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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumson this 4th of July, let's remember Conservative's positive contributions to America.
Here's my list.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)Beuller.....
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Hayduke Bomgarte
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CanonRay
(14,111 posts)oh, never mind.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)Every time they've lost?
lark
(23,138 posts)I celebrate every time they lose as the country will not slide as far backwards as they otherwise would push it.
Baitball Blogger
(46,752 posts)...what NOT to do in times of crisis.
mountain grammy
(26,638 posts)I'm thinking. Ok, I'm googling. You know what? I got nothing!
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)timdog44
(1,388 posts)we now have a word that means the opposite of liberal, but maybe that is a negative
gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)90-percent
(6,829 posts)They demonstrated what can happen when high government officials lack imagination;
"I don't think anybody could have predicted that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile."
On the other hand, they did have the imagination to get the Patriot Act passed 6 weeks after 9-11, which has kept us safe from another terrorist attack ever since. It has also kept us safe from many of our former Constitutional Rights.
-90% Jimmy
JeffHead
(1,186 posts)classof56
(5,376 posts)Thanks, JeffHead for posting this. Thanks, Mike, for laying it all out. Talk about your list! Makes me proud to be called Liberal, 'cause that's what I am.
The Legacy lives on. Let us continue the fight to protect it, and let us proclaim it throughout the land.
Happy Independence Day, all!
longship
(40,416 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Those who call themselves conservatives are, philosophically speaking, reactionaries. Those tend not to contribute anything. Ever.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)Indepatriot
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tavernier
(12,394 posts)Donald Trump, Ted Nugent, Bill O'Reilly, Clint Eastwood's chair, Rick Perry's Clark Kent glasses, the Turtle, Sarah Palin, KNUTE, John Boner's orange tears... Need I go on??
They MADE Jon Stewart!! The most positive contribution to this country in years!!
packman
(16,296 posts)Criminalizing Pot - Overcrowded prisons - Fundamentalist Christian Wackadoodles.
Turbineguy
(37,359 posts)this would be a short post.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)That's pretty much it
chknltl
(10,558 posts)'Historically, what have conservatives done for the poor or the middle class?' (not a direct quote but close). Many callers call in and point out Republican accomplishments like President Eisenhower's Highways project or President Lincoln's ending slavery but Thom points out that these were not conservative projects, that being Republican is not necessarily being conservative. As far as I know, no caller has offered up a single item of accomplishment that helps the poor or the middle class that conservatives can hang their hats on.
wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)A Short History of Conservative Obstruction to Progress
http://conceptualguerilla.com/essays/the-big-picture-essays-on-political-philosophy-and-history/a-short-history-of-conservative-obstruction/
AwakeAtLast
(14,132 posts)Barring that, I got nuthin'.