What is a Conservative?

I saw this on TV the other night and thought it was pretty good. Jim and I watch Glenn Beck most evenings....for a little bit anyway.....and he did this the other night. Here is what he said a conservative was:


GLENN: Ken, here it is. To be a conservative is, in my definition, is somebody that believes in the power of the individual, somebody that believes, please let me make my decisions, that I have a right to succeed and not be penalized for it. I have a right to fail and have no one run to me if I don't want them to run to me. A conservative believes I have a right to manage my family, I have a right to discipline my family in the way I see fit, as long as it is not criminal. A conservative believes I have the right to worship God, I have a right to worship the God of my understanding, and I do not have the right to jam my version of God down anybody else's throat or my version of no God down any body's throat. A conservative believes live and let live. That's what a conservative believes. A conservative believes in the smallest amount of government, the smallest government you can get without anarchy. That's what a conservative believes.

I actually thing that is more the definition of a libertarian.....but I know that is not the definition of a liberal. Liberals always think they know best and they should REGULATE everything under the sun!!!

I just thought this was pretty good and a pretty good explanation. When I was in Cuba the people said they thought the government would take care of them and they wanted the womb to the tomb care, but then they found out that you couldn't trust the government and those in power were corrupt. Yes, they learned that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely!