Read some of their positions they used for grading, I'm surprised Ernie isn't at the top of the list... This organization doesn't represent conservative values, they seem second amendment friendly, but other wise?
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To me they look more libertarian than what is commonly called conservative, which means they support limited government. So a rating below Ernie Chambers shows that a legislator wants government to be a caring big brother. And history shows us that more government is usually a bad thing.
The word
conservative is ambiguous, and without a definition of the word that all participants in a discussion understand and agree on, any debate over who is more conservative is meaningless; the participants might as well just be barking and growling at each other. My preferred definition is one who wants less government rather than more government, as in wanting government applied to society very conservatively, rather than liberally. Milton Friedman was called a conservative in that sense. Some define conservative as one who wants to keep things as they are instead of changing them. And I've seen others too. So in political discussions I like to use the word
patriot instead of
conservative in referring to those who seek to oppose liberalism on us, because it has a clearer and better understood meaning (and it pisses liberals off).
I would say that whether I agree with all the positions this group has, it does appear to be a patriot group, and its rating does tell us where these legislators stand on the issue of freedom versus being taken care of by an all-powerful big brother, that watches over us and protects us with an iron fist. So I would consider someone they rate below Ernie Chambers to be very suspect as a defender of freedom.
