(Capitulo 7—Portuguese)
―I voted Democrat because I believe that people who cannot tell us if it will rain on Friday, can tell us that the Polar ice caps will melt away in ten years, the oceans will flood New York and disaster will be everywhere, but we can stop it if we drive a Telstra, eat only vegetables, love a Religion that hates us, and do what we are told to do.‖
anon A Conservative in Profile First, keep in mind the terms Conservative and Leftist describe how one reacts to stimulus about Government. They are not words which well describe other focuses of life. This was true of the founders as well. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson had slaves. Many believe Thomas had an affair with one of his female slaves and had a child by her. Ben Franklin was a womanizer. John Adam was too religious. Thomas Paine was too vocal. Each was different. On politics they were basically the same.
The leaders, such as Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, Madison, Adams, and Hamilton were well balanced when it came to politics. They lived reality. They were not dreamers of things they knew would not work. They, and each of them, had heaps of common sense. If they had not used common sense they would have come up with a type of government led by themselves. They knew they had to create something which would provide Liberty and Freedom to the people beyond their lives. They knew they had to try to prevent the collection of power in the Federal Government. They knew that if they did not, their heirs would suffer. To this end, they divided the Federal Government power and built in checks and balances. Of course, they could not envision the speed with which we do everything now. They walked, rode horses and traveled in buggies. On water they sailed. There were no airplanes, no telephones, no telegraph, and no television. Their news came from word of mouth and tabloids. They lived a much more deliberate and less cluttered life.
A Conservative is more than anything else a realist.
Being Conservative does not mean you are a saint. A Conservative can be just as much a sinner as a Leftist, but when caught, he or she generally admits their failing. Leftist seldom do. A phrase which shall burn forever is, ―I never had sex with that women‖ …
President Bill Clinton. Do not forget Edward Kennedy, the Lion, who left a young girl to die in his car and then denied it. In reality, he was a beat up old alley cat without social redeeming features. Not the Lion his leftist followers called him.
The list is endless.
As a realist, a Conservative sees life as it is and sets about doing those things to cope with the weakness and strengths that confront him. A Conservative is not a good manipulator of facts to suit their purpose.
Characteristically, the Conservative founders did not suffer noticeable neural disorder.
Their social development was good to best. Their communication skills were on point and clear. They did not evidence repetitive behavior. None of them seemed to possess any unusual abilities not common to the average citizen. Their sensory abilities seemed normal. The motor skills seemed to be up to the daily tasks and they did not walk into things too often. In short, they did not appear to have symptoms of neural dysfunction.
Quite normally the Founders could not predict the future.
They could anticipate what humans would or would not do, based on the common past.
Had the Founders been able to see the future better, I am confident, based on their papers, they would have put in the Constitution stronger language to curtail those who would not think clearly. They did not see that the few Leftist at the convention would someday dominate the halls of education, government jobs, union leadership and so forth. They did not see the gathering storm. They must be forgiven because most of you did not see it coming either, but we are in the eye of a hurricane.
Aside from the Founders every one of you who often puzzles, ―But that does not make common sense!‖, is probably a Conservative. You do not hear a Leftist say it makes common sense. They do not go there. Why is that? Because they cannot be introspective on most subjects. It hurts.
All must admit that being a Conservative or a Leftist does not make you automatically evil or someone to be avoided.
Bad breath coexists. It is not necessary, in today‘s world, to put bells on every Leftist we know. A warning is not necessary. We just know when they begin to argue. At a city council meeting, or at a Union gathering, you are going to know who has common sense and who does not. Call them on it. Make ―Common Sense‖ the warning shot. To say one does not make common sense is not to say they are crazy, but it is to say they are disabled.
Had the Founders been able to see the future better, I am confident, based on their papers, they would have put in the Constitution stronger language to curtail those who would not think clearly. They did not see how the Leftist would someday dominate the halls of education, governmental jobs, union leadership and so forth. They did not see that. They must be forgiven.
Today, it must be the goal of Conservatives to carry on the founders work. This must be done by adding more checks and balances to the Constitution.
A Conservative can fall ill to many other problems. For example, mental illness, the kind we can catalogue, can occur to a Conservative too, and it does not make them any less Conservative. I know several manic depressives, who, when they are off their meds, are weird and not predictable. When they are on the meds, they function well and are Conservative.
The point is a Conservative, as well as a liberal/Leftist, only applies to that aspect of ones view of politics and government.
In other matters both can be difficult and both can be wonderful.
Today, it must be the goal of Conservatives, carrying on the Founders work, to add more checks and balances to the Constitution.