True conservatives want freedom. Economic and personal freedom. That goes for all classes be it low income, midde class or the rich. Conservatives want limited government and the right to make personal choices about what to do with their money. They also want freedom of thought and expression, the right to think and say what you want without being tarnished or branded.

While I don’t disagree that the radical right has its own self interests in mind for what they want, I also think the far left is much worse. They want to use tactics that separate people along monetary or ethnic lines. If you don’t like Obama, you’re a racist. If you don’t like Hillary you’re a sexist. If you want ANY reform to imigration then you hate mexicans. If you have so much money, your evil and you should pay well above your fair share. As much as the far right creeps into a pollutes mainstream conservatives, the far left is equally adept if not moreso at corrupting the future of mainstream democrats.

Even this seemingly well intended letter serves to drive a wedge between segments of society. It poses that the rich are basically corrupt for wanting to hold on to money and not giving more over to the government. I’d argue that taxes should be very low on EVERYONE out of fairness and we should have the right to do with our money as we please. Its funny that the writer doesn’t point out that conservatives, including rich conservatives, donate far more of a percentage of their income to various causes and charities. And if I had the money, I’d prefer to choose what organization to give it to rather than having the government take it and do with it what it pleases.

The far right may have issues, but they still operate on personal control. The far left operates on thought control, bullying and division. To them the government is smarter than the person. I respectfully disagree. Feel free to start the name calling.

In addition, the leftists typically live in the “theoretical world” while those in the center and right live in the “real world”

Example:

Leftist thinking: People don’t need guns, guns are bad. We will restrict all guns since they serve no purpose.

Center/Right thinking: Other people have guns, guns will never go away and some people can use them to kill me. I would like a gun to protect myself since the government cannot.

With the Schlafly debate on-going, you can, with a straight face, say that conservatives “spew forth a constant stream of bile and venom?”

Conservatives aren’t the ones that want to shut down free speech; the facist Left are. Conservatives aren’t the ones vilifying a person because they don’t agree with that person’s beliefs; the facist Left are.

Doyle, please tell me your letter was written tongue-in-cheek. No one, not even Mrs. Garrison, can be that deranged and out of touch with reality.

Poor Doyle…he’s gonna give himself a stroke.

I think he’s all worked up over the fact that we

Conservatives don’t believe the notion that homosexuality is normal.

Sorry Doyle… but I’m not buying it.

But… to each his own…..

Freedom of thought and expression ? How about all the talk about:
- Anyone that was opposed to the Iraq war being called unpatriotic
- Those that did not like it here being asked to leave !

Mr. Doyle Perry,
What most conservatives and Republicans have in common is a sense of righteousness that is overlain with an ideology of unregulated greed and selfishness. But it’s also nice to know they also steal from each other..John McBush plans to make Lindsey Graham Secretary of Defense even though he was robbed of over $200,000 from one of his Republican assistants.

Christopher Ward, one of the best known GOP accountants has been up to the same selfishness. He was treasurer for 83 Republican fundraising committees and the NRCC had to call the FBI because millions of dollars disappeared…

Any wonder why these clowns have “lost” billions to greedy Republican contractors in Iraq?

Tango…It was Phyllis Scafley who called the students “losers” and “dim-wits”….Real classy of the lady about to recieve her honorary degree to recognize her civic contributions.

Old Sarge….It wasn’t that long ago when uneducated hicks in the Appalachin Mountains would break the arms of their children because it wasn’t normal to be left handed…

Bile and venon, I thought Air America went bankrupt or something???

As one of these social conservatives, I really would like to know what my own interests are exactly? You seem to know them so well, please tell us.

“- Anyone that was opposed to the Iraq war being called unpatriotic”

This gets thrown around alot, do you have any proof of this? Where are the quotes (in context) that support this? It would seem to me that when dems are challenged on their positions, they immediately say their patriotism is being challenged, when it is their position that is being challenged. Look at Obamessiah yesterday, he got all bent out of shape because of what the President said in Israel, obviously it stuck close to home. If that wasnt his position, why did he and so many other dems get so bent out of shape?

Because the President of the United States was using a foriegn stage to politicize an American election at the expense of the Isreali people….

Garrison - Incredible. You criticize Phyllis Schafley for calling students “losers” and “dimwits,” then you go on to talk about “uneducated hicks.” Nice.