What Is Conservatism?

According to Wikipedia

Conservatism - (its most usual meaning)-political philosophies that favour tradition.

Social Conservatism - the view that government should play a role in encouraging or enforcing traditional values or behaviors.

My definition is different than the above but more closely aligned with the first. Social conservatism is what the democrats and the left want to paint all the right which is totally false.

I believe conservatives I know want the government out of our lives yet want to teach and encouraging traditional values or behaviors to our families and expect the same from the friends we choose and politicians that represent us.

So what is Conservatism?

Is there a Middle conservative, or what determines when you enter liberal territory or far enough left you label yourself a democrat. I truly do not know or understand the definition of a democrat or what they stand for.

It came to me today that the closest a man can be in line with the 10 commandments, the most conservative he could be. In a scale that would be from 1 - 10, being totally in line with the 10 commandments you would be the most farthest right one could possibly be. However since humans are not perfect and never will be, the furthest right a man could be, would be a 7.5.

Political science often credits British politician Edmund Burke with many of the ideas now called Conservative, "Conservatism is not so much a philosophy as an attitude, a constant force, performing a timeless function in the development of a free society, and corresponding to a deep and permanent requirement of human nature itself."

So since I am not perfect nor claim to be I rate myself a 6. Now it seems that the media defines Bush and other Republicans evil, uneducated, passionless, and not ready for prime time. This is sorta funny to me because I would rate Bush and Perry a 3, and McCain a 2.

Where do democrats fall on my scale. Well that is what I asked myself. Looking at how the republicans have voted in the past 10 years on the important issues that effect us most closely they have voted on this scale on average about a score of 3.

The fact is liberalism does not make a mark on this scale. Liberalism is now socialism and surprisingly they are admitting it. Boxer has clearly stated her rating as a socialist as well as Pelosi, and her companion in the senate. They do not even recognize our laws and their responsibility to represent the American people. I sometimes don't feel that California is part of the US of A when I read the court rulings that are coming out of the California political machines.

It was not that long ago Ronald Reagan showed us there were still Passionate Conservatives in the Beautiful State of California. I am fortunate to travel to California at least 4 times a year and I am here to report we have a state that would rate as a 3rd world country. This is sad but true!

If my philosophies that favour traditions such as honesty, honor, respect, trustworthy, loyal and all the rest, yet the elitist liberal media wants to label me hateful, racist, behind the times, I DON'T CARE.