political parties have really polarized themselves to the point of being ridiculous. I don’t fit into either party any more. What am I? A woman of a certain age who believe in equal pay for equal work, my medical decisions are between me and my physicians. A Jew who believes that Israel must be secure in its borders with an undivided Jerusalem. A person with a life threatening disease whose medications cost anywhere from $500 a month to $15 for a three month supply depending on the insurance policy that one has. I want a single payer system, where non one would be denied care. I have good health insurance but my adult children pay as much as I do but get far less. A person who believes that people should never starve to death or die from lack of health care or be uneducated. Children are not throwaways. The Governments, local, state, and national, are bogged down with regulations that are unwieldy, costly and contradictory in many cases. The lobbyists should be banned, or at least severely limited to the amount of people they can employ and money that they can contribute to any thing. elections should be limited to a set amounts, only local people should be able to contribute to local politicians. just as the states and local governments are forced to have a balanced budget, so should the federal government. there should be no earmarks, there should be term limits. 8 years and let the next group in. okay I am mostly fiscally conservative and socially liberal and progressive in that I think that we need to be green, independent of foreign industry, grow out capacity to manufacture rather than to consume, and be personally responsible. Also I like political debate, not personal vilification. I don’t fit into a pigeon hole. I am ticked with all the parties. What does that make me.? where is my label? and most of all why do I need to have a label

political parties have really polarized themselves to the point of being ridiculous. I don’t fit into either party any more. What am I? A woman of a certain age who believe in equal pay for equal work, my medical decisions are between me and my physicians. A Jew who believes that Israel must be secure in its borders with an undivided Jerusalem. A person with a life threatening disease whose medications cost anywhere from $500 a month to $15 for a three month supply depending on the insurance policy that one has. I want a single payer system, where non one would be denied care. I have good health insurance but my adult children pay as much as I do but get far less. A person who believes that people should never starve to death or die from lack of health care or be uneducated. Children are not throwaways. The Governments, local, state, and national, are bogged down with regulations that are unwieldy, costly and contradictory in many cases. The lobbyists should be banned, or at least severely limited to the amount of people they can employ and money that they can contribute to any thing. elections should be limited to a set amounts, only local people should be able to contribute to local politicians. just as the states and local governments are forced to have a balanced budget, so should the federal government. there should be no earmarks, there should be term limits. 8 years and let the next group in. okay I am mostly fiscally conservative and socially liberal and progressive in that I think that we need to be green, independent of foreign industry, grow out capacity to manufacture rather than to consume, and be personally responsible. Also I like political debate, not personal vilification. I don’t fit into a pigeon hole. I am ticked with all the parties. What does that make me.? where is my label? and most of all why do I need to have a label

The values you list are Judeo-Christian values. One does not have to be spiritual to possess, use or support them. When I was an atheist, I still embraced many of these values.

The values you list are Judeo-Christian values. One does not have to be spiritual to possess, use or support them. When I was an atheist, I still embraced many of these values.

You did define conservatism in your post. You defined it as someone who is morally pure. And you and I are operating under different definitions of Conservatism. The “constant application of Judeo-Christian values” is a spiritual pursuit, not a political one.

This is how we view Conservatism at the Freedom Center:
* Individual Freedom
* Rule of Law
* Private Property
* Limited Government
http://horowitzfreedomcenter.org/