Is John McCain a "true" conservative?
Is John McCain a conservative? I think he is and in a good way. I should know, I'm a bleeding heart liberal who is a tree hugger who thinks government can help people. With all the noise from the "pundits" on the TV political shows the term "conservative" has been bandied about by everyone including McCain himself. I felt the definition of a conservative as one who espouses personal responsibility and government policies that promote moral behavior seemed to fit my own idea of what their philosophy encompasses. There is also a strong feeling that government should stay out of the way. All the Republican candidates talked so much about Reagan that I expected him to be channeled right into the debates. Funny they didn't mention the "compassionate conservative" George W Bush. I wonder why? I would define Conservatism as "maintaining the current order." I don't draw a distinction between this political definition and my tree hugging sen...
Comments
Speaker Bill O’Brien and the Tea Party legislature’s sneak attack on New Hampshire women must be stopped.
If you haven’t seen the news over the last few days, the legislature is attempting to repeal a long-standing and bipartisan law that guaranteed women would have access to contraception and basic health care in their personal insurance plans. And I need to emphasize that this law does not require any religious organization to pay for contraception.
The Concord Monitor reported that Speaker O’Brien quietly “attached this amendment to an unrelated bill that eliminates ‘obsolete or outdated’ provisions from various state laws.”