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on this 4th of July, let's remember Conservative's positive contributions to America. (Original Post) wyldwolf Jul 2015 OP
Anyone...... Half-Century Man Jul 2015 #1
LOL, here's mine . . . Iliyah Jul 2015 #2
I'd like to add Hayduke Bomgarte Jul 2015 #3
Adding "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance? CanonRay Jul 2015 #4
How about... Liberalagogo Jul 2015 #5
+1,000,ooo lark Jul 2015 #17
They went to a great deal of trouble to show us... Baitball Blogger Jul 2015 #6
Wait, there must be something.......................... mountain grammy Jul 2015 #7
I'll never forget the time they.. raouldukelives Jul 2015 #8
I would say timdog44 Jul 2015 #9
It's too long... gregcrawford Jul 2015 #10
Here's one 90-percent Jul 2015 #11
I'll let Mike answer that...... JeffHead Jul 2015 #12
Wow. Just wow! classof56 Jul 2015 #18
This clip itself is worth an R&K nt longship Jul 2015 #22
Actual (burkean) conservatives are all Democrats by now. Betty Karlson Jul 2015 #13
Good list - seems to cover everything. jwirr Jul 2015 #14
My Top Ten Indepatriot Jul 2015 #15
Oh, come now... tavernier Jul 2015 #16
Conceal carry- Right to work - Climate Control deniers packman Jul 2015 #19
I suspected Turbineguy Jul 2015 #20
Inspiring the use of the word, "fuck," in a multitude of innovative ways... MrScorpio Jul 2015 #21
Thom Hartmann has a standing request: chknltl Jul 2015 #23
Here's a real list - but the opposite of the OP: wyldwolf Jul 2015 #24
Comic material? AwakeAtLast Jul 2015 #25

lark

(23,138 posts)
17. +1,000,ooo
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 10:56 AM
Jul 2015

I celebrate every time they lose as the country will not slide as far backwards as they otherwise would push it.

mountain grammy

(26,638 posts)
7. Wait, there must be something..........................
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 09:58 AM
Jul 2015

I'm thinking. Ok, I'm googling. You know what? I got nothing!

90-percent

(6,829 posts)
11. Here's one
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 10:15 AM
Jul 2015

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

classof56

(5,376 posts)
18. Wow. Just wow!
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 11:02 AM
Jul 2015

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!

 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
13. Actual (burkean) conservatives are all Democrats by now.
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 10:26 AM
Jul 2015

Those who call themselves conservatives are, philosophically speaking, reactionaries. Those tend not to contribute anything. Ever.

tavernier

(12,394 posts)
16. Oh, come now...
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 10:44 AM
Jul 2015

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)
19. Conceal carry- Right to work - Climate Control deniers
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 11:03 AM
Jul 2015

Criminalizing Pot - Overcrowded prisons - Fundamentalist Christian Wackadoodles.

chknltl

(10,558 posts)
23. Thom Hartmann has a standing request:
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 11:48 AM
Jul 2015

'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.

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