Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Conservative does not mean Republican. Get over your liberal lame ass.


Sad, sad day. After surfing through comments and articles I have realized that people really have no clue on American History, American Politics or how the two shaped each other. People want to carry labels such as Conservative or Liberal, but neither know the history of those titles. It kind of reminds me of a story from the film “Reel Injun”. It commented that in the 60's the Native American had become so popular that everyone claims to be part {insert tribe here}, but they know nothing of that tribe’s culture. Can one person tell me what year conservatism came to fruition in the Republican Party?

By the way this picture is mistaken...all the items listed here have nothing to do with conservatives and republicans. Know your facts, know your history.

Know the real facts before you make statements like these


  1. Liberals got women the right to vote - False
    1. 19th Amendment – 1920 – Republicans carried the majority vote.  Conservative Democrats opposed
‎19th Amendment Voting Record - Right vote regardless of sex

FOR ADOPTION - 56.
Republicans - 36.
Democrats - 20.

AGAINST ADOPTION - 25.
Republicans - 8.
Democrats - 17.


  1. Liberal got African Americans the right to vote - False
    1. 13th, 14th and 15th Amendment – 1870
    2. 13th Amendment: Congressional Republicans passed the 13th Amendment unanimously – against nearly unanimous Democrat opposition (1864)
    3. 14th Amendment: In Congress, all votes in favor of the 14th Amendment were from Republicans, and all votes against it were from Democrats. (1866)
    4. 15th Amendment: Nearly all Republicans in Congress voted in favor, though a few abstained, saying it did not go far enough.  Nearly all Democrats in Congress voted against the 15th Amendment. (1869)

  1. Liberal created Social Security 
    1. Social Security Act of 1935 – President F. Roosevelt (Democrat)  was not endorsed by the Conservative Democrats but received a record number of Conservative Republic endorsements.  In terms of today’s standards Roosevelt would have been labeled a moderate Democrat.
    2. Vote Record
Vote Record
House
Democrats
Yes            284
No             15

Republicans
Yes            81
No             15

Farm Labor
Yes            1
No             2

Progressive
Yes            6
No             1

Senate
Democrats
Yes            60
No             1

Republicans
Yes            16
No             5

Farm Labor
Yes            1
No             0

Progressive
Yes            0
No             0

  1. Liberals ended segregation – Actually this was first put forth by Truman to desegregate the military, Executive order 9981, 1948.  Truman was a Conservative Democrat who promised liberal changes.  He did however refuse to get involved in the Civil Rights issues.  He only acted on one liberal campaign promise.  This became law under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

  1. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act
    1. (1866) Vetoed by President Andrew Johnson (Democrat) Lincoln picked Johnson to be VP in his theory of “keep your friends close and your enemies closer”  Johnson refused to support the “Freemans” rights which lead to the first impeachment of a president.  Republican congress ratified the Civil Rights Act of 1866 over Johnson’s vetoes.
    2. (1964) (Lydon B. Johnson, Conservative Democrat)  Johnson was against the Civil Rights Act as VP under JFK, he only opted to vote for in an attempt to grab the African American vote that Kennedy had secured on the promise of passage of the Civil Rights Act.  Still 17 Conservative Democrats filibustered in an attempt to fail the passage of the act.
    1. As a side not then Congressman John F. Kennedy voted against the Civil Rights Bill in 1957

  1. Liberals created the
    1. Voting Rights Act – 1965 (Lydon B. Johnson, Conservative Democrat)
                                                              i.      Removed the Literacy requirement section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
                                                            ii.      Reaffirmed by President George Bush, Republican, 2006
    1. Vote Record –Clearly the Republicans were in favor of this act.
Senate: 77–19
Democrats: 47–17
Republicans: 30–2

House: 333–85
Democrats: 221–61
Republicans: 112–24

Conference Report:
Senate: 79–18
Democrats: 49–17
Republicans: 30–1

House: 328–74
Democrats: 217–54
Republicans: 111–20

  1. Liberals created Medicare
    1. Social Security Act of 1965 – Fully controlled Democratic Senate and House.  Would have passed even if all Republicans voted no.  Most republicans that voted no claimed it did not go far enough. 
    1. Voting Record
Vote Record
Senate
Democrats             Yes      57        No       7
Republican             Yes      13        No       17

House
Democrats             Yes      237      No       48
Republican             Yes      70        No       68

  1. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act
    1. 1963, Amendment 1970
    2. The act had full bipartisan support.  Those against were lobbyist for the auto industry and quickly became a non issue due to time for re-engineering of the automobiles.

  1. Liberals passed the Clear Water Act
    1. 1977- Really.  This was an amendment to the 1972  Federal Water Pollution Control Act, which came from the Congressional laws of 1880 and 1890 forming the Refuse Act of 1910 to prevent dumping in any harbor.
    2. Congress basically gave more power to the EPA.
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  1. BalsaJanuary 26, 2012 at 2:42 PM

    So as it appears someone took offense to what I have written here. No it wasn't Mr. O'Donnell. I would apologize if this article was directed at one person or if one person was named here, other than those historical figures that are mentioned. I will stand by what I write as my opinion, with historical data as well as humor, most of the time. People listed or named have appeared in the news already and there for are fair game as far as I am concerned. They are how ever public figures. -Balsa

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