Friday, July 27, 2012

The Difference Between Conservatives and Liberals

As I went out for a run this evening, I had an epiphany about one of the major differences between Conservatives and Liberals. Mind you, this is not the only difference, but I do believe it is significant.

Conservatives distrust the Federal Government no matter which political party is in power.  Liberals only distrust the Federal Government when Republicans are in power.

5 comments:

Rational νεόφυτος said...

Liberals not only distrust republicans, but they distrust the ability of man to exist without the oversight of a watchful nanny state as well...

Lose Excess Body Weight Fast and Safely said...

I never thought about it that way but I think you have a good point. The thing that bothers me is it looks to me like the Republicans are becoming more like the Democrats everyday.

MTwain said...

I don't think this is an accurate assessment. The key difference between Conservatives and Liberals:
Cons think that everyone has an equal shot at being successful; so anyone who is looking for a handout is a slacker. Libs believe that some people are born luckier than others and looks to the Government to level the playing field.

Anonymous said...

I don't recall a lot of distrust of Republicans by Republicans under GWB. But I do see a lot of Dems upset by the NSA, threats of chained CPI and other issues under Obama.
I think you see what you want to see.....

The Radical Texan said...

I didn't see the anonymous comment from December until just now.

It should be noted that my post is about Conservatives and Liberals. NOT Republicans and Democrats.

That said, there was quite a bit of complaining by Conservative Republicans about the Bush years.