Definition of a Conservative

CNN for the most part has a hard liberal bias, and therefore, for the most part, they suck. They've been trying to appear less biased by featuring Glenn Beck's op-ed periodically, and certainly it helps. (They have that Reuben Navarrette on there that consistently pisses me off with his moronic, liberal, pro-illegal immigration op-eds.) Beck has a piece on who to vote for in the election this year, stating that he might not vote for McCain because McCain's not a true conservative. Beck goes on to list what he thinks defines a conservative, and it's pretty good.

My comments:

Mr. Beck, excellent op-ed piece. That about sums it up, and I'm facing the same dilemma. Certainly those values are the right ones to have, regardless of what the label is. The problem is splitting the vote, like Perot did. So the issue at hand is, how badly do we not want Obama to get into office?

To mbronx, the point of not letting the government control education is to not allow the curriculum to be polluted by outside parties. Parents should have control of what kind of information makes it into their children's heads, not the government. Supplemental funding should be handled at the local level so that no stipulations can be placed on receiving the federal money.

There were a few scumbag posters:

"Who cares for whom Mr. Beck wants to vote. This is not news." — Apparently dr doesn't notice opinion pieces when they're left-wing (admittedly, I've thought the same thing, though, about Navarrette). Newspapers always have op-ed sections. Why not try to get people to think about the issues of the day? Maybe that's impossible.

"Thank you for laying out all of the reasons I don't consider myself a conservative." — Hey Justin, why say that you're a moron in a public forum? Try growing a brain!

"I'd rather you stay home on election day, anyway." — Don't have kids, Kris, I'd rather you stay out of the gene pool, anyway. Beck didn't say he'd stay home, but rather that he may not vote for either main party candidate. Cretin.

Hehe.