Harris "We're progressive conservatives," isn't that an oxymoran?

[JohnnyBoots]

[jobycom]

1. Well, Rush is an oxy-moran. Who knows what Kate takes.

The first act of dictators is to steal the language.

[JohnnyBoots]

3. How much work has she had done, you think?

[ronnykmarshall]

6. Tit job for sure.

One more face lift on that one and she'll have a beard.

[jobycom]

16. A lot, and must of removing our rights. If she's had any face work

she needs to sue the doctor.

[Don Claybrook]

2. It probably polled better than "compassionate conservative"

But in focus groups, "Nattering Nazis of Negativity" still won by a couple of points. Ponderous.

[ronnykmarshall]

4. It came from the mouth of a moran!

[WCGreen]

5. Nah We're progressin' to conserve all we done got ......

And you ain't gettin none.....

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. Well...

if you look at it, they've "progressed" from conservatism to reactionary radicalism. They're no more "conservative" than I am, in any meaningful sense of the word. I suppose "progressive conservatives" sounds better than "radical imperialist lunatics". :shrug:

[JohnnyBoots]

8. Well said.

[I Have A Dream]

9. I can't believe that they're trying to steal progressive from us!

They never cease to amaze me. x(

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[Vickers]

12. Would you rather retreat?

:shrug:

That's a military term, something I'm sure you're unfamiliar with. :eyes:

Oh, and welcome to DU, yadda yadda yadda...

[I Have A Dream]

13. He's gone bye-bye!

:)

[Deja Q]

11. As in the wicked witch from florida who helped thwart justice?

Regarding her self-imposed title: She can nix the "P" word. She's just the "C" word. ("conservative", don't get funny. :D )

[ghostsofgiants]

14. There was a Progressive Conservative party here in Canada for ages

They were eventually assimilated by the Borg that is the Canadian Alliance Party to form the Conservative Party of Canada.

[Telly Savalas]

18. There still is at the provincial level.

At least in Ontario. Appropriately enough the party leader is named John Tory.

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Good point...

Our premier is a Progressive Conservative actually.

[baldguy]

15. She means that she opposes slavery.

That's about as "progressive" as they get.

[lpbk2713]

17. That's because slavery is no longer needed.

Thanks to the Boosh economy American companies have sent American jobs overseas and are now paying a fraction of the wages. They now have the equivalent of slave labor without the overhead.

[NaturalHigh]

19. Progressive Conservative

That leads me to a question that I was thinking of asking in my own post, but instead I'll post it here. Is obeying the teachings of Jesus considered liberal or conservative? Jesus taught us to help the poor. The old testament also teaches us not to take advantage of the poor, lest we risk God's wrath. Again, I ask, should we consider these teachings to be liberal or conservative?

In the interest of full disclosure, I'm a Christian who donates to Christian causes.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. Maybe a progressive conservative is one who recognizes the hypocrisy

of "Christian" conservatives, and eschews church as a result...supporting the Dumbyass' big-business values and dispensing with the tawdry attempts to win over the little guy with a "moral majority" line of crap.

[Peter Frank]

21. Actually...

...the genuine Conservative believes in slow gradual change. The gang in D.C. may be Republicans -- but they're certainly not Conservatives.

Those holding the reigns of power in the only remaining super-power are the radical fringe of the GOP.

True Conservatives need to unite and take their party back.