Why I Am A Conservative

I was all set to tell you why Barack Obama might be the best thing that ever happened to the Republican Party, but, on second thought, the Big O turned out to be truly anticlimactic.

I'm doing some political work these days and one of my associates sent in a poem that says it all. There was not an author attached so my apologies to whoever wrote this. If you are out there somewhere, come and claim it!

Why I'm a conservative....

> * If a conservative
> doesn’t like guns, he doesn`t buy one.
> * If a liberal doesn't
> like guns, he feels that no one should have one.
>
> * If a conservative is
> a vegetarian, he
> doesn`t eat meat.
> * If a liberal is, he
> wants to ban all meat products for everyone.
>
> * If a conservative
> sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy.
> * A liberal wonders
> how to surrender gracefully and still look good.
>
> * If a conservative is
> homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
> * If a liberal is
> homosexual, he loudly demands legislated respect.
>
> * If a black man or
> Hispanic are conservative, they see themselves as independently
> successful.
> * Their liberal
> counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government
> protection.
>
> * If a conservative is
> down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
> * A liberal wonders
> who is going to take care of him.
>
> * If a conservative
> doesn’t like a talk show
> host, he switches channels.
> * Liberals demand that
> those they don’t like be shut down.
>
> * If a conservative is
> a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church.
> * A liberal
> non-believer wants any mention of God or religion silenced.
>
> * If a conservative
> decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or
> may choose a job that provides it.
> * A liberal demands
> that the rest of us pay for his.

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