If Al Gore was president....

[Tom Earp]

There is much talk about how people feel.

Please explain to Me the difference of:

1. Liberal.
2. Concervative.
3. Moderat.

There seems to be a problem about whom people are?

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

There is much talk about how people feel.

Please explain to Me the difference of:

1. Liberal.
2. Concervative.
3. Moderat.

There seems to be a problem about whom people are?

........with spelling.

[shinerbock]

Here Tom

Liberals- love animals, love the environment, hate religion, hate war, love controversy, love minorities, love women, hate white men, hate SUV's, hate the rich, love the poor, hate capitalism, hate guns, are sympathetic to criminals, hate personal responsibility...

Conservatives- like to eat animals, love religion, like war, disregard the poor and minorities, love suv's and trucks, love capitalism, love personal responsibility, love offending people, love guns, hate criminals, hate academia, love Israel...

Moderates- Like E entertainment television, read USA Today, care about the Anna Nicole saga, don't know what capitalism is, agree with whatever the media consensus is on the status of the Iraq war, will decide who they're voting for in 2008 based on what ties the candidates wear at the debates...

Hope that helps.

[MysticCat]

Tom, you can boil down shinerbock's definitions pretty easily:

Conservative - Good
Moderate - Bad
Liberal - Worse

Not sure where I fit in, though. I love to eat animals and I love religion, SUVs, trucks, but I also love women. Hmmm.

But seriously, it would take a lot more than can be accomplished in this thread to explain these terms. "Conservative" and "liberal" just have too many meanings, and everything depends on context and who is using them. And then there's "moderate," which really only means "somewhere between conservative and liberal."

For example, "conserative" can mean, among other things, "fiscal conservative" or "social conservative." A person can be a fiscal conservative but libertarian (meaning the government should stay out of it) or even liberal on social issues. Some say that is the problem Giuliani will have.

Or to use the example of this thread, Bush has shown himself to be socially conservative but not fiscally conservative.

[shinerbock]

Actually, my descriptions fit more into

Conservatives- heartless but with backbone

Liberals- Spineless but intelligent

Moderates- All around pathetic

[MysticCat]

^^^ LOL! I stand corrected and enlightened.

[Tom Earp]

Thanks I think.

Never mind!