why aren't conservatives interested in conservation?
482950
I'm a conservative, and I'm also pro-environment and pro-animal rights.  But I do think that the entire "global warming crisis" has been blown out of proportion by special interests.  The scientists who speak the truth are silenced.
1060754
Because I care about the land.  I care about our wildlife. I care about the people here--who do not deserve less in needs to give others more in wants.\n Guess you could care less of either if it gets you what you want. Pretty selfish.
590940
Doesn't work for conservatives because Bush isn't a conservative.  Remember there is a difference between a conservative and a Republican. Bush is a neocon Republican which is a liberal on spending and wants a one world government.  I as a Conservative would prefer no impeachment but would like him out and a true Conservative in but no Hillery. I an hower afraid we may be on a downward spiral on all your issues regaurdless.
80629
Small government, fiscal accountability, limited involvement in foreign  wars, slow acceptance of sweeping fiscal, environmental, social, and cultural changes.  I REAL conservative might be someone like ....Theodore Rosevelt or Grover Cleveland, or Hoover, or Coolidge.  The current occupant is NOT a conservative - not with how the Reagan principals have been betrayed and our nation looted.
972243
You silly thing.  We support the IDEALS of the conservative movement.  Less government involvement, free trade, family values and less taxes followed by a strong national defense.  Just because we got a bad lot that lots of us agree probably got what they deserved doesn't mean our ideals of the conservative movement has changed.\n\nPart of making your party stronger is finding the problem and correcting it.  Is that cut-and-running? or is evolution? (thru you off there didn't I).  \n\nSo, at the end of the day why wouldn't I support those who have the same ideals and values as me?  Pelosi doesn't represent my ideals anymore than Delay does one stands for many things I completely disagree with and one is a complete fraud who I cannot support because my values dictate that I cannot.  \n\nThis wasn't an election to PROVE that conservative movement is dead.  It was an election about getting rid of those who didn't do their jobs either by a large number of democrats voting and a large number of republicans not voting or switching their votes in defiance.\n\nPelosi fixes the world still won't change what our values and ideals are that's just silly.  You one an election not the case against conservatism.
568142
I don't recall ever hearing anything about environmental stewardship in my church.\n\nMy church is Pentecostal.\n\nDefinitely conservative.
984925
Fiscal conservatives are in favor of limited government and prudent spending.\n\nSince I probably spurred this question, how would a fiscal conservative justify spending vast resources on experimentation?\n\nSocial and fiscal conservatives historically have agreed that federal money should not be used to further ANY agenda.
219883
Look at the words Liberal and Conservative ... and their roots.\n\nAt 22, the idea of conserving seems crazy. The idea of freedom and liberartion to someone young and full of ideas seems the way to go. I consider myself to be moderate. I see the advantage to both ideals and the idea of oppostion. \n\nIt's great to have ideas on how we should proceed. Just remember that the opposite side of the aisle has their ideas too and that you need not disgrace the other side. Both sides have merit.
706483
I think he has done more for saving and  protecting the natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat for the future. He has done more for fisheries and wildlife management, water, soil conservation and sustainable forestry than anyone else in our country and if I think if you knew anything about pollution you would care. He has always for 20 years fought for tough pollution laws, the things that trillionairres and there newspapers buddies would not give two shits about. You just cant beat on a man who truly has TRIED to look after our land at the most basic level.  If you do any kind of research on Al Gore, you will find from day 1, if there was one thing he tried to do, that was protect the land from people who would destroy it for profit. Al Gore Talking about Global warming and pollution is not a recent political thing, this has been his passion for many many years, it just didn't make headlines like it should have before. And I respect him for that and so should you.\n\nPS he was one of the leaders who fought for funds for more research for the Internet, The Internet was first a NASA project\n\n\nPSS: Occidental Oil Company............ Was a company his father was given stocks in because he was their Attorney, which he handed down to his son, which he in turned sold? But once again, you miss the point, for one thing, it doesn’t not matter in so much what you own, but what you do with your company. And that does not in ANY case change the fact that he has looked out after out environment. I never mentioned anything about elections or politics, I mentioned issues!   What I find AMAZING are these people who go against him are probably, much worse off now, and just plain to stupid to realize it, You know it is a fact, they even had a special on the BBC on how the NEOCONS target the uneducated, misguided and unhappy people, and tell them Clinton and the liberals are why they are so unhappy, and because they are so misguided and uneducated and unhappy, they believe it. AMAZING !!!
104600
Because liberals care more about the life of one caribou (which likely will not be affected anyway-- ANWR is larger than some states) than they do about the lives of fully-developed, unborn children, or the security of America.\n\nThere are huge herds f caribou (and other wildlife all over the north slope where we have been drilling for 30 years.
252462
conservatives like to talk, liberals take action...\n\nTHANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
614886
I think it's that the opposite of liberal is conservative.  Conservatives favor the ways and institutions of the past, and would like to revert to them.  And many republicans are conservatives.  Their ideal is therefor the polar opposite of liberals.  And no, I don't think there's anything wrong with liberals, both keeping an open mind and respecting the past seem like good ideas to me.  That's why I couldn't be a member of the press.  I make too much sense and am too respectful of other peoples opinions.
544754
I still believe that most of must wants to preserve the nature, however it is the conflict of interest that is preventing us from doing so,  because of the development and modernization of our world some natural habbitat are being destroyed. We focus more on modernization thus conservation of nature is being taken for granted.
730266
Yes, there is a huge contradiction. It appears to me that conservatives want the government to regulate everyone else's private lives. i.e. private acts between consenting adults. The conservatives don't want government regulating how much a business can rip someone off or how much they can pollute the environment.
886894
I'm a Goldwater Conservative. In today's political mess with the Republican party hijacked by abominations for the last 4 administrations, that make me a Liberal. Like the political universe rotated while I stayed in one place.\n\nYou are correct, the bush-league is not conservative. No decent conservative would work so hard to undermine the Constitution.\n\n\n\n.
814877
I am a conservative.\nI do NOT support sanctions and laws against gays marrying and women having abortions.\nThey are definently moral  AND political issues.\nThe reason it is a political issue is the fear of change and the fear that someones morals are not going to be the same.  If it was just a moral issue there would be no laws abridging the issues.\n\nWhat you are looking at is the Republican party platform.  There are real conservatives out here and we want real change.
704022
I think it would take a lack of common sense to vote conservative..