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April 27, 2008 at 15:42:23

Failed Conservative Values: Barack Obama on Status Quo versus Change

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John Michael: Conservative values are people who are set, just like in the 60’s it was father against son, brother against brother , because a lot of people were afraid of change.  The conservatives are afraid of change.  They want things basically as they are.  They are comfortable in their business, even if their business is polluting us.  They need to change.  So, I’m here to rev the evolution.

Progressives are for change, or positive change.  As I said, we have wind and solar power, so we don’t need nuclear.  There’s enough nuclear waste as it is.  And we don’t need to bomb other countries into submission. 

Failed Conservative Values: Tony Tiscareno the Status Quo

Tony Tiscareno:  Conservative and progressive values are a lot different.  Their beliefs as opposed to our beliefs are on one opposite end to the other.  As far as what a progressive is trying to get accomplished, again, it is the freedom of rights and things like that, freedom of choice, freedom of all kinds of different things. 

And I think the conservatives are pretty much comfortable with the status quo, in my opinion.  They don’t want to make waves.  They think government should stay out of the business of the people.  But then again, they don’t want to support anybody as far as agencies, individuals, or whatever the case may be. 

We as Democrats believe that we need to help each other out.   And to help each other out costs money.  And where are you going to get this money?  Well, the only way you’re going to get this money, and right now the people who are providing this money are middle-class working people through their taxes. 

And I think that is one of the differences.  One does not want to spend what the other one doesn’t mind spending for certain causes.  But on the right side, they do believe in those causes, but they want us to take care of them as individuals. 

Failed Conservative Values: John Stone King the Status Quo

John Stone King: I just think that there are good ways to talk about conservative values.  The kind of conservative values that we are seeing so much of nowadays just involve shutting down all of the kinds of things I am talking about.  A good conservative seems to me someone who moves ahead slowly so that they don’t lose anything. 

The conservatives we are talking about now are trying to go backwards and not gain anything at all.  That’s my feeling.  And I think everybody loses when that happens.


I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.   Niccolo Machiavelli

Are Progressives Correct ?
Are progressives correct that conservatives are afraid of change and for the status quo? Or is it that conservatives are all for change if it is in the direction of the traditional Failed Conservative Values of authoritarianism, hierarchy, fear, greed, indifference, demeaning, self-righteousness, hypocrisy, self-centeredness, etc? Or are conservatives just against change toward the traditional progressive values of, empathy, caring, equality, community, justice, etc? As the quote from Ronald Reagan implies, he was for change, just as Newt Gingrich  and  the Conservative Contract with America was for a change. But a change towards what values?
 

More About  Status Quo

Status Quo Deifiniton
 - the existing state of affairs
- situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time;
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/status+quo

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