I Am A Conservative?

Posted by tomo at 02:41 AM in politics . | 1 Comments

- I am a conservative. I believe in staying solvent and out of debt.
- I am a conservative. I believe in keeping my nose out of other people's business, their nations and their bedrooms.
- I am a conservative. I believe in conserving our assets and our resources -- our air, our land, our water. Accordingly, I don't support or engage in wastefulness, inefficiency or lavish excesses.
- I am a conservative. I think an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Therefore I support appropriate government spending on such things as infrastructure, schools, social welfare and crime prevention, because in the long run it's cheaper and more effective.

Originally by "a resident of Forest Grove, Oregon, The Oregonian", you can read the rest at mousemusings.

- I am a conservative. I don't deal falsely or prematurely with facts.
- I do not have an exclusive claim on what is right, good or patriotic, and those who disagree with me are not automatically evil traitors.