Conservative

A social conservative is, generally, one who believes in tradition and traditional values as a method for preservation of a nation and its culture. Of the millions who consider themselves conservatives, of course, there is a wide range of belief and practice. Overall, however, conservatives believe that social change should not be embraced purely for the sake of change, but that steps must be taken to protect a way of life based on simple and pure values.

Fiscal conservatism promotes a reduction in government spending. Fiscal conservatives often advocate deregulation of the economy, balancing the federal budget, and reducing the national debt.

In the blogosphere, conservatives generally oppose themselves to liberals in political and cultural debates. Just as there are moderate conservatives, so are there extremists; in the politically-charged climate of the online world, extreme opinions and pundits can sometimes drown out more moderate voices.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Conservative”

• CA: Prop 8 Sponsors Appeal Campaign Record Decision to 9th Circuit

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 159
  A federal appeals court has agreed to consider whether the sponsors of Californias gay marriage ban must turn over some internal campaign records as part of a lawsuit against Proposition 8. Protect Marriage, the coalition of religious and social conservative groups behind Prop. 8, wants to safeguard its private ...
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• Tea Party in the 8th District!

  
  Try 2 Focus — Authority: 125
  The BerryLaker pointed out a while back there would be a Tea Party in Marinette on Dec. 5th. Here are the details via the event’s page on Facebook . Attention Freedom Loving Citizens We are holding a TEA PARTY on December 5th at the University of Wisconsin Marinette Doors will open at 12:00 pm ...
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• Annual Thanksgiving Prayer

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 503
  Heavenly Father, on this day of thanksgiving we come before humbly and as your children. We give thanks for our soldiers who both home and abroad face unspeakable evil that seeks to enslave all mankind beneath a smothering ideology and heinous laws that treat women as second class persons and unbelievers as worse. We ...
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• President George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving

  
  Conservative Central — Authority: 116
  President George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation   Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, ...
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• Things I’ll Never Get Over

  
  American Conservative News Politics & Opinion - The Land of the Free — Authority: 510
  Sometimes when the two dogs in our household are out in the backyard “stalking” something, it’s hard to get them to “come”. I can call, “Here, Chico. Here, Gwinny”, ‘til the cows come home, and I’m lucky if they even look my way. But! When I tack on the word “treat”, suddenly they come running at ...
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• Obama’s Thankless Thankgiving (Guest Voice)

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 735
  WASHINGTON — It’s now official: So in vogue are attacks on President Obama that even his proclamation calling the nation to a day of Thanksgiving has become the focus of criticism. Presidential Thanksgiving messages are a routine bit of executive prose that most attentive citizens happily ignore in this ...
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• Happy Thanksgiving 2009!

  
  Freedom's Wings — Authority: 423
  Thank you to all of you who have supported my blog by either reading it, blogrolling it, linking to articles, backtracking to me and commenting.  You are all greatly appreciated.  I am thankful to God for my life and the sacrifice of his son, Jesus Christ, that my life may continue into eternity.  I am [...]
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• Islamic Schools: The advice David Cameron needed

  
  Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG — Authority: 641
  If I had been helping David Cameron prepare for PMQs, heres the advice I would have given him. Actors have a rule - never work with animals and children. As a political adviser I developed a rule - never cite real people. In my first week as Director of the Conservative Research Department - and thankfully (purely ...
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• Obama Creates Jobs; Just Not American Jobs

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 503
  Stimulus Creates A Limited Number Of "Real" New Jobs When The President Can Lead By Example, He Chooses Not To We have all heard the cries of success from the Administration on the supposed success of the Stimulus Bill in creating new jobs for the American people who are so desperate to find them. As ...
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• Tory members expect "too many tax rises" and little change in Britains relationship with Europe from a Conservative government

  
  thetorydiary — Authority: 682
  In the final survey of grassroots opinion that ConservativeHome will be publishing this side of the General Election we find members in a sobre mood when it comes to their expectations of what a Conservative government will achieve regarding tax and Europe. 73% are “worried that George Osborne will not cut spending ...
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• Giving Thanks … by J. D. Longstreet

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 503
  Giving Thanks. A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet ******************************* The "War on Thanksgiving" never seems to end. In the spirit of full disclosure allow me to set the record straight: I am part Native American -- as are so many, many, Americans. BOTH my grandmothers were, at the very least, half ...
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• Dear Dairy – I’m trying not to hate Palin but

  
  Where's the Outrage? — Authority: 538
  Dear Diary – I’m trying hard not to hate or despise or vomit when I hear the words, Sarah Palin. It is not that she has bad ideas. It’s not that she has an odd way of phrasing things. It’s more than that. I guess you could say that she is a Robo-conservative. If you’re going to make a conservative ...
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• Turkeys and Drumsticks 2009

  
  Politics Index — Authority: 456
  by Hal_10000The last couple of years, I’ve given out my awards for “Turkey of the Year” (2008, 2007).  The idea of the award is not to slam political/cultural figures who are the most harmful or the most dangerous, which is why I...
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• Happy Holidays From Dr Doc dlcs and the Crew at fox-news-magazine

  
  fox-news-magazine — Authority: 127
  Myspace Stuff © Dr Doc dlcs and the crew here at the studios wishing you and yours a very Blessed and Happy Holiday Season. Thank you for visiting and thank you for all your donations and suport here at conservative liberal politics and twisted humor. May your days be filled with Christian joy.
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• Planned Parenthood director quits

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  A preborn child fighting for it’s life changed her mind. Abby Johnson quit her job. That simple act has become a national news story because Johnson, 29, was the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas who said she experienced a "change of heart" while participating in an abortion procedure. "I had ...
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• No support for Obamacare

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  Majority of the people know it will raise costs and harm quality of HC. Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the lowest level of support measured for the plan in nearly two dozen tracking polls conducted since June. The latest ...
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• Obama Flubs Job Count: Why Trust His Health Care Numbers?

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 503
  By John W. Lillpop The Obama administration has shown a remarkable inability to apply simple math in order to keep track of the number of jobs created and saved as a result of the stimulus blowout. Without accusing anyone of anything (except fraud and deceit), it is an incredibly curious fact that the White House ...
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• SBL (Secret Bibliobloggers League): A Top Secret Debriefing on the 2009 Annual Meeting in New Orleans

  
  Exploring Our Matrix — Authority: 598
  I am now ready to file my TOP SECRET report on my undercover operation as part of the Secret Bibliobloggers League , the shadow organization that has infiltrated and taken control of that other organization which also has the abbreviation SBL . I met my contacts in Atlanta. One of them I had never met face to face, ...
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• Under the big top – Obama’s 1st state dinner

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  His “big” circus tent did include republicans. Its being billed as the mother of all dinner parties as President Obama has invited 400 of his closest friends tonight to the first state dinner of his presidency at the White House. You might ask where are 400 guests going to sit down and eat dinner in the White ...
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• Kentucky Census Worker wasn’t hanged by rightwing nutbags

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 133
  Will Democrat Underground admit their error? Something horrible happened to Bill Sparkman, who worked part-time as a Census worker in rural southeastern Kentucky. He was found dead. Tied to a tree. Preliminary tests show he died of asphyxiation. A speculative rumor spread by the Associated Press that Sparkman may ...
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