican race. November will decide and I hope Liberty Belle wins it !!!! :D :D :D
 

Tap

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Thank you Hanta Yo. I love politics, but I am afraid I need time and a piece of paper to get my thoughts out straight. I am not a public speaker by any means. Not that I probably couldn't get to be one, but I would be too busy as you said, anyway.

Some people like to watch football, or baseball, but I like politics. This board gets me too disgusted to spend lots of time over here. I hate ignorance. :roll: :wink:

I like the saying that there is nothing wrong with being wrong once in a while, but there is something wrong with STAYING wrong. :lol:
 

Hanta Yo

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Tap said:
Thank you Hanta Yo. I love politics, but I am afraid I need time and a piece of paper to get my thoughts out straight. I am not a public speaker by any means. Not that I probably couldn't get to be one, but I would be too busy as you said, anyway.

Some people like to watch football, or baseball, but I like politics. This board gets me too disgusted to spend lots of time over here. I hate ignorance. :roll: :wink:

I like the saying that there is nothing wrong with being wrong once in a while, but there is something wrong with STAYING wrong. :lol:

Boy, you said it all, Buddy. Also nothing wrong with time and a piece of paper to get your thoughts straight. Maybe when your kids get older, they can take over more of the ranching... you can go out there and kick butt!! :!: 8) :shock: 8)
 

Liberty Belle

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This is good stuff Tap. I totally agree with every point you made and I'm printing this off for my office wall.

Thanks for the good wishes!! I got elected all right, lets just hope I didn't bite off more than I can chew.

Your classmate and family drove into the place yesterday afternoon for a couple days before they have to get back to the hospital. She says Hi!!!
 

nonothing

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See the writer of this thread,comes across as a propoganda machine.Why is it that all liberals are bad but all conservatives are gold.On abortion alone,he only brings up one case,"the Criminal".how about if abortions were illegal,how mony fetuses plus mothers would die on the black market..Has this man been on welfare,or can i assume he to took over another mans destiny,like so many on here..If a rancher goes through a drought the goverment will subsidize him..Why not stop relying on fossil fuels and look for alternatives..Is in only liberals that care about indanger specis and have gay children.This writer is proud in the fact that he is a repuplican,not a dad,not a husband,not a good nieghbor,but just a republican.....
 

Tap

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You are sooooo funny, knownothing

Not to mention, that his/her name fits them wonderfully.

I was talking about politics, not friends, family, or neighbors.

This person would not know a thing about how I treat those people.

And I said before, these are generalizations. I think when I am right, it really gets under some peoples skin.
 

Tap

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This is good stuff Tap. I totally agree with every point you made and I'm printing this off for my office wall.

Thanks for the good wishes!! I got elected all right, lets just hope I didn't bite off more than I can chew.

Your classmate and family drove into the place yesterday afternoon for a couple days before they have to get back to the hospital. She says Hi!!!

I hope you all have a great time with T. and her family. You know how I think she is a great person. I say hi back to her, and wish I could see her sometime.

I hope you correct my spelling and punctuation errors before you print my "essay" off. Someone might ask you who wrote it, and I want them to be fooled that I am more intelligent than how it appears. :wink:
 

Frankk

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Soapweed said:
nonothing said:
Jesus was a liberal.... :D :wink:

Jesus was neither liberal or conservative. He was non-political. He walked the straight and narrow, and sure didn't lean to the left. :wink: :)

He was against the death pentaly.(woman caught comitting adultery) this may lean a little to the left.
 
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