"Best" Conservative: Which one do you have the most respect

[steve2470]

for ? Are there any conservatives who are honest, untied to corporate money, and who want democracy to work the way Jefferson intended it to ? I'm just curious. TIA.

[Hobarticus]

1. Chuck Grassley (IA)

He's been fighting the good fight against lax standards at the FDA for a long time. He's good people. Sometimes a little flaky, but he's on the side of the people.

[stpalm]

9. Elmer Andersen

Hes a "Minnesota Republican" who is a really great guy (hates Bush, too)

[progdonkey]

2. Lou Dobbs

He sometimes gets on my nerves, simply by taking conservative stances, but he definitely believes in democracy and cares about the American worker.

I'd have a lot of disagreements with him, but not any disrespect.

[kcwayne]

4. I second that

[holboz]

22. I agree, too

Lou seems to be the only person who has consistantly kept the problems of the American worker, middle class, etc. at the forefront of discussion. He addresses the TRUE domestic issues our country faces and doesn't hesitate to ram it to those conservatives and corporations who are doing the most harm to the citizens of this country.

[loyalkydem]

28. I'm surprised

no one mentioned Congressman Ron Paul. If I were a Republican, he would be the guy I would vote for. He's the only one of them who makes sense these days.

[rep the dems]

29. There are some good things about Dobbs, but from what I've seen

of him I don't think he's completely honest. He recently read the cost of the immigration bill as being something like 47 trillion, when the number he was reading said 47 billion. Maybe just a mistake, but I think he was determined to make the bill look bad and I think he misread it intentionally. Not to mention he calls practically everything amnesty when it just isn't. If you want to raise an objection then go ahead, but don't lie to get people on your side.

[madmom]

3. no

all respect left with Nixon

[CarolynEC]

5. They've all been discredited by the "conservatives" in charge

Whether they like it or not, their task is to rehabilitate the concept of conservatism. And it's about time they got to work. Until they make some real progress (if you'll excuse the pun) in that direction, I have no problem painting them all with the same broad brush.

[madrchsod]

6. my local state rep.

he puts his constituents above politics. his office helped my family for which we will always be grateful. he`s so well respected that no one really runs against him.

[rot0r_head]

7. Amo Houghton is mine

One of the old guard Republicans and a good man. I disagree with many of his positions, but I can plainly see the cause for disagreement when I do. He voted against giving Bush a ticket to take war to Iraq.

[chicagojoe]

8. Old School Republicans have been pushed aside...

...by the ruthless NeoCons.

[MUSTANG_2004]

10. I like George Will (n/t)

[silverback]

11. Ron Paul

He's just about the only conservative left who hasn't been coopted by the neocons.

[Tara_NM]

23. Amen he is a "real" Repub

Ron Paul actually seems to be a an old school real Repub. which (imho) by modern day standards is usually labeled Libertarian.

[anchor]

12. James Jeffords

Is a man of principle. He did the right thing and still has his "core values" (as the neos love to say). Tom DeLay (delay) hates him and that's almost good enough for me.

[VIHMH5L50P]

13. man you're question's so hard its givin me a headache

let's see...has to be conservative, AND honest, AND untied to corporate money, AND who want democracy to work, not just work, but like Jefferson intended ????????????

No way, impossible, mutually exclusive terms...

Look, if someone was all those things after "conservative", by definition he wouldn't be a conservative, duh

[TrogL]

14. I had a nice chat with one last night

He had all sorts of verifiable facts and figures at his fingertips and made his point well.

I was too tired and out of it to keep up. :cry:

[March of Time]

15. Barry Goldwater...

"I believe in a woman's right to choose."
"Every good Christian should line up and kick Jerry Falwell's ass."
"You don't have to be straight to be in the military: You just have to be able to shoot straight."

[flagrantoffender]

16. My fav conservitive

Fy favorite conservitive by FAR is John F Kennedy.
Look at his programs, they were hugely conservitive, but liberal at the time. You can bet what's liberal now will be conservitive in 30 years..

[MoonGod]

17. That's a joke, right?

I just watched "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment" yesterday.

Anybody who calls out the national guard to help a couple black kids get into an all-white college is NOT conservative.

JFK represented the best of liberalism.

[LiberalPersona]

18. My mother

Conservative democrat, works two jobs, and hates Bush a lot.

[Getchasome]

19. NONE OF EM,

They all must go.

[carnie_sf]

20. Olympia Snowe

She at least tries to represent her constituency fairly

[Stephanjnj]

21. Goldwater in his later years

He detested the fundies taking over the GOP, and was practically a liberal by the time he left the Senate. Had he lived long enough he may have become the un-Zell.

[uberllama42]

24. Hell, there are practically no Dems who fit that description n/t

[SergeyDovlatov]

25. Bill Clinton

Based on his record. He would make a much better conservative president than Bush Jr.

Look:

Free Trade,
Welfare reform,
A whole bunch of little wars,
Much slower growth of government spending

I am frequently teasing repub coworkers that Clinton was much more conservative than Bush and what is interesting they recently started agreeing with me.

:rofl:

[burntrash]

26. My vote is John McCain

I don't get why so many Repubs view him as "unconservative". His most important credentials are in the economic area, where he supports lower taxes and lower spending. He is pro-life. He is pro-military, not in a shallow flag-waving way, but in making sure that programs get funded and vets get assistance they need and deserve.

I know his position on immigration, and it’s basically the same as Reagan’s.

While it didn’t mean much being from Massachusetts, I voted for him in the 2000 primary, and I truly wish he had been president instead of Bush.

[burntrash]

27. Ignore my McCain post

I just joined DU, and then took some time to read the rules.

Seems that no conservatives need apply.

My bad. Feel free to ignore my post.

[zonmoy]

30. figure you would have to go to the libertarian party to find them.

[rAVES]

31. Ron Paul.

[johnlal]

32. Dick Lugar

Aside from the phallic name, I think he really is interested in nuclear nonproliferation. He has disappointed me with his Bush toadying, but if you had to pick one, he would be mine.