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”

• Conservative Christians issue declaration, warning

  
  The Blog at Christian Truckers Network — Authority: 437
  WASHINGTON, DC – Conservative Christian leaders are releasing a declaration and warning today on what they’re calling “moral issues of great concern.” Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries, helped draft the Manhattan Declaration, which affirms the sanctity of human life, marriage as the union ...
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• Republicans Scapegoat ACORN To Explain Their Failure

  
  Sensico — Authority: 419
  A recent poll came out showing the majority of republicans think ACORN stole the election for then candidate Barack Obama.  They must be forgetting that we were fighting two wars, the economy was in the tank, gas prices were $3+ and George Bush’s ratings were in the gutter.  Lets not forget that McCain was a ...
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• Glenn Beck Borders Video

  
  Charlotte Conservative Blog — Authority: 123
  Glenn Beck at a borders book signing in Rhode Island greeting hundreds of followers. A great video of Glenn at his most personal and best. Glenn tells the crowd how he has left crowds of thousands behind at every stop and the momentum that has built up for the silent majority right.
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• The Dirtiest Country In the World

  
  Doug's Dynamic Drivel — Authority: 138
  Think it;s China? Sorry, and indeed I am sorry, as it is Canada So I see that (h/t James )then I see this crap from our neocon government The federal environment minister says it may be a few years before Canada tables regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Jim Prentice said the world has to first ...
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• Dumb Dog

  
  Adam's Blog — Authority: 474
  Kevin Richert wants to know if you really want the newspaper to be a watchdog  or do they just say they do: Reading both stories as objectively as I can — even though I’m a Statesman editor, albeit one with no say over news coverage — both stories pass my watchdog test. They expose some questionable public ...
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• Tories say would pull troops out of Germany (AFP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 517
  AFP – Opposition Conservatives, tipped to win power in an election next year, said Saturday they would pull the country’s 25,000 troops out of Germany as part of a reorganisation of NATO forces. Original post:  (AFP)"> (AFP)">Tories say would pull troops out of Germany (AFP)
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• My Official Stance on the Governor’s primary

  
  Adam's Blog — Authority: 474
  I’ve been asked several times where I stand on the Governor’s Primary between Governor Otter, Commissioner Sharon Ullman, and Rex Rammell. We need a Governor, who’ll bring needed reforms to our state and tackle tough issues in education, and bring some real reform, and put our state on the road to economic ...
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• Christian leaders declare war on gay marriage, abortion

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 159
  At least we finally have it in writing… A group of religious leaders representing various denominations released a 4,700 word manifesto today called the Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience , which formally declares their opposition to gay marriage and abortion, among other things.. The document ...
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• The Andrea Shea King Show - Nov 21,2009

  
  The Andrea Shea King Show on Blog Talk Radio — Authority: 467
  Tonight we take a look at Glenn Becks Book signing in Melbourne, FL and where the Senate is regarding the so-called, un-constitutional health care bill. Also, college students in California are staging a sit in. Why? And how effective will it be?
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• Mulvaney accuses Labour Government of ‘targeting people’s independence’

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 487
  Helenburgh Councillor Gary Mulvaney has attacked the Labour Government for the predicament he says it is inflicting on over 3,000 elderly and disabled people in Argyll & Bute.The Conservative candidate for the Argyll & Bute constituency at the forthcoming General Election says that this is the number who will ...
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• Glenn Beck to announce ‘big plan’ for 2010

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 171
  Glenn Beck, the controversial Fox News television host, is planning on becoming more active in the populist conservative movement he spawned, according to sources familiar with his thinking. At a rally Saturday at a massive retirement community in central Florida, Beck is planning to unveil what he has billed as a ...
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• Glenn Beck, Leftist Prey

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 503
  Dave Letterman likes to spread out his venom. His tiresome, vengeful attacks on Sarah Palin,   his defense against her reaction to his calling her and her daughter virtual sluts and a reflection of his cockiness after skating through his own sex scandals, were getting old and his writers were getting stale ...
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• We Don’t Like to Stock That, It Sells Too Well

  
  WesternFront America — Authority: 139
  Maybe the big thinkers at Indoctrination Control were hoping parents would change their collective mind and decide a school with uniforms, expectations, community service and discipline was a bad idea after all and embrace more "progressive" educational theory like “white guilt.”
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• Does Even Obama Know He’s Destroying Himself And His Party? Maybe So.

  
  Start Thinking Right — Authority: 501
  The trend is strikingly visible in a single image from Rasmussen : The green line is the people who like Obama.  And it’s dropping like an asteroid.  The red line is the people who don’t like Obama.  And it’s going higher and higher.  And the “-14″ is the difference between the people who really ...
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• Sarah Palin attacks, Palin book, Going Rogue, Good Vs Evil, 1984, Hate, Conservative female threatens left, Socialists, Right versus wrong

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 583
  “What has been will be again,        what has been done will be done again;        there is nothing new under the sun.”… Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NIV) “I took with me certain simple criteria with which to measure. That which made for more life, for physical and spiritual health, was good; that which ...
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• According to Rasmussen, John McCain’s Money is not going to buy 2010 election

  
  Political Byline — Authority: 637
  Like it has bought the rest of them…. Senator John McCain’s future in the U.S. Senate may be a little less assured than previously thought. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican Primary voters in Arizona finds the longtime incumbent in a virtual tie with potential challenger J.D. ...
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• Breitbart to AG Holder: Do your job douche nozzle or we will burn the Democrats come 2010!

  
  Political Byline — Authority: 637
  Oh Man, there’s gonna be many a Democrat singing the blues, if Eric Holder does not do his job before 2010. The Video: Breitbart: There’s a lot of hypocrisy and the dust has settled for ACORN and at the end of the day they’ve recognized that Eric Holder, the Attorney General, has not initiated an ...
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• Children’s Book For A Cause

  
  Charlotte Conservative Blog — Authority: 123
  Justin Misuraca traveled a long way to meet his wife and share a family, and now it has manifested itself in full color for a great cause. We received a referral here about a great children’s book that we hope all of our readers take the time to pick up. The book is not only filled with brightly colored pictures ...
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• What Is Their America?

  
  43-Ideas-Per-Minute — Authority: 434
  Glenn Beck has been doing a fantastic job as chief fear-mongerer at Fox"News" since January, and some of his most ardent fans have taken him far too seriously and walked right up to the edge of doing things monumentally stupid. And with the vote on the Senate version of healthcare reform scheduled for tomorrow, the ...
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• Tory “Parliament Standards Committee” Chairman Stands Down in New Scandal

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 637
  Conservative MP David Curry has been forced to quit his post as chairman of Parliament’s Standards Committee — because he has been accused of fiddling his own expenses. Mr Curry, MP for Skipton and Ripon in North Yorkshire, became chairman of the Standards Committee only two months ago after his predecessor was, ...
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