To my regular readers, I apologize for a too-long hiatus in new posts. To my irregular readers, you won’t notice the difference. To any leftists just passing through, I’m all right. It seems I unexpectedly landed in the hospital with something of a health crisis which was, no doubt, George Bush’s fault. Why not? Everything else seems to be his fault. Stub your toe on the bed post? It’s George Bush’s fault!
I was talking with a particularly hard-headed, Liberal friend of mine the other day who accused me of saying, whatever it was, “Straight off the list of Republican talking points”. Fortunately, our friendship is strong enough to withstand his reaction to my response, “Conservatives don’t have a list of talking points. That’s a Democrat thing. We have convictions“. Later I thought more about what I had said and some real differences came to mind.
First of all, Conservative Republicans have a system of core beliefs. It’s a solid center of built-in, philosophical guidelines that provide consistent perspective. We don’t need to have meetings or commission endless polls to figure out what we think. We genuinely feel this way or that about a particular issue. It’s mostly automatic, highly individual and we don’t have to agree to agree. That’s why we may not always look like we’re all on the same page but our opinions don’t change every five minutes.
Next, we’re results oriented. Democrats, especially Liberals, look at a problem and seem to be satisfied merely with the effort or attempt to fix it, whether or not the problem is actually solved. It’s kind of like giving someone an aspirin for a headache. The pain goes away, and that’s terrific, but it’s back again tomorrow. Give a man money today so he can eat. If he gets hungry again, give him more tomorrow.
A Conservative may not fix the problem immediately but, rather, looks for the underlying cause. Why is someone’s head aching? Remove the cause and the headache won’t be back. Give the man a job, he can earn his own money and eat everyday.
In both cases, the good Samaritan earns credit. However, with the Democrat Samaritan, the problem will still exist and that’s by design. It makes him feel good and gives him control. With the Conservative Republican, the problem is usually solved and that’s the end of the matter. Are you a blue Samaritan or a red one? When my Liberal friend reads this, the only thing red about him will be the fire coming out of his nostrils! In the end, he’ll probably feel blue.
R.S.F.
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