<p>Haha nate</p>
<p>You don’t like conservatives because they make sweeping generalizations and stereotype groups of people?</p>
<p>Do you even read what you type before you post?</p>
<p>^yea and he still didnt explain why he called me honey before…</p>
<p>I don’t understand why a conservative would vote for a Republican in a presidential election. They have a horrible track record of growing the federal budget and ignoring the constitution. If you are a small-government conservative, Clinton was the best president we’ve had in at least three decades.</p>
<p>Nate, are you my mom in disguise? Because you seriously sound just like her 
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<p>But for real, I hate republicans, too. I feel like they really should read a book or a newspaper or, god forbid, an actual bill before they criticize it. But then, that would take away from the time they spend drooling at Glenn Beck or whatever new psycho they decided to take out of the asylum and give an hour of airtime (and a radio show).</p>
<p>And yes, the book was called “One-Party Classroom.” There was a chapter called “The Worst School in America: University of California at Santa Cruz.” Republicans.</p>
<p>Both parties are terrible. Mainly because they are pretty damn similar.</p>
<p>Republican Party =/= conservative. Bush grew the government; he didn’t make it smaller.</p>
<p>pandem should go back to soviet russia where they have no political parties.</p>
<p>So… I feel like I’m the only one here that doesn’t think either party is uneducated. I’m liberal, but I know a lot of extremely intelligent conservative people. Just because they don’t agree with me doesn’t make them ignorant.</p>
<p>Personally, I think forming opinions without first having at least a basic understanding of the facts makes people stupid. Doesn’t matter if you’re liberal or conservative. It just drives me nuts when people decide they hate Bush, and when you ask them why, they just say because he’s a Republican, or ruined the US without really knowing WHY they think that.</p>
<p>Same goes for Obama. </p>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<p>Just throwing my two cents in here. I only read like the first and last page of this thread. XD</p>
<p>Uhm… no? Soviet Russia (and modern Russia for that matter) is a one party state. </p>
<p>It’s stupid to attack “conservative” policies implemented by Republicans when the Republicans aren’t even conservative anymore.</p>
<p>That’s why I said they had no political parties.</p>
<p>Major in economics then, the professors range from moderate to libertarian to Ron Paul-style anarchist.</p>
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<p>Why do you think this?</p>
<p>No, they have one political party. 1 =/= 0</p>
<p>…because they support increasing the size of government, and not the other way around? Bush made the gov bigger. </p>
<p>Republicans are “socially conservative”, which isn’t a good thing. A better example of a conservative would be Barry Goldwater.</p>
<p>^^^ pandem is right. The Libertarian party is the true conservative party. Republicans and Democrats grow the government at an alarming rate. Even Ronald Reagan, the Republican hero, doubled the federal deficit and raised taxes in 1982.</p>
<p>or RON PAUL!!!</p>
<p>2012 baby!!!</p>
<p>but yea, Goldwater is the best presidential candidate we ahve ever had. This country would be a fundamentally different (And better) place today.</p>
<p>First of all, the idea that the smarter you are the more you lean to the left is not true- the BETTER EDUCATED you are the more you lean to the left (but only to a certain line. Radical liberals are not usually the most educated people, just like radical conservatives aren’t). Intelligence has something to do with it, but knowledge has more. </p>
<p>I am a liberal Democrat (usually). I have met many wonderful, interesting, intelligent people who were conservative Republicans- even some who liked Bush (one of my best friends voted for McCain/Palin. Freaking PALIN!!). As long as people don’t force their opinion, then it’s fine. </p>
<p>As for liberal propaganda… it’s easy to find if you look. So is conservative propaganda, which is generally more offensive and less… funny? I mean, liberals have John Stewart and Colbert. Conservatives have… Rush Limbaugh? <em>gags</em></p>
<p>And… uh… OP? Your professor sounds more like a paranoid conspiracy theorist than a radical for either party. Here’s an idea: open your ears and your mind. You may not agree with what you hear, but there’s never anything wrong with listening to the opinions of others. Who knows, maybe the government did kill JFK…</p>
<p>Oh, and someone mentioned Cap and Trade… what’s more important to you, the economy right now or that the planet is still around for your great-great-grandkids? I think that’s the real question here.</p>
<p>Who here wants to start a truly conservative (fiscally conservative, socially liberal) political movement based out of college campuses across the country?? Like they did back in the 60’s except noiw we would be on the opposite side of the political spectrum!!!</p>
<p>Sounds like fun to me. Our end goal would be getting Ron Paul elected to POTUS :)</p>
<p>And the problem with you cap and trade argument is that even without cap and trade, the planet is till going to be around in a hundred years and perfectly healthy. Why? BECAUSE MAN DOES NOT CAUSE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE.</p>
<p><a href=“U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works”>U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works;
<p>“UN Blowback: More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims”</p>
<p>Sigh…looks like the Republicans are out. </p>
<p>I never said I supported Ron Paul. Only that our two parties are pretty similar and that the Republicans don’t represent the fiscally conservative.</p>
<p>What do you mean “out”? Are us Republicans supposed to go bottle ourselves up in little holes or something?</p>
<p>Typical liberal elitism.</p>
<p>My advice would be to ignore them. They are not going to change their opinion, you are not going to change yours…so ignore them, or tell them that you would like to discuss things relevant to the class.</p>